Everything seems to be deferred

UC has a problem with the governor's proposal to "defer" the promised increase in its state budget allocation. CalMatters has a piece on the problem of deferred maintenance in public higher ed:

...Lawmakers included UC and Cal State in an early version of Proposition 2, a school bond measure approved last November, but the university systems were eventually left out to limit the amount of bond money voters were asked to approve. At the UC, where total capital needs are expected to grow to $30.7 billion by 2030, system leaders said they were disappointed to be left off the state bond despite 18 months of lobbying the Legislature. 

“Going forward, UC will be exploring other options to address our construction, renewal and deferred maintenance needs,” wrote UC spokesperson Heather Hanson via email...

Full story at https://calmatters.org/education/2025/04/deferred-maintenance-cal-state-uc/.

As we noted in our review of the most recent Regents meetings, UC is hoping to become part of a possible housing bond.* Whether that happens is uncertain. And the degree to which such funding could be used for deferred maintenance on student housing is also unclear. 

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*https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/04/watch-regents-meeting-of-march-20-2025.html.