...The proposed cut to UC dropped from $397 million in January to $130 million four months later, representing a 3% year-to-year budget cut... Newsom’s revised budget “represents a significant improvement from the January budget,” said UC President Michael V. Drake, who spoke during a UC regents meeting Wednesday in San Francisco. “It means so much in this moment when the state is facing difficult budget choices.” In a statement, Drake added that the proposed budget “minimizes cuts to vital student support services and preserves critical investments like affordable student housing construction.” ...
As previously announced, the governor also said he wanted to defer the [UC's] annual 5% budget increase that [is] part of a multiyear compact with the state...
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