The Legislature Wants No Cuts for UC

The legislature has to pass a "budget" by June 15 under the state constitution. However, court decisions have given the legislature the power to determine what a budget is. So it can pass something, call it a budget, and continue to negotiate with the governor.

Nonetheless, we now know something about what the legislature wants for UC and that is no cuts - as opposed to the 3% cut proposed by the governor in his May Revise budget proposal.

The legislative description of its proposed state budget for 2025-26 can be found at:

https://sbud.senate.ca.gov/system/files/2025-06/legislature-s-version-of-the-budget-summary-sb-101-final.pdf. (See p. 10 for statement on UC.)