One unique perk California kids enjoyed for generations was tuition-free college. Now, a candidate for governor promises to bring that back... The candidate, former congresswoman Katie Porter of Orange County, even suggests a way to pay for her bold pledge... She‘d raise the corporate income tax a notch.
OK, it’s very unlikely to ever happen. The powerful business lobby would scream, even though California companies would benefit from a more educated workforce. And California’s public universities would probably cry about their revenue streams having to rely on unpredictable corporate profits rather than the pocketbooks of students’ parents.
...[One] reason for making college tuition-free again, she said, is that “it was a promise made to the people” by the California Master Plan for Higher Education... Free tuition [would be] only for California residents who are undergrads. And only in their third and fourth years at the University of California and California State University. If they desired free tuition in their first two years, they could attend community college. Many community colleges already waive course fees for full-time, first-time students...
Full column at https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2026-03-09/skelton-monday-politics-newsletter-porter-college-tuition.
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