Tag: higher education
Bill To Change CSU Board of Trustee Student Representation Introduced in Assembly
A bill that would change student representation on the Board of Trustees of the California State University (CSU) was introduced in the Assembly on Monday. Assembly Bill 1625, authored by Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside), would allow student members of the...
California’s State Budget Reserves Not Enough to Fill Budget Gaps Even in Moderate Downturns
With California in lockdown since mid-March, most businesses have ground to a halt, which also ground sales tax revenue to a halt. The Public Policy Institute of California just published an article showing that California’s budget reserves aren’t adequate for...
Gov. Newsom’s 2020 Budget, ‘Unprecedented, Historic,’ ‘Once-in-a-Generation’
We’re over ‘California derangement syndrome’ ~Gov. Gavin Newsom Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2020 budget plans to increase overall spending to a historic high of $222 billion. Newsom’s original 2019 budget was $209 billion budget, an $8 billion, four percent increase from...
Gov. Newsom Announces Totally Partisan Council for Post-Secondary Education, Higher Education Appointments
The establishment strikes again. Governor Gavin Newsom announced today the formation of the Governor’s Council for Post-Secondary Education. Unlike former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who appointed half or more Democrats to boards and commissions, all of the higher education board appointees...
Record Health and Human Services Pork Barrel Projects in California’s Largest State Budget
California’s largest state budget ever — $215 billion — is larded with a record number of local pork-barrel projects injected by individual legislators, often in exchange for “horse trading” votes on passage of certain pieces of legislation. “Pork barrel” is a...
Record Resources and Transportation Pork Barrel Projects in California’s Largest State Budget
California’s largest state budget ever — $215 billion — is larded with a record number of local pork-barrel projects injected by individual legislators, often in exchange for “horse trading” votes on passage of certain pieces of legislation. There is pork in every...