California Legislature to consider several bills affecting UC campuses

The California Legislature is seeing madness in February. Leading up to the Feb. 27 deadline to introduce bills, legislators introduced hundreds of bills to the floors of the California Assembly and the California Senate. Some lawmakers are trying to stop the University of California’s proposal to potentially increase its tuition by up to 5 percent […]

Transgender community seeks safer campus environment at protest

Zo Anthony Shay yelled Tuesday afternoon. He marched to Chancellor Gene Block’s office, demanding a safer campus for transgender students. At night, as candles flickered at a vigil at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Campus Resource Center, Shay, a fourth-year ethnomusicology student and a transgender man, hugged his friends, thanking them for their solidarity. […]

UCLA to cap resident, nonresident enrollment for 2015-2016 academic year

This article was updated on March 3 at 6:30 p.m. The University of California will cap resident enrollment at all campuses, as well as nonresident enrollment at UCLA and UC Berkeley starting next academic year, UC President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday. However, the UC intends to increase nonresident enrollment at other campuses by about 800 […]

Legislative Analyst’s Office report recommends increased funds for UC

The state’s analyst office recommended Friday that tuition and state funding for the University of California should each increase by 2.2 percent starting next school year to offset rising operational costs. The UC would see an increase of $126 million in its revenue from tuition and state under this model – $66 million from the […]

Event allows students to lobby legislators directly on campus issues

On Friday, students called for legislators and legislative staff to lobby Gov. Jerry Brown to address campus issues, including increasing funding for the University of California. The Undergraduate Students Association Council External Vice President’s office and the UCLA Office of Government and Community Relations hosted the first-ever Campus Climate Legislative Day. About 80 people signed […]

Former congressman Henry Waxman to teach at UCLA as regents’ professor

A longtime congressman who represented the district that includes Westwood for 40 years will teach at UCLA as a regents’ professor. A regents’ professor, whose appointment is approved by the University of California Board of Regents, consults with students and faculty and leads seminars and lectures. The professor may teach one or more courses at […]

Low voter turnout prompts reevaluation of legislative process

Local officials debated the feasibility of an automatic voter registration system Friday as they sought to address the record-low voter turnout seen in Los Angeles County in November’s midterm election. At the legislative oversight hearing, led by State Senator Ben Allen and State Assemblyman Sebastian Ridley-Thomas who both represent Westwood, officials aimed to find ways […]