A signature goal of Governor Brown has been public employee pension reform. This is conceptually and politically linked to his budget initiative. Today the governor and legislative leaders announced a compromise agreement. It is possible that this will be quickly enacted and signed as the session closes in the next few days. This package is…
August 6, 2012 Senator Michael J. Rubio State Capitol, Room 2066 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 327-5989 RE: SCA 22 Dear Senator Rubio, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) shares your concerns about access to the University of California for California resident undergraduates. Current and pending UC policies create perverse incentives that undermine the…
A similar letter was sent on the same day to Senator Darrell Steinberg, Chair of the Senate Rules Committee. July 29, 2012 Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Re: University of California Regent Vacancies Dear Governor Brown, As you know, there are currently three…
July 20, 2012 Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Re: University of California pension reform: already completed Dear Governor Brown, I write to convey the position of the Council of UC Faculty Associations that the University of California has already completed exemplary, responsible, and…
by Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations and Professor of Political and Social Thought, UC Santa Cruz This week’s budget endgame presents leaders in the Senate and Assembly with a rare opportunity to stand up for the California Master Plan for Higher Education by challenging the financial incentive that UC campuses now have…
June 13, 2012 Vice Provost Susan Carlson 1111 Franklin St., 11th Fl. University of California Oakland, CA 94607 Re: Support for proposed changes to APM 010 and 015 Opposition to the proposed change to APM 016 Dear Vice Provost Carlson, The Council of UC Faculty Associations strongly supports the proposed additions to the Academic Personnel…
Refund Students, Not Wall Street Years into a crisis caused by Wall Street, the One-Percent owes a tremendous debt to students. California has an opportunity in this year’s state budget to pay back this debt to the next generation of students. The corporate elite have more than made back their money, largely by winning tax breaks…
Approximately two dozen UC Berkeley faculty will join the “99 Mile March for Education and Social Justice” on Friday, March 2nd. The march departs Oakland on Thursday, March 1st, and will arrive in Sacramento on Monday March 5th for a rally on behalf of public education at the State Capitol Building. UC Berkeley faculty will…
December 27, 2011 Governor Jerry Brown c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 445-2841 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Dear Governor Brown, I note that the one year anniversary of David Crane’s appointment to the UC Board of Regents approaches. Having failed to win confirmation of the Senate, Crane’s appointment will soon be voided,…
November 27, 2011 President Mark G. Yudof University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Fax: (510) 987-9086 Dear President Yudof, The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) protests your decision to hire the Kroll Security Group, and its Chairman William Bratton, to conduct what you call an independent investigation…
