California’s budget crisis will now be handled by adults according to newly-minted and former California Governor Jerry Brown. Nothing is off the table Brown said — except those who have collective bargaining contracts. That grown-up budget conversation came at the expense of the state’s coveted higher-education programs.
The billion-dollar cuts shocked college administrators and prompted warnings to high school seniors it will get a whole lot tougher to attend a University California like (UCLA) or any California State college.
Brown’s new budget proposals include $12.5 billion in overall spending cuts, including $1 billion for the California University campuses.