California budget panel approves spending plan as talks with Brown continue
Thursday’s package reflects more than the $180 billion in general and special fund spending contained in the revised budget Brown released last month, with the exact amount still being calculated… Acting on the findings of a recent state audit castigating UC’s leadership, meanwhile, Thursday’s agreement will pay for the University of California Office of the President out of the general fund. The $296.4 million will replace assessments the office now collects on individual campuses, a situation that the Bureau of State Audits found had contributed to the university’s need for increased tuition.
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by Jim Miller, Alexei Koseff and Taryn Luna, The Sacramento Bee.