We’d like to add 10,000 more” to the systemwide enrollment of 180,000, Napolitano said in an interview with reporters and editors in The Times’ Washington bureau. Legislative leaders are debating how much money to add to the state budget to expand UC enrollment, but are unlikely to go that far, she added, saying: “They may go halfway.” Even if the Legislature approves a significant increase, the full effect would not be felt until the class that enters college in the fall of 2016, Napolitano said. “We’re late in the process” to be adding students this year, she said, noting that California’s budget schedule and the university’s application cycle don’t mesh well. “Realistically, for this fall,” the UC system would be able to add 500 to 600 students, who would be taken off campus wait lists, she said.

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by David Lauter, The Los Angeles Times.

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