Lawmakers say years of fee hikes and pay bonuses threaten the right to an affordable, high-quality education in the University of California and California State University systems… Lenz, the UC vice president for budget, said he and his staff visited Sacramento in late October to brief the Legislature and the administration on the coming fee increases before regents considered the proposal. He rejected the notion of more legislative control, citing the turnover in the Legislature under term limits and the protracted state budgeting process of recent years. "We have a fiduciary responsibility to long-term planning. When you’re playing politics with the university year in and year out, how does a university manage that?" he asked.

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by Michael J. Mishak, The Los Angeles Times.

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