UC chancellors and faculty leaders announced solid support for Napolitano while state Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León expressed deep reservations. Brown, who is a UC regent, previously committed to raising state funding for UC by 4% annually for the next two years only if tuition stays flat, according to H.D. Palmer, a state Department of Finance spokesman. He acknowledged that there was no formal compact with UC over the matter but said those conditions “have been clear from the outset.” Palmer declined to say how the governor would react if the UC regents increased tuition, or whether Brown might move to cut funds for UC. Atkins, also a regent, said she will vote against the plan at the UC Board of Regents’ meeting on Nov. 19-20.

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by Larry Gordon, The Los Angeles Times.

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