UCLA will be asked to absorb $96 million of the $500 million in proposed state cuts to the University of California system, according to a new target set by UC President Mark Yudof… As Yudof’s proposal stands, UCLA will experience the largest burden of the cuts, with UC Berkeley possibly absorbing $80.8 million and UC Davis taking $70 million in cuts to its budget. UCOP spokesman Steve Montiel said, however, that these cuts are only preliminary figures. Ultimately, the figures are contingent on how much can be cut from the Office of the President, and, as with other proposed cuts under Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan, the extension of tax hikes by California voters.

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by Nicholas Greitzer and Sonali Kohli, The Daily Bruin.

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