The relative silence of most of the candidates who wish to lead California out of its canyon of deficits is all the more striking given what else was going on in California last week. The one-time gem of the state, its university system, was taking another hit. Turning aside protests by students, the University of California Board of Regents approved a 32% increase in student fees. That amounted to $2,500 per student… As a politician, he was not shocked that, last week, the candidates who want to be governor mostly took a pass on the budget deficit. "There are no easy solutions. All the approaches will be painful. So that’s why the silence was deafening, and it’s not surprising to me," said O’Connell. But, he added, "it is a time when real leadership steps up to the plate."

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by Cathleen Decker, The Los Angeles Times.

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