Replacing Yudof’s blunt furloughs with payroll reductions on the top 2 percent of UC’s payroll — roughly 3,600 individuals who earn more than $200,000 annually — would free more than $220 million for critical needs. That’s enough to rollback almost half of the 32 percent fee increase adopted last week while protecting the most vulnerable employees. By refusing to cut back on low-priority spending including executive mansions, rentals of non-UC property, noncrucial travel, and consultants’ contracts, Yudof’s administration has denied students access to classes and potentially turned janitors and hospital workers out of their homes.

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by Lakesha Harrison, The Contra Costa Times.

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