“Public higher education in California is really in a crisis, probably the most severe crisis that most of us have seen in a generation,” said Jaime Regalado, emeritus professor of political science at Cal State L.A. As more students take to the streets, he said, “it’s going to become harder and harder and harder for the politicians to ignore.” … The slice into Cal Grants that lawmakers rejected — not for the first time — is the largest chunk of Brown’s proposed 3.6% reduction in higher education funding for the next fiscal year.

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by Chris Megerian, The Los Angeles Times.

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