Faced with flagging state funding and a $1-billion budget hole, University of California officials on Monday proposed several actions to preserve programs and stabilize finances, including far-reaching pension reforms and an 8% student fee increase for next school year. "It’s frustrating to have to go through this every year; there’s no security," said UC Student Assn. President Claudia Magana, a junior at UC Santa Cruz. "Many middle-class students don’t have access to grants. There has to be somewhere else to squeeze expenses."

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by Carla Rivera, The Los Angeles Times.

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