UC to seek $913 million more from state
The University of California system will ask the state for $913 million more in next year’s budget, the 10-campus system announced Sunday. UC President Mark Yudof said in a written statement he would ask the university’s Board of Regents this week to approve the request, which follows last week’s announcement that the California State University system would seek nearly $900 million more in the 2010-11 state budget. Both systems have been hit hard by budget cuts the past two years. Without the additional funding, the UC budget deficit could grow to at least $1.2 billion next year, the university said.
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by Matt Krupnick, The Contra Costa Times.