Even as they cheered, the rallying students, faculty and staff could not ignore that the latest state budget being considered in Sacramento is expected to restore about $200 million each to the University of California and California State University, and provide about $5.5 billion more to public higher education than last year. "Our actions matter! Our movement matters!" shouted Ricardo Gomez, a vice president in student government. "But don’t get too excited! It’s only a fraction of what’s needed." He and other students want a roll back of the 32 percent undergraduate fee increase that took effect this fall throughout UC. A similar increase was imposed at CSU.

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by Nanette Asimov and Jessica Kwong, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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