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DESCRIPTION:Come out with us to protest the Regents’ most recent plans to consider a 
 20.3% fee hike for the Fall if Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative (Prop 
 30) is not approved by voters. Let them know enough is enough! We refuse to 
 have the budget balanced on the backs of students and workers, who have 
 continually seen cuts to public services. Get on your zombie gear (or come 
 as you are!) to collectively tell the Regents: NO FEE HIKES! EDUCATION CAN 
 AND SHOULD BE FREE. More fee hikes are a debt sentence.\n\nWHEN: Wednesday 
 July 18th\n\nWHERE: UCSF Mission Bay Campus Community Center\n-Folks in 
 Berkeley will be meeting at Downtown Berkeley BART at 7am\n-We will give 
 PUBLIC COMMENT starting at 8:30am\n\n…because WE are the public and 
 won’t let private interests sell out our futures.\n\nOUTREACH VIDEO 
 ***WATCH & SHARE ♥*** http://youtu.be/kvtxzGWxsF8\n\nFor more details 
 about the fight, see below.\n\nAnd finally, if people know that they want 
 to FOR SURE make public comment, they can call (510) 987-9220, or otherwise 
 sign up in the morning 
 beforehand\n\n*******************************************************\nWe 
 are pleased to hear that President Yudof has publicly stated that the UC 
 will accept the tuition buyout in the state budget and that no tuition hike 
 will be considered at the July Regents meeting. At the same time, however, 
 we are outraged that President Yudof, by his own account, convinced 
 Governor Brown to eliminate by line-item veto important budget protections 
 for UC students and workers. These protections include UC’s Master Plan 
 enrollment targets; funding protections for recruitment and retention of 
 students of color; outsourcing protections; and funding protections for 
 retirement security for UC workers.\n\nIn light of this attack on students, 
 workers, quality, affordability, and access at UC, we are concerned about 
 President Yudof’s commitment to follow through with the tuition freeze. 
 We therefore call on President Yudof and Chair Lansing to commit that no 
 proposals will be brought before the Regents moving forward to increase 
 tuition automatically in the event that the tax initiative, debt service 
 restructuring, or any other policies are not adopted by the state. We also 
 call on President Yudof and Chair Lansing to join us in asking Governor 
 Brown to restore the protections for UC students and workers that the 
 Governor eliminated from the budget by line- item veto along with the full 
 Cal Grant award amounts that he cut by veto.\n\nWe also ask that President 
 Yudof refrain from scapegoating “significant opposition from our labor 
 groups” as the main problem with the debt service proposal. Many students 
 have spoken out against the debt service proposal because the non-partisan 
 Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) says the debt restructuring would 
 eliminate significant legislative and public oversight. At the same time, 
 the LAO believes the policy could allow UC Office of the President to use 
 instructional funds and tuition as collateral to restructure $2.5 billion 
 in debt now held by the state for construction projects.2 The Senate Budget 
 Committee agreed with the LAO and rejected the debt service restructuring 
 in a unanimous, bi-partisan vote. UC Office of the President could better 
 dedicate its energy to supporting revenue measures that we can all support 
 for refunding higher education – taxes on Wall Street, multinational 
 corporations, and millionaires.\n\nIn the wake of these budget 
 developments, please join us in calling on President Yudof and Chair 
 Lansing\nto pledge they will not recommend automatic tuition increases tied 
 to the tax initiative or debt service restructuring. Instead, ask them to 
 support restoring protections for students and workers that the Governor 
 eliminated with budget vetoes. Please let one of us know if you will take 
 this stand.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/17/18717678.php
SUMMARY:Privatization is a Killer: Zombie Takeover at the UC Regents’ Meeting
LOCATION:UCSF Mission Bay Campus Community Center
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/17/18717678.php
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