California college leaders decry budget plan - David Goll, Biz Journals

The state’s top educators are about as pleased with the budget passed by the California legislature on Wednesday as Gov. Jerry Brown, who vetoed the budget Thursday. University of California President Mark Yudof and California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed urged Brown to do just that, criticizing additional cuts of $150 million for each system in the budget backed by Democratic lawmakers. Brown had already proposed a $500 million reduction in state support for both UC and CSU, but even he wasn’t happy with the extra cuts to the state’s major higher education systems. The governor has proposed letting the public vote on extending existing taxes to help close the budget deficit and minimize education cuts, but that plan has been scuttled so far by legislative Republicans withholding any support.