CSU budget slashed again - Alejandra Paz, Daily Aztec

On Dec. 13, Gov. Jerry Brown announced an additional $100 million for the 2011-2012 year to be cut from the California State University budget. State funding support was already reduced in May by $650 million. This $750 million seems to be a permanent cut according to the budget proposal for the 2012-2013 year. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom responded to the additional $100 million cuts. “What we have feared for months is now our reality — and unless we come together to find new resources for K-12 and higher education, we are going to surrender the current and future generations and dismantle a once-proud public education system that can no longer meet the demands of a growing economy,” Newsom said.