The University of California\u2019s one-time $1.43 billion request for maintenance funding to support systemwide infrastructure was excluded from Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s May revision budget proposal. The proposal still continues ongoing federal funding increases for the UC system.<\/p>\n
University officials warn that ongoing funding deferrals, federal funding uncertainty and rising operational costs are contributing to hiring freezes, program cuts and layoffs across the system.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn their discussions with the Administration in the spring, UC made clear that their priority was in ongoing funds,\u201d said H.D. Palmer, deputy director for external affairs of the California Department of Finance, in an email. \u201cThe Governor\u2019s May Revision follows through on this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Palmer noted that Newsom\u2019s May Revision maintains the proposed increase of $254.3 million in the ongoing General Fund, marking a scheduled 5% increase in the UC system\u2019s funding for the fifth and final year under Newsom\u2019s Compact with Higher Education.<\/p>\n
According to Palmer, an additional proposed $96.3 million increase in the General Fund to provide partial funding of the fourth-year payment was maintained as well.<\/p>\n
In November, the UC Board of Regents approved the one-time $1.43 billion General Fund petition to the state government to support critical needs projects, including four infrastructure improvements at UC Berkeley.<\/p>\n
Projects that would have been funded by the one-time request targeted supporting enrollment growth, developing facilities for advanced teaching and research, renewing aging facilities and improving seismic safety.<\/p>\n
The regents\u2019 proposed UC Berkeley projects included a new Interdisciplinary Academic Building intended to accommodate increased enrollment and replace seismically non-compliant Evans Hall, as well as projects modernizing Wellman and Durant halls, both century-old buildings identified as being vulnerable to earthquakes.<\/p>\n
The request also included a College of Chemistry modernization and expansion project aimed at supporting enrollment growth, faculty retention and recruitment and advanced research in clean energy, therapeutics and sustainable materials.<\/p>\n
According to UC President James B. Milliken\u2019s May 14 statement on Newsom\u2019s 2026-27 revised budget proposal, the university will continue to work with Newsom and the legislature in the next few weeks to attain a state budget that fully funds the UC system.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe UC funding included in the May revision will help ensure that the university remains affordable and accessible to California students. As the University of California faces ongoing federal funding uncertainty and increasing operational and labor costs, state funding for UC is more important than ever,\u201d Milliken said in his statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of California\u2019s one-time $1.43 billion request for maintenance funding to support systemwide infrastructure was excluded from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[56874,117232,134759,134761,86672,457,37010,134762,33861,115818,143,145,144,76366,26885,134760],"class_list":["post-323610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-california-department-of-finance","tag-college-of-chemistry","tag-compact-with-higher-education","tag-durant-hall","tag-evans-hall","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-h-d-palmer","tag-interdisciplinary-academic-building","tag-james-b-milliken","tag-may-revision","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-regents","tag-ucop","tag-wellman-hall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}