A similar letter was sent on the same day to Senator Darrell Steinberg, Chair of the Senate Rules Committee. July 29, 2012 Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Re: Read More …

July 20, 2012 Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Re: University of California pension reform: already completed Dear Governor Brown, I write to convey the position of the Council Read More …

by Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations and Professor of Political and Social Thought, UC Santa Cruz This week’s budget endgame presents leaders in the Senate and Assembly with a rare opportunity to stand up for the California Read More …

June 13, 2012 Vice Provost Susan Carlson 1111 Franklin St., 11th Fl. University of California Oakland, CA 94607 Re: Support for proposed changes to APM 010 and 015 Opposition to the proposed change to APM 016 Dear Vice Provost Carlson, Read More …

UC President Mark Yudof and Governor Jerry Brown are working out a deal behind closed doors that will loosen the most important ties between the university and the state. Although they will both praise the deal by saying that it Read More …

Refund Students, Not Wall Street Years into a crisis caused by Wall Street, the One-Percent owes a tremendous debt to students. California has an opportunity in this year’s state budget to pay back this debt to the next generation of Read More …

Approximately two dozen UC Berkeley faculty will join the “99 Mile March for Education and Social Justice” on Friday, March 2nd. The march departs Oakland on Thursday, March 1st, and will arrive in Sacramento on Monday March 5th for a Read More …

December 27, 2011 Governor Jerry Brown c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 445-2841 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Dear Governor Brown, I note that the one year anniversary of David Crane’s appointment to the UC Board of Regents Read More …

November 27, 2011 President Mark G. Yudof University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Fax: (510) 987-9086 Dear President Yudof, The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) protests your decision to hire the Kroll Read More …

This week, we have seen excessive force used against non-violent protesters at UC Berkeley, UCLA, CSU Long Beach, and UC Davis. Student, faculty and staff protesters have been pepper-sprayed directly in the eyes and mouth, beaten and shoved by batons, Read More …