Last month both the DFA and CUCFA wrote letters to legislators in opposition to Senate Constitutional Amendment 21 and Assembly Constitutional Amendment 24 — bills that proposed to end UC’s autonomy and allow the legislature to politicize Regent decisions (see http://ucdfa.org/2009/06/16/our-letter-to-senator-yee-re-regental-autonomy/ and http://cucfa.org/news/2009_june29.php).
An article in today’s San Diego Tribune indicates that the legislature has heard our misgivings and killed the proposed legislation. Details are available at:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/10/1n10uc232626-bills-giving-legislature-control-uc-s/?education&zIndex=129707