On November 18 and 19, a crowd of faculty, students and staff from the California State University system gathered at the Cal State Board of Trustees meeting to protest Governor Schwarzenegger’s most recent budget cut proposal and the Cal State Board’s plan to deal with it by limiting next year’s admission. The governor’s proposal would entail a $66 million mid-year cut in addition to the final 2008-2009 cut, which was $215 million below the system’s operational needs. The reductions reflect the state’s ongoing battle to manage a deep budget crisis, which may peak at $24 billion by the year 2010. To cope with the financial losses, the California State University system plans to cut its admissions by 10,000 students for the 2009-2010 academic year, from 460,000 to 450,000 students. The University of California system is facing similar budget and enrollment cuts.  At a conference organized by the University of California Student Association, over 1,000 UC students from across the state protested  at UCLA to restore funding.

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