This post was updated July 5 at 10:28 p.m. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California’s state budget for the upcoming fiscal year Monday, increasing the UC’s funding by $350 million. Read more...
Photo: Gov. Gavin Newsom is pictured. He signed a state budget for the 2027-28 fiscal year Monday that includes a $350 million increase to the UC’s funding. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated June 26 at 3:42 p.m. Californians will vote on a bond that would allocate $350,000,000 to new affordable student housing projects in the November election. Senate Bill 417 – the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026 – passed the California State Senate and was approved by Gov. Read more...
Anneliese Fiegl, a senior student supervisor at Kerckhoff Coffeehouse, uses most of her earnings to pay for tuition and educational expenses. The rising third-year biochemistry student earns $20.75 per hour overseeing other employees for around 10 hours each week. Read more...
Photo: A photo illustration of a hand holding money. California’s minimum wage increased Jan. 1, and Los Angeles is set to increase its minimum wage to $18.42 July 1. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The California State Legislature approved a state budget Monday to increase the UC’s funding by approximately $350 million for the upcoming fiscal year. Legislators will negotiate with Gov. Read more...
Photo: The UC flag is raised. The California State Legislature approved a budget Monday that increases the University’s funding by approximately $350 million for the upcoming fiscal year. (Kai Dizon/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated June 14 at 11:58 a.m. 3 Los Angeles ballot measures that will raise taxes passed in the June 2 primary election, according to NBC. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles is pictured. Three LA ballot measures that will raise taxes passed in the June 2 primary election. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Democrats John Erickson and Brian Goldsmith will proceed to the November general election for California State Senate District 24, which encompasses UCLA’s campus and surrounding communities. Read more...
Photo: The California state flag is raised. Democrats John Erickson and Brian Goldsmith will proceed to the November general election for California State Senate District 24, which encompasses UCLA’s campus and surrounding communities. (Kai Dizon/Assistant Photo editor)
Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will compete to be California’s next governor in November, the Associated Press announced Tuesday. Becerra, a former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Hilton, a political commentator, earned 27.9% and 24.9% of the vote, respectively. Read more...
Photo: Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton are pictured. Becerra and Hilton will advance to the November general election to compete for California governor. (Left to right: Michael Gallagher/Daily Bruin senior staff and Courtesy of Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0 Cropped from original)
