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All requests may be typed and submitted to the Executive Vice President no later 5:00 p.m. Thursday in order to be included in the agenda for the following Tuesday. The Executive Vice President reserves the right to delay the Request for Action to a later Council session if the Executive Vice President feels the agenda for the next schedule meeting is full. |
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| Item Number: 18 | Legislation Number (B: Bill, R: Resolution): |
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| Synopsis: In Opposition to Proposition 76 | |
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| Whereas Proposition 76 would give the governor unprecedented power over the state budget; and Whereas Proposition 76 would give current and future governors the authority to single-handedly line-item-veto budget allocations in addition to the power to directly cut funding for such items as the UC Budget or Academic Preparation funding without the current checks and balance mechanisms or a period of public input and comment; and Whereas for the past four years higher education has faced continuous cuts by the state, threats of the elimination of outreach programs, numerous fee increases and reductions in "return to aidâ€; and Whereas ASUCI firmly believes that this issue directly affects students across the entire UC system, effectively threatening the future cultural and economic diversity of the university for current and future students; Therefore let it be resolved that ASUCI will take a position in opposition to Proposition 76 as it goes directly against the values of transparent democracy and representative process that we expect of our state government. |
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| Referred to: Rules |
Committee on: Rules: Pass |
| Vote Required: Majority | FINAL VOTE: Passed YEA: 12 NAY: 0 ABS: 0 |
| THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE |
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| Executive Vice President, ASUCI | Verification of Executive Cabinet |