Public Comment: Prabhdeep Rai, the UCLA California Public Interest Research Group chapter chair and a fourth-year history student, said CALPIRG progressed in its campaigns for clean energy, voter registration, ending oil drilling and affordable textbooks. Read more...
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March 9, 9:07 pm
Board to decide if USAC violated guidelines by denying Bruin Republicans travel funds
This post was updated March 10 at 5:33 p.m. to reflect a clarification of Emily Luong’s statement. A student panel will decide if student government officials violated financial guidelines by denying in-person travel expenses to Bruin Republicans. Read more...
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March 8, 12:34 pm
USAC recap – March 2
The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved changes to its constitution, a resolution calling on the University of California to divest from war industries and various surplus allocations. Read more...
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March 1, 5:54 pm
USAC to vote on fund to pay future undocumented council members
The art for this post was updated March 2 at 2:55 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council is considering a fund that will allow undocumented USAC council members who lose their work authorization to continue receiving their salary, in response to an incident in 2020 where an undocumented council member went without pay for around seven weeks. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council will vote this week on a proposal to establish a fund to pay future undocumented council members who do not have work authorization. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
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March 1, 3:21 pm
Amendment gives elections board more autonomy over USAC elections calendar
An amendment will give the board that runs the student government elections more independence over the elections calendar. The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution Feb. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted in February to amend the elections code to give the elections board chair more autonomy in determining the elections calendar. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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February 28, 2:13 pm
USAC Recap – Feb. 23
The Undergraduate Students Association Council created two council member stipends reserved for undocumented students within USAC. The council also approved a resolution in support of the Protecting Equal Access to Care Everywhere Act, which advocates for equitable patient access to health care facilities. Read more...
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February 23, 12:08 pm
UCSA recap – Feb. 20
The University of California Student Association is composed of representatives from the UC campuses’ undergraduate and graduate student governments. The organization’s board of directors held its monthly meeting over Zoom on Feb. Read more...