Petitions to Sign

The fight for the University of California is being waged on two fronts.  The first, which garners attention in the form of strikes and protests, is against the direction taken by the UC management, i.e Mark Yudof and co.  They are pursuing privatization of the University, which will never work, because frankly, our brand, our caché, is being the best public university in the world, and we can't compete financially with the Ivies if we go to a hybrid public/private model. 

The second front is the battle for state funding, which is root of the problem.  The legislature has reduced the support it allocates per UC student by 50% over the last ten years and spends more per prisoner than student.  The only way to reverse the decline is to show the legislators that the voting public values education.  To that end I'm going to direct you to three sets of petitions, two aimed at your legislators and the governor and one aimed at the UC regents who are voting on a fee increase.  Please sign them, or better yet, call your representative, and let him or her know that you value public education, the best public education in the world. (Sign them even if you aren't a Californian--every name helps!)

To the legislature and governator:

http://www.ucforcalifornia.org/cal/home/
http://checkingeducation.com/petition

To the regents: http://www.saveuc.org/petition_fees.php