Court Orders Release of Pepper Spray Officer Names Arguing Not Covered Under POBR
In May of 2012, following the release of the Kroll Report and the Cruz Reynoso Task Force report with the names of police officers redacted, the Los Angeles Times and Sacramento Bee argued that the public and press interests were not represented in the agreement to suppress the names of officers who were involved.
In a case that is likely destined for the state’s Supreme Court, the First Appellate District, Division Four, ruled in favor of the newspapers and ordered the release of the names of 12 officers named in the two reports commissioned by the University of California Regents.
Congress failed to strike a deal to keep student loan rates low on Monday, meaning that the subsidized Stafford loan interest rates will soar to 6.8 percent despite increasing concerns that the current generation of college students will be saddled with student loans that they might never be able to pay off.
David Snyder, 32, was booked into the Yolo County Jail on Sunday, following his arrest on possessing explosives and materials with the intent to make a destructive device, and possessing firearms on campus, UC Davis announced on Sunday. Bail is set at two million dollars.
President Yudof will be Remembered For Doubling Student Tuition – University of California President Mark Yudof, 68, announced on Friday that he would be stepping down from his position effective August 31, 2013. His tenure will be remembered largely for the doubling of student tuition, as the university system struggled to grapple with a lengthy economic crisis.
by UC Davis News Service
Commentary: Scholarships Are Great, But We Need Systemic Reform, Not Gimmicks and PR Stunts – The headline in the local paper is “Students are priority No.1.”
Senator Yee Reintroduces Executive Pay Limitation Legislation – For much of his first two years as governor, Jerry Brown has largely been silent on matters of UC compensation for top executives, including chancellors.
Jerry Brown worked hard on Tuesday to postpone a vote on fee increases in the UC system.
The polls were not looking good for Prop 30, as support was dwindling below the supposed magical 50% line, according to polls released just a couple of weeks before the election. But when the Field Poll was released, it seemed that the support for the tax measure was holding.
In the press conference at the Quad on Wednesday, Ian Lee spoke. He was a first-year student, two months into college, when he got involved in the protest that would ultimately alter his life.
