How Berkeley is finding its voice in Sacramento

On Jan. 8, the day Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced his latest budget proposal, he simultaneously declared a fiscal emergency for the state of California. The response from the Legislature is expected to be a short-term fix that will include a combination of complex solutions, including cuts, delayed expenditures, and changes to the tax structure. UC Berkeley, meanwhile, is responding to its state-induced fiscal emergency with a coordinated budget-advocacy effort, led by the Office of Government and Community Relations and involving stakeholders across — and beyond — the campus. "Even if the university avoids mid-year cuts, as seems likely, we may become increasingly vulnerable in the 2010-11 deliberations," says Kieran Flaherty, Berkeley's director of state-government relations. As many who follow the budget cycle can attest, this is when it gets interesting.
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