Top Takeaways UC would get $350.6 million in new funding and CSU would receive $365.7 million, keeping with Newsom’s 2022 pledge to give annual budget increases for five years. University leaders said the budget proposal provides key support amid federal funding uncertainties. The proposal does include some deferrals, but a top lawmaker said the Legislature could consider options to provide funding sooner. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal unveiled Friday provided hopeful news for California’s public university systems, which would get funding increases that leaders say are desperately needed amid hostility from the federal government. Budget summary You can find the full budget by areas, here. Higher education The University of California and California State University would receive a combined $716.3 million in new base funding — $350.6 million for UC and $365.7 million for CSU — under the proposed budget. In total, UC would get $5.3 billion from the state’s general fund and CSU would receive $5.6 billion. The proposal wasn’t, however, a best-case scenario for the university systems. Both would see some previously promised money deferred until next year: $129.7 million for UC and $143.8 million for CSU. That funding was originally deferred from the universities’ budgets last year amid weak state revenues. Newsom’s plan is also subject to change between now and the summer when the budget is finalized. Last year, he initially proposed 8% cuts for UC and CSU, but the systems were mostly spared when the final budget was enacted. Unlike the state’s community colleges, UC and CSU…
