WHEREAS, The University of California (UC) is proposing to raise tuition and the student services fee for state residents by 2.7 percent, which would result in an increase of $342 in tuition and student services fees per academic year for a total of $12,972 for the 2018–19 academic year; and

WHEREAS, On January 26, 2017, the Regents of the University of California voted to increase tuition and the student services fees at all UC campuses statewide for the 2017–18 academic year by $336; and

WHEREAS, UC student tuition and student services fees have increased by more than 100 percent since the 2005–06 academic year; and

WHEREAS, The Governor has proposed a 3 percent increase in base funding for the UC and California State University (CSU) systems in his 2018–19 budget; and

WHEREAS, An audit released on April 25, 2017, by the California State Auditor, Elaine Howle, admonished UC President, Janet Napolitano, for raising UC student tuition to fund office perks and excessive executive and administrative personnel salaries at the expense of California’s students; and

WHEREAS, The California State Auditor reported that the UC Office of the President has “amassed substantial reserve funds, used misleading budgeting practices, provided its employees with generous salaries and atypical benefits, and failed to satisfactorily justify its spending on systemwide initiatives”; and

WHEREAS, The April 25, 2017, audit concluded by stating that “the Office of the President also spent more than $2 million for its staff’s business meetings and entertainment expenses over the past five years,” including, but not limited to, theater tickets, expensive hotel rooms, and even limousines for staff; and

WHEREAS, Future economic uncertainty and evidence of gross mismanagement should lead the UC system to focus on reducing the system’s structural costs and improving efficiencies instead of foisting higher financial burdens on its students; now, therefore, be it