August 10, 2001

Calif. Colleges Get Less Money Than They Sought, but No Cuts

By PETER SCHMIDT

The California Legislature has adopted a budget for the 2001-2 fiscal year that gives public colleges less money than they had hoped for, but spares them the severe belt-tightening planned for other state agencies in response to the recent economic downturn.

In signing the budget into law last month, Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat, said the plan "puts education first." It appropriates:

* About $3.2-billion for the University of California system, a 4.7-percent or $152-million

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