OKAY GOOD MORNING, WE WILL START
AS A LONELY SUBCOMMITTEE THIS
MORNING, BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE
YOU'RE ALL HERE, SO WE'LL BEGIN
WITH THE FIRST PANEL. ON HIGHER
EDUCATION, STUDENT HOUSING, SO
IF YOU CAN START TO MAKE YOUR
WAY UP, THIS IS OUR SECOND, UM,
HEARING OF THE YEAR ON HIGHER
EDUCATION. TODAY'S THE FIRST ONE
FOCUSED ON THE OVERVIEW OF ALL
THREE SEGMENTS TODAY WILL ALSO
FOCUS ON ALL THREE SEGMENTS ON
TWO INTERSECTIONAL ISSUES,
STUDENT HOUSING AND FINANCIAL
AID. THE FIRST WILL BE OUR
SECTION ON STUDENT HOUSING THAT
HASN'T HISTORICALLY BEEN A TOPIC
OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE NOR THE
STATE LEGISLATURE. YEAH, WE DO
HAVE SIX CHAIRS UP HERE. SO UM,
BUT 2.5 YEARS AGO, WE HAVE WE
HOLD AN IMPLEMENT, HELD AN
INFORMATIONAL HEARING ON STUDENT
HOUSING AND REALLY DIVING INTO
THIS ISSUE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S
IT IS AGAIN A CROSS CUTTING
ISSUE TO SIGNIFICANT CALIFORNIA
ISSUES, AND THAT'S THE STUDENT,
THE HOUSING SUPPLY AND DEMAND
CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA A LOT OF
TIMES IN OUR COLLEGE CITIES AS
WELL AS THE OVERALL COST OF
COLLEGE AND HOUSING BEING THE
LARGEST DRIVER THAT ESPECIALLY
WHEN TUITION IS COVERED MANY
TIMES BOTH FINANCIAL AID, BUT
HOUSING IS THE BIGGEST CRUNCH.
SO TWO YEARS AGO, WE DID LAUNCH
FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN
CALIFORNIA HISTORY, A PROGRAM TO
HELP FUND STUDENT HOUSING THE
GENERAL FUND AND WE HAVE THE
GRANT PROGRAM AND NOW THEY'RE
REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM. AND
TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT. UM
UH UM, THE ROLLOUT OF THESE TWO
PROPOSALS. WE KNOW THIS. THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL HAS AN IDEA
TO DELAY FUNDING FOR THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T
SUPPORT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT OTHER UM, OPTIONS. I
KNOW THE YELLOW LAID OUT SOME
OPTIONS, SO WE HAVE A FEW THINGS
ON THE TABLE, BUT THE ISSUE WE
THINK IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL READY
PROJECTS THAT CAN MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE FOR STUDENTS IN
COLLEGE TOWNS AS WELL AS CITIES
WHO ARE FACING TIGHT HOUSING
MARKETS. NEXT. WE'LL FOCUS ON
OUR FINANCIAL AID. TALK ABOUT
OUR RECENT ACTIONS LAST FEW
BUDGET YEARS TO FIX FINANCIAL
AID AND INCREASE, UH MIDDLE
CLASS SCHOLARSHIP IN CAL GRANT
PROPOSALS ARE PROGRAMS FOR OUR
STUDENTS. UM, THIS HAS BEEN A
LANDMARK EFFORT AND WE'RE ON OUR
WAY TO FOCUSING ON A DEBT FREE
COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA. SO TWO
VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS AND WE
WILL BEGIN WITH OUR STUDENT
HOUSING DISCUSSIONS. WE HAVE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. AND THEN
L. A OH, UNIVERSE, CALIFORNIA
CSU AND OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
SO FIRST WE'LL HAVE THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE LATEST
OFF.
ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZES THE
IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT HOUSING
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET FACED VERY
DIFFERENT OUTLOOK FROM THE LAST
TWO GOVERNORS BUDGETS THAT WE'VE
HAD AND THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
PROPOSED, UM, A ROUGHLY $22.5
BILLION BUDGET SOLUTION PACKAGE
FOR 2023 24, WHICH INCLUDED A
VARIETY OF DELAYS REDUCTIONS.
AND FUND SHIFTS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE STATE BUDGET. SO WITH
THAT AS A BACKDROP, THE FOR THE
HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT HOUSING
GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 2021, WHICH
ALLOCATED. ROUGHLY 1.4
5,000,000,001 TIME GENERAL FUND
IN THE 2022 BUDGET ACT. THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PUTS FORWARD
500,000,001 TIME GENERAL FUND
FOR 23 24. IT DOES PROPOSE A
DELAY FOR A PLANNED INVESTMENT
OF 250,000,001 TIME GENERAL FUND
FOR 2024 25. IN ADDITION, THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET DELAYS THE
START OF THE STUDENT HOUSING
REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM FROM THE
BUDGET YEAR 23 24. THE YEAR
AFTER 24 25. IT ALSO CHANGES THE
ALLOCATION FROM A SPLIT OF
900,000,001 TIME. GENERAL
FINANCE 23 24, ANOTHER
900,000,001 TIME GENERAL FUND IN
24 25 2 INSTEAD, THE 650 MILLION
IN 24 25 1.15 BILLION IN 25 26.
SO EFFECTIVELY. THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET MAINTAINS THE OVERALL
FUNDING COMMITMENT FOR THESE TWO
STUDENT HOUSING PROGRAMS. BUT
GIVEN THE BUDGET HMM. HMM.
EXCUSE ME. THE BUDGET OUTLOOK.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSES
FUNDING DELAYS FOR THESE
PROGRAMS. THE ADMINISTRATION
RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF
AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING AND
THE IMPACTS TO COMMUNITIES WHERE
THESE CAMPUSES ARE LOCATED AND
REMAINS COMMITTED TO STUDENT
HOUSING. BUT THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET PROPOSED DELAYS TO
STUDENT HOUSING, GIVEN THE
OVERALL ARCHITECTURE OF THE
BUDGET AND THE OUTLOOK THAT WE
THAT WE FACED IN JANUARY, SO
WITH THAT. THANK YOU AND HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU,
LEO. JENNIFER PATELLA, ALLEGED
ANALYSTS OFFICE. SO AS YOU
REVIEW THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS
, WE THINK THERE ARE AT LEAST A
FEW FACTORS TO KEEP IN MIND. THE
FIRST IS THAT THE STUDENT
HOUSING PROJECT PROPOSALS, THE
ONES THE SEGMENTS JUST RECENTLY
SUBMITTED TO YOU AND THE
GOVERNOR FOR REVIEW THERE IN
EARLY PLANNING STAGES IF FUNDING
WERE DELAYED OR REMOVED, THERE
WOULD BE NO IMMEDIATE IMPACT OR
DISRUPTION FOR STUDENTS. SECOND
DATA ON THE IMPACT OF THE FIRST
ROUND OF GRANT FUNDING IS NOT
YET AVAILABLE SO THE STATE COULD
WAIT UNTIL IT KNOWS MORE ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF THE FIRST ROUND OF
FUNDING BEFORE FUNDING A SECOND
ROUND. THIRD MORE FUNDAMENTALLY
, THE ROLE OF THE STATE AND
STUDENT HOUSING HASN'T YET BEEN
CLEARLY IDENTIFIED. SO HOLDING
HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN SELF
SUPPORTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF
NEW STUDENT HOUSING BANDS HAS
KEPT PACE SLIGHTLY OUTPACED
GROWTH IN ENROLMENT SINCE 2015
AND HOW MUCH IT TAKES TO MAKE A
STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT
FINANCIALLY VIABLE DEPENDS ON
MANY FACTORS. THE DESIGN OF THE
BUILDING STUDENTS LIVING
PREFERENCES FAMILY'S WILLINGNESS
TO PAY ALTERNATIVE HOUSING
OPTIONS, CONSTRUCTION COSTS,
FINANCING COSTS, SO THE ISOLATED
SPECIFIC IMPACT OF THE STATE
ISN'T CLEAR. AND THEN FOURTH.
THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE THE
CAL GRANT PROGRAM, MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIPS, RAPID REHOUSING
PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT BE BETTER
AVENUES FOR IMPROVING
AFFORDABILITY OF COLLEGE AND
ADDRESSING AS STUDENT HOUSING
AND SECURITY, AND THE STATE HAS
RECENTLY DONE SIGNIFICANT
EXPANSIONS TO THOSE ONGOING
PROGRAMS. SO FOR THESE REASONS
IF THE STATE IF THE CONDITION OF
THE STATE BUDGET WAS SUCH THAT
THE LEGISLATURE NEEDED
ADDITIONAL SOLUTION COULD FIND
UP TO 2.6 BILLION AN ADDITIONAL
BUDGET SOLUTION BY BY REMOVING
SOME OR ALL OF THE REMAINING
STUDENT GRANT FUNDS AND
REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS. SO DESPITE
ALL OF THAT WERE THE LEGISLATURE
TO WANT TO PROVIDE SOME ONE TIME
FUNDS FOR STUDENT HOUSING MOVING
FORWARD, IT COULD PRIORITIZE
LOANS OVER GRANTS, AND IT COULD
PRIORITIZE UNIVERSITY PROJECTS
OVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROJECTS
SO THE STATE IS LIKELY TO GET
MORE AFFORDABLE BEDS UNDER THE
LOAN PROGRAM UNDER THE LOAN
PROGRAM IS CAMPUSES REPAY THE
LOANS, THE LOAN FUND GETS
REPLENISHED AND THE STATE IS
ABLE TO MAKE NEW AWARDS FOR NEW
PROJECTS. THE LOAN PROGRAM ALSO
HAS ZERO COST FINANCING, WHICH
MIGHT BE ALL THAT SOME STUDENT
HOUSING PROJECTS NEED TO BECOME
FINANCIALLY VIABLE. GIVEN
INTEREST RATES HAVE RISEN MIGHT
RISE FURTHER, IT COULD BE THAT
MORE CAMPUSES VIEW ZERO COST
LOAN FUND AS AN ATTRACTIVE
FINANCING OPTION. REGARDING
PRIORITIZING AMONG PROJECTS. THE
UNIVERSITY PROJECT PROPOSALS
WERE SUBMITTED ON TIME ABOUT A
MONTH AGO. THE COLLEGE PROJECTS
OR SUBMITTED JUST LAST WEEK, BUT
MUCH. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE
UNIVERSITIES HAVE MUCH MORE
EXPERIENCE WITH STUDENT HOUSING
PROJECTS, GIVING THEM A HIGHER
PROBABILITY OF BEING IMPLEMENTED
SUCCESSFULLY. SO IF THE
LEGISLATURE DOES WANT TO PROVIDE
SOME GRANT FUNDS IN 23 24, IT
COULD PRIORITIZE THE HIGHEST
PAYOFF PROJECTS AMONGST THE
UNIVERSITY PROJECTS THAT WERE
RECENTLY SUBMITTED. IT COULD USE
THE STATUTORY PRIORITIZATION
CRITERIA. IF YOU DO THAT THE SAC
STATE JOSE AND UC SAN DIEGO
PROJECTS SPRINK HIGHEST USING
THAT CRITERIA. WE WOULD JUST
NOTE THAT IF YOU DO THE UC SAN
DIEGO PROJECT THAT WILL PUT YOU
SEE OVER ITS PROGRAM FUNDING
CAP. THE CSU PROJECTS WOULD
REMAIN UNDER THE CSU IS A LOT OF
PROGRAM FUNDING CAP. SO WITH
THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS. MHM. THANK YOU
CERTAINLY COME BACK TO YOU IN A
BIT NEXT. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE
SEGMENTS. WE'LL START WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. THANK
YOU, CHAIR MCCARTHY AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE TIMESAVER
TENANT, AND I'LL BE SPEAKING
ABOUT UNIVERSITY STUDENT HOUSING
WITH YOU TODAY. UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA IS COMMITTED TO
INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF
CAMPUS PROVIDED STUDENT HOUSING
. WE LAUNCHED A STUDENT HOUSING
INITIATIVE IN 2016, AND SINCE
THEN CAMPUSES HAVE BROUGHT
ONLINE OVER 25,000 NEW STUDENT
BEDS. HOWEVER DURING THE SAME
TIMEFRAME. U C CAMPUSES
INCREASED UNDERGRADUATE
ENROLLMENT BY ABOUT 20,000
STUDENTS. WHILE STUDENT HOUSING
INITIATIVE HAS FORMALLY ENDED,
CAMPUSES HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR
EFFORTS TO CONSTRUCT NEW STUDENT
HOUSING. CURRENTLY CAMPUSES ARE
PLANNING NEARLY 22,000 NEW
STUDENT HOUSING BEDS TO OPEN
BETWEEN FALL OF 2023 FALL OF
2028. THIS AMBITIOUS NUMBER OF
NEW STUDENT HOUSING BEDS
INCLUDES ALL OF THE PROJECTS
THAT BOTH HAVE BEEN AWARDED
STATE GRANTS AND HAVE APPLIED
FOR STATE GRANTS. UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES SUBMIT
CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS EACH
YEAR FOR THE èC REGIONS CAPITAL
FINANCING PLAN. THESE PROJECTS
INCLUDE PROPOSED CAPITAL
PROJECTS AND THE ACQUISITION OF
REAL PROPERTY THAT SUPPORTS THE
CAMPUSES LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT
PLAN. MANY OF THE PROJECTS IN
THE CAPITAL FINANCIAL PLAN DO
NOT HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING
SOURCES. THE LATEST 2022 TO 28
CAPITAL FINANCIAL PLAN INCLUDED
STUDENT HOUSING PROJECTS WITH
OVER 16,000 BEDS THAT HAVE NO
AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCE
CURRENTLY. THESE HOUSING
PROJECTS TOGETHER BOTH THE ONES
WITH THE FUNDING PLAN AND THE
ONES WITHOUT TOTAL OVER 38,000
POSSIBLE NEW STUDENT HOUSING
BEDS FOR THE UC SYSTEM. THIS
EXTENSIVE PLANNING FOR NEW
STUDENT HOUSING PROJECTS
DEMONSTRATES THE CAMPUSES
COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING HOUSING
FOR OUR STUDENTS. STILL CAMPUSES
STRUGGLE WITH BUILDING HOUSING
QUICKLY ENOUGH TO MEET STUDENT
DEMAND DUE TO ENROLLMENT GROWTH
AND AFFORDABILITY NEEDS. MANY OF
THE CAMPUSES ARE LARGELY BUILT
OUT WITH AVAILABLE SITES ONLY
NEAR OR IN THE SURROUNDING
COMMUNITY. SEQUEL LITIGATION HAS
ALSO SLOWED DOWN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SOME PROJECTS. THE
AVAILABILITY OF FINANCING CAN
CHALLENGE THE AFFORDABILITY OF
STUDENT HOUSING PROJECTS. IN THE
BUDGET ACT OF 2022, THE
LEGISLATURE APPROPRIATED 389
MILLION FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION
STUDENT HOUSING GRANT FUND FOR
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDED FUNDING
FOR FIVE PROJECTS AND PLANNING
FUNDS FOR SIX PROJECTS. THE UC
MERCED MERCED COMMUNITY COLLEGE
JOINT PROJECT THE FIVE FUNDED
PROJECTS PROPOSED TO PROVIDE
2388 AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING
BEDS AND ANOTHER 1011 REGULAR
STUDENT HOUSING BEDS FOR A TOTAL
OF 3399 STUDENT HOUSING BEDS
ADDED TO THE SYSTEM. FOR THE 23
24 GRANT CYCLE. THE UNIVERSITY
SUBMITTED SIX PROPOSALS
TOTALLING $500 MILLION COMBINED
, THESE SIX PROJECTS WOULD
DEVELOP 3738 NEW STATE FUNDED
AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING BEDS
. IN ADDITION, THESE PROJECTS
WOULD DEVELOP AN ADDITIONAL 1869
REGULARLY PRICED STUDENT HOUSING
BEDS FOR A TOTAL OF 5607 STUDENT
HOUSING BEDS ADDED TO THE
SYSTEM. ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT
APPLIED FOR STATE HIGHER
EDUCATION. STUDENT HOUSING GRANT
FUNDS WERE INCLUDED IN THE
22,000 PLANNED NEW STUDENT
HOUSING BEDS BIGGER I MENTIONED
EARLIER. THE UNIVERSITY RANKED
THE GRANT SUBMISSIONS ON TWO
CRITERIA. JOINT PROJECTS WITH
COMMUNITY COLLEGES WERE RANKED
HIGHER AND THE SECONDARY FACTOR
BEING THE STATE COST PER BED FOR
THE GRANT AMOUNT PROVIDED TO
èC. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
LEGISLATURE'S DECISION ON WHICH
PROJECTS WILL BE FUNDED IN 23
24. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
OKAY THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'LL HEAR
FROM THE CSU. THANK YOU,
CHAIRMAN CARDI MORNING. MY NAME
IS VIA SAN JUAN ASSISTED VICE
CHANCELLOR FOR CAPITAL PLANNING
DESIGN CONSTRUCTION FOR THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY. FOR
THE PROJECTS FUNDED, AFFORDABLE
STUDENT HOUSING PROJECTS, BUT IN
22 23. THE PROGRESS HAS GONE
FAIRLY WELL GIVEN THE INCREASES
IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND
UNCERTAINTY AND EQUIPMENT
DELIVERY FROM THE CONTRACTORS TO
DATE, FIVE OF NINE OF OUR
PROJECTS HAVE EVER SEEN
SCHEMATIC DESIGN APPROVAL BY OUR
CSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WITH TWO
MORE PLANNED IN THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS. THE PROJECT. DELAYS
REFLECT CAMPUSES NEEDING TIME TO
DISCUSS AND ASSESS OPTIONS TO
ADDRESS BUDGET SHORTFALLS, SUCH
AS CO FUNDING WITH HOUSING
RESERVES, OR ES INCREASED
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BOND
FINANCING. OR OTHER METHODS HAVE
BEEN REDUCTIONS TO SCOPE THAT
COULD INCLUDE REDUCING THE
NUMBER OF STANDARD BEDS, NOT
AFFORDABLE BEDS OR REDUCING THE
SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR AMENITIES
LIKE LOUNGING AND DINING SPACE.
ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO CO FUND
THE GRANT FUNDS WITH 266 MILLION
IN CSU FUNDS, HOWEVER, WITH THE
RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS, THAT
AMOUNT HAS GROWN TO 317 MILLION
, SO IN ORDER TO COVER INCREASED
CONSTRUCTION COSTS, CSU IS
INCREASING ITS FUNDING BY 51
MILLION. 23 24 IS NOTED ON PAGE
FOUR, THE CSU SUBMITTED THREE
PART PROJECTS FOR THE SECOND
ROUND OF GRANT FUNDING. THE
TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT REQUESTED AS
JUST OVER 100 AND 49 MILLION FOR
PROJECTS THAT SACRAMENT OF ST
SAN JOSE STATE AND CSU
STANISLAUS. THE CSC WILL PROVIDE
280 MILLION IN CO FUNDING FOR
THIS ROUND TWO. THE CSU FOLLOWED
THE CRITERIA FOR PROJECT
PRIORITIZATION BASED ON THE ED
CODE. WITH REGARD TO THE.
REMAINING CSU FUNDING BECAUSE OF
THE COST INCREASES. THE CSU
REQUESTS ACCESS TO 12.2 MILLION
IN REMAINING FUNDING WITHIN THE
CSU TARGETED AMOUNT TO COVER
COST INCREASES FOR THOSE
CAMPUSES THAT CANNOT AFFORD
INCREASING THE USE OF RESERVES
OR OR FINANCING TYPICALLY
BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A LOWER COST
REGIONS SO THEY CAN'T INCREASE
RATES. WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE
SUFFICIENT EXISTING HOUSING TO
INCREASE THEIR DEBT. WITH REGARD
TO THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
PROPOSAL TO DELAY TIMING FOR THE
GRANT PROGRAM. ONE WAY WE COULD
ACCOMMODATE THAT WOULD BE TO
FULLY FUND TO PROJECTS,
SACRAMENT OF STATE AND
STANISLAUS AND FUND THE DESIGN
AND PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION FOR
SAN JOSE STATE, AND THEN WE CAN
LIVE WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF THE
PROPORTIONATE FUNDING FOR CSU,
ASSUMING THAT 500 MILLION GOES
FORWARD. WITH REGARD TO THE LOAN
PROGRAM IT DELAY COULD
POTENTIALLY CAUSE IMPACT TO CSU
PROVIDING AFFORDABLE STUDENT
HOUSING. BUT THEY COULD ALSO BE
THAT WITH THE ADDITIONAL TIME WE
COULD WORK THROUGH SOME PROPOSED
CHANGES ON THE FINANCING,
STRUCTURED IT IN TO MAKE IT MORE
STREAMLINED. THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING US TO SHARE OUR
REMARKS. OKAY, THANK YOU.
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. GOOD MORNING
CHAIRMAN MCCARTHY, MEMBERS OF
THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE. MY NAME
IS LISETTE. NEVER IT I'M WITH
THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. I JUST WANTED TO PAUSE
AND APPRECIATE WHAT AN HONOR IT
IS TO BE SERVING ON A PANEL OF
ALL WOMEN DURING WOMEN'S
EMPOWERMENT MONTH. SO UM, REALLY
GLAD TO BE HERE INVITING FOR
STUDENTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I
WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING
MOVEMENT. AS YOU HEARD THE L A O
MENTIONED WE HAVE LESS
EXPERIENCE IN STUDENT HOUSING.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN VERY
INTENTIONAL AND WHY WE ENTERED
STUDENT HOUSING. WE ARE ENTERING
STUDENT HOUSING BECAUSE IT
ADDRESSES A BASIC NEED. ONE IN
FIVE STUDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED
HOUSING INSECURITY OVER THE LAST
YEAR, AND THIS IS CONSISTENT
DATA THAT WE SEE FROM OUR
STUDENTS. WHY IS THIS AN
INVESTMENT SO IMPORTANT IN
COMMUNITY COLLEGES? WE SERVE 70%
OF CALIFORNIA'S HIGHER EDUCATION
STUDENTS. 70% OF CALIFORNIA'S
HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS, AND
SO WE DON'T SERVE TRADITIONAL
STUDENTS. WE SERVE POST
TRADITIONAL STUDENTS WORKING
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STRUGGLING.
JUST LIKE ALL CALIFORNIANS TO
MAKE ENDS MEET. THIS PROPOSAL.
UM THE PROPOSAL FOR THE HIGHER
EDUCATION STUDENT GRANT FUNDS IS
ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE AND
MOST EFFECTIVE PROCESS PROPOSALS
WE'VE SEEN MOVE FORWARD BY THE
LEGISLATURE TO TRULY ADDRESS
BASIC NEEDS AT ITS ROOT,
PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC
STABILITY AND A PATH FOR
EQUITABLE STUDENT SUCCESS FOR
STUDENTS. I PROVIDED A PACKET OF
INFORMATION THAT GIVES YOU AN
UPDATE ON ROUND TWO OF OUR
PROJECTS OF THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROJECTS.
WE'VE MOVED FORWARD VERY
INTENTIONALLY, REALLY SEEING
AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING AS A
PATH TO EQUITABLE STUDENT
SUCCESS, FIRST OUD INTS AND A
WAY TO REALLY INTEGRATE. UH
STUDENTS. UM EFFORTS STUDENT
SUCCESS INTO THE OVERALL
ECOSYSTEM OF OUR CAMPUSES. WE'VE
BEEN ALSO VERY ENGAGED WITH OUR
MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS. REALLY
THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE
LEVERAGE THE STUDENT HOUSING
MOVEMENT TO DO MUCH MORE? AND SO
OUR BOARD OF GOVERNORS LAUNCHED
AN AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING
TASK FORCE TO THINK ABOUT? HOW
DO WE TAKE THIS EVEN FURTHER?
THEY APPROVED 20 RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE
ENSURING THAT CAMPUSES STAY OPEN
ALL YEAR ROUND BECAUSE THEIR
STUDENTS DON'T NEED HOUSING JUST
DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR. THEY
NEED HOUSING ALL ALL 12 MONTHS
OF THE YEAR. THEY'VE ALSO BEEN
THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE RESERVE
SOME OF THE BEDS AND HOUSING SO
THAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR
EMERGENCY SHELTER? FIRST
STUDENTS AGAIN CONTINUING TO
ALIGN TO THE BASIC NEEDS AGENDA.
SO THERE'S MORE HERE ABOUT THE
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS. I WON'T
GO INTO DETAIL ON THOSE, BUT YOU
CAN SEE OR MISSION AND THEY'RE
DRIVING IMPETUS FOR THESE
PROGRAMS. FOR ROUND TWO. WE HAD
A VERY THOROUGH APPLICATION
PROCESS. WE LOOKED AT THE
STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE
ALSO LOOKED AT COMMUNITY NEED
UNMET NEED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE LOOKED AT HOW A STUDENT
HOUSING ALIGNED, UM TO THE
OVERALL MASTER PLAN OF COLLEGES
WHAT THEIR PLANS WERE TO PROVIDE
AN ENRICHED STUDENT EXPERIENCE
FOR STUDENTS. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
SUBMIT 21 PROPOSALS. UH AND OF
THAT THOSE PROPOSALS THEY PUT
FORWARD 600 MILLION OF THEIR OWN
LOCAL DOLLARS. THE TOTAL
PROPOSALS OR 1.5 BILLION THERE
ARE FOUR INTEREST SEGMENTAL
PROJECTS AROUND 1700 BEDS. AND
OF THE REMAINING PROJECTS THERE
WOULD BE, UM, 5677 BEDS, AND THE
LIST IS PROVIDED FOR YOU IN THE
PACKET. UM AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
THOROUGH CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE
HAD. WE LOOKED AT, UM, ANY
AUGMENTATIONS. ANY CONTRIBUTIONS
BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE
ALIGNMENT BY THE COMMUNITY AS
WELL AS OVERALL ABILITY TO
SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS. THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE IS ALSO, UM
, ESTABLISHED A ROBUST NEW
PROGRAM AND AS PART OF THAT
WE'RE ALSO ENSURING THAT THESE
PROJECTS ARE FINANCIALLY VIABLE
. FOR THE LONG TERM, WE'VE
CREATED A TOTAL COST OF
OWNERSHIP CALCULATOR. YOU CAN
SEE SOME SAMPLES OF THAT IN YOUR
PACKET AND THAT TOTAL COST OF
OWNERSHIP CALCULATOR ASKED UM
AND PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR
COLLEGE TO CONSIDER. WHAT DOES
IT MEAN TO PROVIDE A SAFE
STUDENT EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS
? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COST TO
THINK ABOUT IN THE SHORT TERM
AND AN OUT AS FAR AS 30 YEARS.
AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE READY FOR
THE AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING
MOVEMENT. UM AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO PARTNERING WITH YOU IN THIS
ROUND AND HOPEFULLY AN
INVESTMENT IN FUTURE ROUNDS OF
AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING FOR
OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU.
QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD TO THE
STRAWBERRIES. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. UM MY FIRST
QUESTION IS KIND OF JUST A
GENERAL ONE. WHY DID IT TAKE AND
ANYBODY CAN PROVIDE YOUR
COMMENTS OR OPINION? WHY DID IT
TAKE SO LONG FOR OUR UNIVERSITY
AND COLLEGE SYSTEM TO REALLY
START TO ENGAGE ON HOUSING AS WE
SAW ENROLLMENT INCREASING IN ALL
OF OUR SEGMENTS. UM JUST DOES
ANYBODY HAVE A THOUGHT AS TO WHY
IT TOOK SO LONG TO START
INVESTING THIS WAY. LACK OF
RESOURCES. THIS IS THE QUESTION
. SORRY. REMEMBER EVER HAS BISON
WAS WITH CAL STATE UNIVERSITY?
THE 22 23 MONEY? WHY IT TOOK SO
GENERALLY PRIOR TO THIS BIG
INVESTMENT BY THE STATE. OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FOR
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
WE'VE INVESTED 1.6 BILLION FROM
2014 TO 21. SO WE HAVE MADE
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS AND THAT
PROVIDED JUST UNDER 16,000 NEW
BEDS. OKAY? I JUST WHAT I WHAT I
HEAR IS THAT THERE WAS A LACK
OF, UM. ENROLLMENT GROWTH,
STAYING IN LINE WITH INCREASED
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO
I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST
FIGURED IF WE'RE IF WE'RE
ATTEMPTING TO HAVE MORE
STUDENTS, YOU'RE GONNA NEED MORE
HOUSING FOR STUDENTS AND SO THAT
JUST INTERESTED IN THAT.
REMEMBER ALVAREZ. I'M HAPPY TO
JUMP IN ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES IN ORDER TO TRULY
PROVIDE AFFORDABLE BEDS. THE
STATE INVESTMENT WAS REALLY
NECESSARY, SO COMMUNITY COLLEGES
HAVE ENGAGED IN HOUSING
SOMETHING CALLED RAPID REHOUSING
THAT IS USUALLY DONE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHERS. BUT IT
UM IF WE WENT AT THIS ALONE, THE
BEST WE CAN DO IS OFFER THE SAME
MARKET RATE THAT SOMEBODY CAN
GET AT ANY RENTAL UNIT SUBSIDY
SO THAT SUBSIDY IS REALLY
HELPFUL. UM QUESTION. FOR CSU. I
SEE THE PROBLEM. MAYBE I SHOULD
ASK THE FIRST QUESTION TO
EVERYONE. WE HAVE A GRAPH HERE.
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE
PROVIDED ON THE 25 1ST ROUND
GRANTS THAT WENT OUT AND ALL
THREE SEGMENTS RECEIVED FUNDING
FOR THOSE THREE MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT THAT FUNDING ASSOCIATED
WITH EACH OF THE CAMPUSES WOULD
ENSURE THAT THAT CAMPUS WOULD
BUILD THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND
THE NUMBER OF BEDS IN THIS CASE
. UM THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED IN
THIS GRAPH. IS THERE ANY I HEARD
ISSUES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION
COSTS, AND ANYBODY WHO'S DOING
ANY DEVELOPMENT KNOWS THAT, UM
SHOULD WE AT ALL BE AWARE OF ANY
OF THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE
ALREADY BEEN GRANTED TO YOU ALL
AND EXPECT DELAYS OR REQUEST FOR
MORE FUNDING ON ANY OF THE 25
1ST ROUND PROJECTS. MAYBE I'LL
GO DOWN THROUGH EACH ONE. JUST A
YES OR NO ON YOUR PROJECTS.
REMEMBER? ALVAREZ YES, FOR CSU
OR ASKING FOR A BLOCK GRANT SO
FLEXIBILITY ON 12 MILLION TO
SUPPORT POTENTIALLY THREE OF OUR
CAMPUSES. THIS IS FOR THE 25
THAT WERE ALREADY GRANTED. THIS
IS FOR NINE THAT WERE GRANTED TO
THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
SO THE NINE THAT HUMBLED
PRESIDENT NORTHRIDGE DOMINGUEZ
HILLS LONG BEACH, FULLERTON, SAN
MARCOS IN SAN FRANCISCO. THAT'S
RIGHT. ROUGHLY THREE OF THE NINE
CAMPUSES NEED ASSISTANCE. THREE
OF THE NINE, OKAY? WHAT ABOUT
AT? UM, THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA? THANK YOU, SIR. SAY
OVER 10 IN THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA HAS COMMITTED TO
USING OUR OWN INTERNAL RESOURCES
FOR ANY CONTINGENCIES REQUIRED
BY THESE PROJECTS, AND WE INTEND
TO DELIVER THE NUMBER OF
AFFORDABLE BEDS AS AGREED TO, UM
, TWO OF THE PROJECTS ARE
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING DELAYS.
THOSE ARE TWO U. C BERKELEY
PEOPLE'S PARK, WHICH HAS A
LAWSUIT AND WE DO INTEND TO
APPEAL THAT TO THE SUPREME
COURT. UM AND THE SECOND ONE IS
THE UC SAN DIEGO. UM PROJECT HAS
RUN INTO SOME DESIGN ISSUES,
AND, UH, IT WHERE WE'RE
EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY WE'RE
WORKING WITH THE STATE
ARCHITECTS OFFICE ON THE PLANS,
BUT IF WE CAN'T COME TO A
RESOLUTION, WE MAY NEED TO SHIFT
THOSE FUNDS TO ANOTHER STUDENT
HOUSING PROJECT THAT WOULD ALSO
DELIVER THE SAME NUMBER OF
AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING BEDS
, BUT, UM, WE'RE WE'RE STILL
TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT, UM,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TO
RETURN TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION.
WE AS THE SEGMENT, WE PROBABLY
HAVE THE LONGEST HISTORY OF
PROVIDING STUDENT HOUSING. AND
MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE
PROVIDING HOUSING CLOSE TO, YOU
KNOW, 40 50% OF OUR
UNDERGRADUATES BEING HOUSED AND
WE USE. UM A MECHANISM CALLED,
UH, THE LEAST REVENUE BONDS FOR
THAT. WHICH MAKES THE HOUSING UM
SOMETIMES A BIT MORE EXPENSIVE.
THE STATE HAS MADE IT MORE
AFFORDABLE, RIGHT? SO JUST TO BE
CLEAR ON YOURS BECAUSE I HAD
REAL CLARITY ON CSU. YOU THINK
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COVER ALL THE
COSTS OF OTHER PROJECTS? BUT IF
SOMETHING LIKE SAN DIEGO DOESN'T
HAVE COME TO FRUITION? YOU CAN
STILL DELIVER THE 1100
AFFORDABLE, UM AND 208 STANDARD
RATE BEDS. THAT'S CORRECT. OUR
PROJECTS ARE EXPERIENCING
INFLATIONARY COSTS, BUT WE
INTEND TO HANDLE THAT FROM
INTERNAL RESOURCES. AND WHAT
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY? COLLEGE?
YES THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THEY
CALIFORNIA HUMAN COLLEGES
PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD.
SOME OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY
WAITING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
STATE ARCHITECT APPROVAL. CYDSA
APPROVAL. UM AND THEN THEY ALSO
HAVE ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF FIELD
ACT APPROVAL. SO THE APPROVAL
PROCESSES FOR COLLEGES ARE MUCH
LONGER THAN MY COLLEAGUES AT THE
UC AND CSU THAT BEING SAID, UM
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING
INFLATIONARY COSTS. COLLEGES ARE
LOOKING AT INTERNAL RESOURCES.
OR UTILIZING THE STATE
TREASURERS SCHOOL FINANCE
AUTHORITY AS A GAP. AND SO
THEY'RE EXPLORING VARIOUS
OPTIONS BECAUSE WE WANT TO
UTILIZE THESE DOLLARS FOR OTHER
PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND
MORE ON AFFORDABLE BEDS. FIRST
STUDENTS AND OUR SYSTEM. THANK
YOU APPRECIATE THAT SPECIFICALLY
TO THE CSU ARE THE UNIVERSITIES
THAT ARE APPLYING FOR HOUSING
ARE THOSE THE ONES THAT WHERE
THE FUTURE ENROLLMENT? I DON'T
KNOW. THERE'S A PLAN THAT CSU
HAS IN TERMS OF CAMPUSES WHERE
THEY'RE GOING TO, UH TRY TO
ALLOCATE RESOURCES WHERE THERE
IS HIGH DEMAND FOR ATTENDANCE.
ARE YOU ALIGNING THE PROJECTS
FOR HOUSING WITH THAT SAME
FUTURE PLAN OF WHERE YOU'RE
GOING TO BE. UM. BLACK OF A
BETTER TERM, FUNNELING MORE
STUDENTS TO SOME OF THOSE
CAMPUSES VERSUS OTHERS. AND DO
YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THAT PLAN
SO I CAN MAKE SURE I SAY IT NEXT
TIME ENROLLMENT. IT'S THE
INCREASE ENROLLMENT PLAN. OKAY
THERE YOU GO. YEAH I'M SORRY,
BUT CERTAINLY A SYSTEM WIDE
APPROACH TO INCREASING
ENROLLMENT THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM
VERSUS A CAMPUS BY CAMPUS
APPROACH. SO BOTH SAKAMOTO'S
DOING WELL, SAN JOSE AND I'D
HAVE TO CHECK ON STANISLAUS.
WELL, THAT'S FOR YOUR, UH YOU'RE
NEW AROUND. WHAT ABOUT FOR YOUR
OLD ROUND? THE ONES THAT GRANTED
IN THE CURRENT HERE, I GUESS FOR
THE OLD AROUND SAN FRANCISCO AND
HUMBOLDT HAVE DECREASED
ENROLLMENT. AND. THOSE ARE THE
MAIN TWO IN EYEBALLING THIS
LIST. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK
YOU. UM. I THINK I'LL END WITH
THAT. AND JUST MAKE MY COMMENTS
NOW. I THINK I'M I'M INTERESTED
IN THE CONCEPT OF US HAVING A
REVOLVING FUND AND UM, AND
PROVIDING LOANS. OR MAYBE MAYBE
THIS WILL BE A QUESTION. UH, I
THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT
PLEASE CLARIFY WHEN YOU GET A
GRANT. AS OPPOSED TO WHEN YOU
GET A LOAN DOES THAT SUBSIDIZED
HOUSING MORE? OR NOT, BECAUSE
STUDENTS ARE STILL PAYING SOME
AMOUNT FOR HOUSING, AND THERE'S
A REVENUE STREAM FROM THAT RENT.
UM I'M JUST CURIOUS. DOES THE IF
YOU'RE OFFERED 0% LOANS, WHICH
YOU WILL NOT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
AH, IS THAT NOT AS BENEFICIAL TO
THE SUBSIDY GIVEN IF YOU WILL
FOR THE STUDENTS PER BED. FOR
ALL OF ALL OF YOU ARE FOR THE
ALEJO'S. UM. YES THE MORE STATE
MONEY YOU GIVE A PROJECT. IT'S
VERY LIKELY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO
HAVE LOWER RENTS THAN OTHERWISE
HOW WE EVER ANALYZED. WHAT THAT
DIFFERENCE COULD BE. NO I THINK
THE REASON WE'RE IN THIS SPACE.
WHERE MAKES POLICY SO DIFFICULT
AS WE DON'T KNOW. AT WHAT POINT
THE STUDENT WILL WALK AWAY, AND
UNIVERSITIES ARE SORT OF A
PRIVILEGED LANDLORD BECAUSE THEY
CAN HAVE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
THERE AND OCCUPANCY FALLS. THEY
CAN HAVE A SECOND YEAR STUDENTS
THERE. AND THEY HAVE WAIT LISTS,
SO THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT
THEY WON'T FILL THEM. SO NOW
WE'RE IN THE SORT OF
HYPOTHETICAL WORLD OF. WELL JUST
WHAT RATE DO YOU WANT THEM TO
CHARGE? THEY STILL HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO CHARGE A RATE THAT
COVERS THEIR OPERATIONS OF THE
BUILDING ANY MAINTENANCE NEEDED
ON THE BUILDING. BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, NO, I CAN'T TELL
YOU AT LIKE $900, A STUDENT WILL
WALK AWAY. AND IN ADDITION, YOU
HAVE ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL
PREFERENCES ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE
ARE WILLING TO PAY AND HOW THEY
WANT TO LIVE. WELL JUST BASED ON
MY OWN VERY UNOFFICIAL AND
DEFINITELY NOT WELL INFORMED, UM
KNOWLEDGE OF FINANCING OF
HOUSING. UH YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
PROBABLY LOOKING AT AT LEAST A
15% DISCOUNT WITH 0% LOAN THAT'S
TYPICALLY REAL ESTATE DEAL.
INVESTORS ARE LOOKING TO MAKE AT
LEAST THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN
15% RETURN. SO UM, I THINK WE
COULD PROBABLY SAFELY ASSUME 15%
DISCOUNT OF WHAT A MARKET RATE
UNIT WOULD GO FOR IT AND I'D BE
INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHETHER
THAT'S SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH. UM.
OF VALUE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD
WITH AN APPROACH OF HAVING A
LOAN PROGRAM VERSUS A GRANT
PROGRAM. ESPECIALLY IN A YEAR
LIKE THIS ONE. SO UM, THAT'S
JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. I THINK
THAT'S MY PREFERENCE, AND I
THINK IT MAKES SENSE. SO MR
CHAIR. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE END
OF MINE. OKAY THANK YOU GOOD
QUESTIONS, AND MAYBE I'LL JUST
GIVE A LITTLE BIT PERSPECTIVE
HERE. FROM UH, THIS COMMITTEE
AND THE PROPOSALS AND THIS WAS
MY BILL THAT WE WORKED ON LAST
YEAR. I THINK SABRINA WAS A
JOINT AUTHOR OF IT AS WELL. SO
THE SOUTH STARTED ACTUALLY IN
YOUR DISTRICT, NOT YOUR DISTRICT
, YOUR AREAS AND U C SAN DIEGO
IS NOT QUITE YOUR AREA, BUT, UM,
THREE YEARS AGO, WE WERE DOWN
THERE TALKING AT A ROUNDTABLE
WITH èC CHANCELLORS.
ESSENTIALLY, THEY SAID. WE HAVE
A CADRE OF STUDENTS COMING IN
EVERY YEAR. SO THEY HAVE THAT
THE DEMAND THERE. THEY JUST
DON'T HAVE THE FINANCING TO FUND
THE PROJECT. SO OUR PROPOSALS
WE'VE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WAS
NOT TO OWN THIS ISSUE, BUT TO BE
KIND OF A BANK. AND ELECT MAYBE
SPUR A LITTLE BIT OF THE
PROJECTS TO MAKE THEM COME TO
FRUITION. SO THE IDEA OF 0% LOAN
AND JUST THE FINANCING AS WELL
SO IT CAN COME OFF OF THE UC OR
CSU. AND NOW THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE BOOKS AND SO WE'LL GET
TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND IN
A BIT, BUT THEY'RE NEW TO THIS
EQUATION. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
DOING A LOT OF STUDENT HOUSING
FOR DECADES. CERTAINLY THE UC
AND CSU HAVE SO THERE A LITTLE
BIT AHEAD OF THE GAME, BUT WE
WANTED TO FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN,
UM, LEVERAGE WHAT'S CURRENTLY
HAPPENING AROUND UNIVERSITIES
AND HELP SUPER THIS NOT OWN THIS
. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ALL OF A
SUDDEN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
OWNING AND OPERATING AND BEING
THAT THE ONE FOR STUDENT HOUSING
BUT HELPING MAKE THESE PROJECTS
HAPPEN. THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN
OTHER OTHERWISE. AND I AND I
ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT IN
ADDITION TO THE STUDENT HOUSING
COSTS, UM FOR YOU KNOW, JUST THE
OVERALL BURDEN FOR COLLEGE
STUDENTS IS A PRIORITY AND JUST
IN SOME OF THE COLLEGE TOWNS,
IT'S LIKE THE VACANCY RATE FOR
APARTMENTS OF SO LOW, SO THIS
IMPACTS EVERYBODY IMPACTS. YOU
KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE
INDUSTRY, YOU CAN'T AFFORD
APARTMENTS IN THE AREAS. BUT
WHAT YOU SAID TO DAVID. IT'S SO
KEY IS ENROLMENT. WE HAVE SOME
UNIVERSITIES, ESPECIALLY YOU SEE
, IS WHERE THE CITY SAY IF YOU
DON'T BUILD MORE HOUSING, YOU
CAN'T ENROLL MORE STUDENTS THAT
IMPACTS PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY
. SO YOU KNOW, IN IN SANTA
BARBARA AND SANTA CRUZ AND UCLA
AND BERKELEY AND DAVIS, THEY
HAVE BASICALLY ACCORDS WITH
THEIR LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT
PLAN THAT SAYS WE NEED TO BUILD
X AMOUNT OF MORE STUDENT
HOUSING. TO ENROLL MORE
CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE APPLYING
AND RECORD NUMBERS. SO THESE
REALLY TIE WITH OUR OVERALL
HIGHER EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE. UM
AND JUST I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE LAID OUT THE BUDGET
OVERVIEW AND 100% AGREE. WE NEED
TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON HOW TO
BALANCE THE SHORTFALL. BUT THIS
IS NOT AN AREA THAT WE'RE GOING
TO FOCUS AT. UM AT CUTTING. WE
WILL LOOK FOR OTHER ALTERNATIVES
. THERE ARE OTHER PLACES IN THE
BUDGET. WE COULD EVEN TALK ABOUT
AN HOUR. WHERE WE CAN MOVE MONEY
AND DELAY OTHER THINGS. BUT THIS
IS SUCH A PRIORITY FOR THE
SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS AND JUST CHECK
SO MANY BOXES. HOUSING CRISIS.
CHECK COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY
CHECK ENROLLMENT GROWTH FOR
STUDENTS. CHECKS ARE REALLY
ADDRESSES KEY ISSUES THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO ADDRESS. UM THAT THAT
BEING SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO
PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS AND WE
WANT TO PICK WINNERS AND I DON'T
LIKE THE NOTION THAT YOU KNOW
WE'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW, PUSHED
BACK SOME PROJECTS, POTENTIALLY
COMMUNITY COLLEGES WHO ARE NEWER
TO THE GAME. BUT WE CAN FOCUS ON
THE TIMING OF THE MONEY AND ALL
HONESTY ALLOWED THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE PROJECTS. THEY'RE NOT
READY FOR PRIME TIME NOW. MAYBE
THERE WILL BE AN 18 MONTHS FROM
NOW OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
THEY'RE JUST NOT READY IN THE
PIPELINE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT
STAGING OF MONEY, WE SHOULD
FOCUS ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE
MOST SHOVEL READY. NOW AND THOSE
SEEM TO BE MOST OF THE UC AND
CSU PROJECTS. THREE A COUPLE OF
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT THE
ONES THAT TEAM UP WITH THE OTHER
SEGMENTS. SO MAYBE THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT L A AND R STAFF
COULD WORK ON IT. IF WE'RE GOING
TO DO THIS, HOW DO WE FOCUS ON
GETTING OUR BIGGEST BANK FOR THE
BUCK ON OURSELVES? ALREADY?
PROJECTS? UM BUT AGAIN, WE DO
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
HELP THE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE AND SO I WILL ASK YOU A
FEW QUESTIONS NOW, MISS
NAVARETTE. UH OBVIOUSLY, THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE SO
DIVERSE. I MEAN, THERE'S NINE
UNDERGRADUATE UCS AND 23 C. SUS
AND THERE'S EVEN KNOW HOW MANY
COMMUNITY COLLEGES ANYMORE. 114
15 SO THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT. UM
AND IT'S YOU KNOW, THEY ALL HAVE
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. UM SOME
SOME OF THEM, UM AH! ARE
THINKING, YEAH, IF THE STATE'S
GONNA BE THROWING OUT MONEY LEFT
AND RIGHT WILL BUILD. HOUSING AS
OPPOSED TO LIKE UC AND CSU,
WHICH ALREADY HAD HOUSING ON THE
BOOKS READY TO GO, AND THIS KIND
OF PUTS IT OVER THE TOP. SO HOW
DO WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY
FOCUSING ON PROJECTS THAT ARE
REALITY? FIRST THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND NOT JUST
ASPIRATIONAL THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN
MCCARTY. SO OF THE LIST THAT
WE'VE PROVIDED ALL OF THESE
PROJECTS ARE NOT IN AN
ASPIRATIONAL STAGE. THEY'RE ALL
ONES THAT HAVE BOTH DEMONSTRATED
NEED A VIABLE FINANCIAL PLAN,
COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND EXTENSIVE
STUDENT NEED. AND SO WE SEE
THESE AS VIABLE PENDING
AVAILABLE STATE RESOURCES. IN
ORDER TO, UM, SUPPORT AND
ASSISTANT DECISION MAKING THE
THOROUGH SCORING CRITERIA THAT
WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED, UM, REALLY
RANKS SOME OF THOSE SO THAT YOU
CAN SEE WHERE THEY LAND. UM AND
SOME OF THESE SCORING CRITERIA,
ANYTHING FROM UNMET NEED HIGH
WAIT LISTS IN THE COMMUNITY. UH
YOU KNOW THE FINANCIAL PLANNING
ANY OF THEIR OWN RESOURCE
INVESTMENTS THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED
AND SO WE SEE THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE PROJECTS JUST AS VIABLE
AND DEMONSTRATING, UH. EQUAL IF
NOT MORE NEED FROM THE STUDENT
PERSPECTIVE. I ALSO WANTED TO
BRIEFLY ADDRESS ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
OLIVAREZ AROUND THE SUBSIDY. UM
AND WHETHER THE LOAN REALLY
PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
STUDENTS TO PROVIDE, UH, TO
COVER THE COST OF FINANCING.
MANY OF THE PROPOSALS THAT YOU
SEE, UM PRESENTED TO YOU HAVE
REALLY LOW RENT COSTS ANYWHERE
FROM $200 TO, YOU KNOW, $500, SO
COLLEGES AREN'T MAKING ANY
REVENUE. THEY'RE JUST COVERING
THEIR BASE COSTS, WHICH MAKES IT
MORE DIFFICULT FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES TO REPAY A LOAN WITHOUT
DIPPING INTO RESOURCES THAT
SUPPORT FACULTY OR STUDENT
SERVICES. SO I JUST WANTED TO
ADD THAT CONTEXT AS WELL. OKAY I
HAVE SEVERAL MORE QUESTIONS. BUT
I'M GOING TO ASK MR TEAM TO GO
FIRST BECAUSE HE HAS TO RUN TO
ANOTHER COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR, JUST JUST BACK TO THE
BACK TO ALL THE HIGHER ED
REPRESENTATIVES. JUST WHAT GET A
SENSE OF HOW LONG OR HOW SHOVEL
READY PROJECTS ARE THAT THEY'RE
APPLYING FOR? HOW LONG ESTIMATE
IS THE TO TAKE TO BUILD THESE
PROJECTS IF WE COULD JUST GO AND
WHAT? WE JUST START WITH
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MARKETING. THE
PROPOSALS THAT HAVE MOVED
FORWARD HAVE REALLY TAKEN AN
INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO STAGE
THEIR DESIGN PROJECTS SO THAT
THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH
SECRET PRETTY QUICKLY AND THEN
THEY COULD BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT
12 MONTHS. AND THEN AND THEN
ONCE THEY BEGIN WHAT'S TYPICAL
COMPLETION TIME? THE TYPICAL
COMPLETION TIME, DEPENDING ON
THE NUMBER OF BEDS IS ANYWHERE
FROM 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS, SO
WITH WITHIN 33 YEARS, ROUGHLY
YOU WE COULD HAVE PROJECTS THAT
ARE ARE FULLY UP AND READY TO
MOVE INTO. CORRECT, OK? YES,
SIR. THANK YOU. MEMBER TING FOR
CSU. THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS FOR
TWO OF THEIR THREE PROJECTS WILL
BE JUNE OF 24 DECEMBER. 24
SEGMENT WOULD START JUNE OF 25.
BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS
PHASE ARE CONSTRUCTION TO START
EARLIER TO REDUCE OUR
CONSTRUCTION TIME. SO START FOR
EXAMPLE, DOING FOUNDATIONS FIRST
AND GET THE STRUCTURE UP WHILE
WE COMPLETE PLAN APPROVALS, SO
WE RECOGNIZE EVERY MONTH WE CAN
STATE SAVE HIS MONEY SAVED. IS
THERE A REASON WHY THERE'S SUCH
A LARGE LAG TIME. AMOUNT OF IT
IS GETTING THROUGH. UM SECRET
APPROVAL. WE HAVE TO START
DESIGN ON A COUPLE OF THEM AS
WELL. SO I MEAN, YOU'RE YOU'RE
STARTING TO WORK. IT'S NOT THAT
YOU JUST CAN'T BREAK GROUND YET
. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. WE
STARTED DESIGNING WITH THE
SEQUEL. HOW HOW LONG THE TYPICAL
SECRET TIMELINE THE MOST
DIFFICULT MAYBE THE SAN JOSE
PROJECT BASED ON THE SIZE
OTHERWISE, FOR SACRAMENTO AND
STANISLAS THERE ON THE MASTER
PLAN ALREADY. AND WHAT ABOUT THE
PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T FUNDED
THAT ARE STILL IN APPLICATION
FARES. THE THOSE PROJECTS ARE
MOVING FORWARD RAPIDLY. FIVE OF
THE NINE PROJECTS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES, SO THERE'LL BE SOME
THAT WILL BE GETTING FINANCING
APPROVAL THIS YEAR AND THEN USE
IT. THANK YOU. CHAIR TING. UM
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
APPLIED FOR SIX PROJECTS, AND
ALL OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION WOULD
START WITHIN 18 MONTHS. THE
OPENING DATES FOR WOULD BE FOR
UC RIVERSIDE. THEY WOULD OPEN
FOR FALL. 2025 U. C DAVIS FOR
FOLLOW 27 THE REST FOR FALL OF
26. GOT IT. SORRY SO GOING BACK
TO CSU. WHAT WHEN, UH, WHEN
WOULD THEY OPEN YOU MENTIONED
WHEN THEY WOULD BREAK GROUND,
BUT WHEN WILL THEY OPEN? THOSE
ARE TYPICALLY OPEN 18 TO 24
MONTHS LATER, SO ROUGHLY 26 UM,
JUST OUT OF, I KNOW WE YOU KNOW,
WE BOTH HAVE TWO PROGRAMS. WE
HAVE A GRANT PROGRAM. WE HAVE A
LOAN PROGRAM. CAN YOU? UM HELP
US UNDERSTAND TRADITIONALLY, YOU
ALL FINANCED THIS SECURE
YOURSELVES. UM CAN YOU HELP US
UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT OF BOTH
THE GRANT PROGRAM IN THE LOAN
PROGRAM IN TERMS OF HELPING YOU
WITH YOUR WITH YOUR COSTS. THANK
YOU MEMBER TING. THE GRANT
PROGRAM IS CERTAINLY GENERATED
MORE INTEREST FROM OUR CAMPUSES.
UH BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY
THE DEBT BACK. SO HAVING 60 40
60 $100 MILLION DEBT FREE IS
DESIRABLE. WE HAVEN'T ASKED THE
CAMPUSES SOLICITING SOLICIT
INTEREST FOR THE LOAN PROGRAM
YET, BUT WE'LL DO THAT IN THE
NEAR FUTURE. BUT LET'S SAY WITH
THE GRANT PROGRAM THAN UM, THE
CAMPUS IS SAVING MONEY. ARE THEY
PASSING THAT ON TO THE STUDENTS?
ARE THEY SPREADING THAT OUT
AMONGST THEIR ALL THEIR HOUSING
PROJECTS. HOW ARE THEY USING
THAT COST SAVINGS BECAUSE
TRADITIONALLY EVERY OTHER
HOUSING PROJECT ITSELF FINANCE,
SO IT HAS TO PAY FOR ITSELF. IS
THAT CORRECT? RIGHT THAT'S RIGHT
. SO THE RATES TO THE RENTAL
RATES TO THE AFFORDABLE STUDENT
HOUSING CLIENTS WILL BE 300 TO
$400 LESS PER MONTH THAN THE
STANDARD RATE SO THAT IT IS
BEING DIRECTLY PASSED ON TO THE
STUDENTS AND SAVINGS. AND THEN
DO YOU TARGET CERTAIN STUDENTS.
OR IS IT JUST ANY STUDENTS THAT
FIRST COME FIRST SERVE IS A
TYPICALLY LOW INCOME STUDENTS.
PELL ELIGIBLE, FOR EXAMPLE.
THANK YOU. AND AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA. THE GRANT PROGRAM
ALLOWS US TO CHARGE LOWER RENT
FOR THOSE AFFORDABLE BEDS
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 40%
LOWER THAN THE TRADITIONAL BEDS
IF WE WENT WITH THE LOAN PROGRAM
, UM WE THINK WE COULD MOVE
FASTER ON MORE PROJECTS, BUT THE
SAVINGS TO THE STUDENT WOULD BE,
UM, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN UNDER
THE GRANT PROGRAM, AND IT WOULD
BE FOR ALL THE BEDS WITHIN THAT
UNIT. THANK YOU. SIMILARLY SOME
OF OUR PROJECTS ARE TARGETED.
THEY'RE ALL TARGETING LOW INCOME
STUDENTS. SOME OF THEM HAVE
DEDICATED POPULATIONS SUCH AS
FOSTER YOUTH. UM AND THEN THE
RENTAL RATES RANGE ANYWHERE FROM
200 TO $500 SO VERY AFFORDABLE
TO A STUDENT. UM THE LOAN
PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T ALLOW THAT
AFFORDABILITY AND SO IT COLLEGE
WOULD HAVE TO FIND OTHER
RESOURCES TO PAY THAT BACK. UM
YOU KNOW, SO WITH OUR WITH OUR
GRANT PROGRAM TRADITIONALLY, YOU
ALL LOOK FOR YOUR OWN FINANCING
IS THERE I'M SORRY WITH WITH OUR
LOAN PROGRAM REVOLVING LOAN
PROGRAM. WHAT'S THE BENEFIT TO
OUR VULNERABLE PROGRAM VERSUS
YOU ALL GOING TO GET YOUR OWN
FINANCING, WHICH IS
TRADITIONALLY HOW YOU'VE DONE
IT. FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA TO BENEFIT OF THE
LOAN PROGRAM WOULD BE SAVINGS TO
THE CAMPUSES THAT COULD BE
REINVESTED ELSEWHERE ON ON THE
CAMPUSES, POTENTIALLY IN
FINANCIAL AID. WE ALSO THINK
THAT WE COULD MOVE A LITTLE BIT
FASTER AND THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE
TO GO OUT AND SEEK EXTERNAL
FINANCING AND WAIT TO BUNDLE
MULTIPLE PROJECTS TOGETHER AND
SELL THEM ON THE MARKET, BUT
RATHER APPROACH THE STATE AND AS
SOON AS THERE IS MONEY
AVAILABLE, WE COULD HAVE A
PROJECT FUNDED. SO YOU COULD
BUILD THESE PROJECTS FASTER. WE
THINK SO. YES I WAS SAYING IN MY
OPENING REMARKS THAT WE HAVE
ABOUT 16,000 BEDS ACROSS
CAMPUSES IDENTIFIED FOR WHICH WE
CURRENTLY HAVE NO FUNDING PLAN
AND IF WE HAD ACCESS TO THE
REVOLVING LOAN FUND THAT WOULD
PROVIDE US WITH A FUNDING PLAN.
FOR CSU. I THINK THERE'S MORE
UNCERTAINTY IN THE LOAN PROGRAM
ON TIMING. THE INTEREST RATES
FOR CSU ON ON RECENT HOUSING
PROJECTS HAVE BEEN BELOW 4. AND
THERE'S GREATER CERTAINTY AND
HOW WE FINANCE OUR PROJECTS SO
MOVING TO THE LOAN PROGRAM AND
THE STRUCTURE. THERE'S MORE
UNCERTAINTY. SO IT'S UM MAYBE IT
WOULD TAKE US A LITTLE BIT
LONGER TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS
AND HOW TO SUBMIT THE PROJECTS
FOR APPROVAL IN WHICH PROJECTS
GET APPROVED AND WHEN THE MONEY
WOULD FLOW FOR THE LOAN PROGRAM.
BUT MY QUESTION WAS
TRADITIONALLY YOU. FINANCE THEM
YOURSELF. SO WHAT'S THE BENEFIT
OF OUR US HAVING A REVOLVING
LOAN PROGRAM VERSUS? IS THERE
ANY DIFFERENCE FOR YOU? YOU
COULD GO TO THE PRIVATE MARKET
TO GET THAT FINANCING AS WELL.
SO WITH INTEREST RATES
INCREASING. I DON'T THINK WE
WOULD GET A 4% LOAN, BUT SO
THEORETICALLY, THE INTEREST ON
THE AMOUNT OF BONDS SO THAT 4%
BUT I CAN'T TELL HOW MUCH WE
WOULD LOSE IN IN THE TIME GOING
TO THE NEW PROCESS. SO I AGAIN
THE STATE PROGRAM WILL HAVE ZERO
INTEREST. IF SEE HOW SHE GOES TO
THE MARKET. THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY
SOMETHING LIKE 4% IT'S THAT
SAVINGS AND THE FINANCING COSTS
THAT THEY GET TO EFFECTIVELY
LOWER THEIR RATES THEIR HOUSING
RIGHTS. UH LAST QUESTION. I
THINK ONE OF THE REASONS UM OUR
CHAIR HAS BEEN CHAMPIONED THIS
PROGRAM AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING
ON IT. IS WE HAVE ASSUMPTION
THAT YOUR THREE YOU KNOW YOUR
THREE INSTITUTIONS, THE
COLLEGES, THE UNIVERSITIES CAN
ALL BUILD HOUSING FASTER THAN,
SAY, A PRIVATE DEVELOPER. IN
THAT AREA. CAN YOU GIVE ME A
SENSE OF HOW MUCH FASTER YOU
THINK YOU COULD BUILD HOUSING
THAN SAY, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE
DEVELOPER WHO'S BUILDING RIGHT
ACROSS THE STREET FROM CAMPUS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN
ANSWER THAT QUESTION, NOT JUST
HAVE A SENSE OF IT. THANK YOU
MEMBER TING IT THAT'S A LITTLE A
LITTLE CHALLENGING TO ANSWER IF
THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER DOES NOT
HAVE THE ENTITLEMENT FOR THAT
PROJECT, AND THEY'RE STARTING
FROM SCRATCH, SO IF THEY DON'T
HAVE PERMITS AND HAD TO CHANGE
HIS OWNING IT COULD TAKE A BIT
LONGER FOR THE PRIVATES. BUT, UM
IF THEY WERE IF THEY HAD THE
LAND AND THEY'RE READY TO GO.
IT'S FAIRLY COMPARABLE IN OUR
CSU PROCESS TO PRIVATE BECAUSE
WE COULD PROBABLY GET THEIR
START TO FINISH IN ABOUT THREE
YEARS OR SO. VERY QUICKLY WITH
DESIGN BUILD SYSTEMS, EVEN
INCLUDING GOING TO THE BOARD FOR
FINANCING APPROVAL. I GUESS YOU
YOU MAKE A POINT THAT I THINK
THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IS YOU
YOU HAVE THE LAND. AND YOU COULD
BUILD HOUSING WITH WITH THAT
LAND THAT YOU HAVE CONTROL OF
ASSUMING YOU CAN MAKE IT THROUGH
THE SEAPORT PROCESS, AND IT'S ON
THE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN ALREADY
MAKES IT MUCH FASTER. BUT BUT
EVERY EVERYONE HAS TO GO THROUGH
A SECRET PROCESS THAT'S NOT
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU
ESPECIALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH
RELATIVES STRONGLY ELSE. HAPPY
TO ADDRESS FOR THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. I THINK SIMILARLY IT
THERE ARE SOME VARIATIONS ACROSS
THIS ACROSS THE STATE, BUT, UM,
IF THERE ARE RESOURCE IS, UM
THEN COLLEGES CAN MOVE ABOUT.
YOU KNOW? SIX MONTHS FASTER.
GENERALLY UM, THE CONSIDERATION
, THEN IS WHERE TO FIND THE GAP
IN RESOURCES SO THAT IT DOESN'T
HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE POCKETS
OF STUDENTS SO COLLEGES WOULD
LIKELY HAVE TO TURN TO THEIR
COMMUNITIES FOR RESOURCES. UM OR
BUILD IT OUT IN A OUT OF THEIR
OWN FUNDS PULLING FROM OTHER
PROGRAMS. AND FOR THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA AT LIKE TO ECHO
MANY OF THE SEA SUS REMARKS. UM
IT TAKES US ABOUT THREE YEARS TO
CONSTRUCT A PROJECT, A LARGE
SCALE PROJECT FROM BEGINNING TO
END. IN THE PAST, WE HAVE
UTILIZED PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS FOR OUR DORMITORY
CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE WE DID FIND
THAT DO THE FINANCING ASPECT OF
IT. THEY WERE FASTER. GOT IT.
THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, I THINK,
GIVEN THE HUGE. I MEAN, JUST TO
ECHO OUR CHAIRS, COMMENTS GIVEN
THE HUGE DEMAND FROM EACH YEAR.
CAMPUS IS ALSO THE HUGE DEMAND
FROM EACH OF YOUR THE VARIETY OF
STUDENT BODIES. UM THIS SEEMS
LIKE A VERY, YOU KNOW, WISE WISE
INVESTMENT. I THINK OUR
ASSUMPTION IS THAT BECAUSE YOU
ALREADY CONTROL THE LAND OF YOUR
CAMPUS IS ALSO BEING STATE
AGENCIES THAT YOU ALL CAN BUILD
THE HOUSING FASTER THAN, UM S¼
OTHER DEVELOPERS WHO AS YOU
KNOW, THE, UM REPRESENT FROM CSU
SAID THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO
GET ENTITLEMENTS HAVE TO GO
THROUGH MUCH. LONGER PROCESS TO
GET EVEN. TO THE SECRET PROCESS.
WE THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE
FASTEST WAYS TO GET HOUSING IN
CALIFORNIA AND BECAUSE OF ALL
WHERE MANY OF YOUR CAMPUSES ARE
SITUATED, YOU'RE IN PRIME AREAS
IN PRIME COMMUNITIES WHERE
HOUSING COSTS ALREADY VERY HIGH.
SO BUILDING THAT HOUSING IN
THOSE COMMUNITIES ALSO RELIEVES.
HOUSING PRESSURES IN THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WE
THINK THIS IS A YOU KNOW, REALLY
VERY, VERY WISE INVESTMENT
RELATIVE NOT JUST FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION, BUT IT'S A WISE
INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF OUR
HOUSING. THE HOUSING CRISIS SO
REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHAIR FOR
HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND
AGAIN. THANKS. THANKS FOR
PRESENTING TODAY. OKAY THANK YOU
. SO BACK TO MY QUESTIONS. UM
THIS WILL BE FOR OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND AGAIN. I KNOW IT'S
DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE'S 100.
70 SOMETHING DISTRICTS THEY ALL
ARE DIFFERENT. PLANS AND
POLICIES. SO IF WE'RE DOING MORE
HOUSING AT THE UC AND CSU MOST,
I THINK EVERY UC AND CSU HAS AT
LEAST ONE UNDERGRADUATE, UM MANY
TIMES, MARY MORE UNIT COMPLEX.
ON THEIR CAMPUS, SO THEY HAVE A
HOUSING DIVISION THEY HAVE. YOU
KNOW HOW TO MANAGE IT. THEY HAD
THE FOOD STUFF. SO THIS IS A NEW
ENDEAVOR. SO HOW ARE WE WORKING
TO ENSURE THAT UM, THESE
CAMPUSES ESSENTIALLY KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE GETTING THEMSELVES INTO
BECAUSE BUILDING A PROJECT AND
YOU KNOW, THE GROUNDBREAKING
CONSTRUCTION RIBBON CUTTING
THAT'S HALF THE BATTLE. THE
OTHER PATH IS OWNING AND
OPERATING THESE PROJECTS SO HOW
IS THAT GOING TO WORK OUT FOR
SOME OF THESE COLLEGES THAT HAVE
NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE? A COUPLE
OF, UM, A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT
HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED PUT FORWARD
AND YOU'LL SEE. AND, UM, THE
BOARD OF GOVERNORS TASK FORCE
REPORT SO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES
ARE EXPLORING, UM, UPDATING A
SERIES OF REGULATIONS THAT
REALLY HELPS SUPPORT AND REMOVE
BARRIERS TO EXISTING HOUSING. UH
THEY MEAN COLLEGES HAVE ALSO
BEEN WORKING WITH FINANCIAL AID
STUDENT SERVICES OFFICES TO
INTEGRATE VARIOUS PLANS AND THE
LINE STUDENT HOUSING TO MASTER
PLANS AS WELL. AND SO THERE'S A
LOT OF EXCITEMENT ON THE GROUND
FOR WHAT THIS COULD MEAN TO
REALLY TRANSFORM THE STUDENT
EXPERIENCE AND THE LIFE AND
LIVELIHOOD OF CAMPUSES ON OUR
COLLEGES WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING
STUDENTS BASIC NEEDS. THE
COLLEGES THAT WENT THROUGH THE
FIRST ROUND WILL BE PART OF A
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WITH THE
12 COLLEGES THAT ALREADY HAVE
STUDENT HOUSING. AND SO THERE'S
A LOT OF SHARED KNOWLEDGE THERE
, INCLUDING SHARED KNOWLEDGE
AROUND TITLE FIVE STUDENT
EXPERIENCES, CAMPUS LIFE AND
OTHER KNOWLEDGE THAT IS REALLY
HELPFUL. THE LAST PIECE THAT I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THERE
ARE ALSO LOTS OF WORK FROM SOME
OF THESE COLLEGES TO CREATE A
COMMON APPLICATIONS SO THAT WHEN
THEY ENROLL AND HOUSING, THEY
ALSO GET ACCESS TO OTHER
STUDENTS SUPPORTS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE, SUCH AS CAL FRESH,
WHICH WAS CHAMPIONED BY THE
ASSEMBLY AS WELL. SO I'M NOT
QUITE SURE WHAT THAT MEANS. SO
SAC CITY COLLEGE RIGHT HERE.
THEY'VE NEVER. I'M LOOKING AT
THE MAP. THEIR LOOK THEIR
PROJECT, WHICH I SUPPORT. I HOPE
THEY GET IT. IT'S A VACANT
PARKING RIGHT AREA THAT'S
UNDERUTILIZED, JUST SOUTH OF
SOMERVILLE IN THE CAMPUS. THEY
DON'T HAVE STUDENT HOUSING
THERE. NOW, UM SIERRA'S NOT IN
SIERRA IS A DIFFERENT SO THE
OTHER ONE. THE REGION HAS TO
HOUSING IS SIERRA. THAT'S A
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT SO IT WILL BE THE FIRST
EVER TO LOS RIOS AND I KNOW IT'S
NOT YOUR DISTRICT. SO DO THEY.
HOW WOULD THEY? THEY'RE GOING TO
HIRE A COMPANY TO OVERSEE THIS
OR WOULD THEY CAMPUS TO IT
THEMSELVES? LIKE YOU KNOW,
BASICALLY THEIR DORMS THEY HAVE
TO HAVE ARE A FOOD SERVICE ALL
THAT STUFF. SO WALK ME THROUGH.
HOW THAT WOULD WORK WITH THE
CAMPUS WAS NEVER HAD THAT
BEFORE. FOR A CAMPUS. IT'S NEVER
HAD THIS BEFORE. ONE THEY'RE
LEARNING FROM THEIR NEARBY
COLLEGES EXPERTISE. THEY'RE ALSO
LEARNING ABOUT, UM SOME OF THE
LEGAL PARAMETERS THAT EXIST SOME
OF THE BEST PRACTICES ON HOW TO
KEEP STUDENTS SAFE. AND THEN HOW
TO ALIGN CAMPUS HOUSING TO
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, AND SO THAT
THEN GETS INTO A STAFFING MODEL
THAT ENSURES THAT THERE IS 24 7
SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS, INCLUDING
SOME OF THE COMMON PRACTICES
THAT ARE EFFECTIVE AROUND OUR
ACE AND OTHERS. AND THESE
CAMPUSES. UM THE LOWEST. RIOS,
FOR EXAMPLE, ALSO HAS ALREADY
SECURITY AND SAFETY ON CAMPUSES
, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
BEEN INTEGRATED IN THEIR PLANS.
UM AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING
AT ALIGNING THE SERVICES THAT
THEY PROVIDE THEIR WITH
EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS ON THE
STUDENT SERVICES SIDE OF, UM
PROGRAMS. SOME OF THE PROPOSALS
HAVE ALSO ALIGNED THESE SO THAT
THEY CAN HAVE TUTORING NEARBY OR
IN THE AREA. SO THEN YOU HAVE A
LINKAGE TO THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
AS WELL. AND SO IT'S A MATTER OF
BOTH STAFFING UP, WHICH WILL
THESE ARE COVERED BY THE
CAMPUSES, NON GRANT COVERED
FUNDS, UM, AND WORKING THROUGH
THE SHARED GOVERNANCE PROCESS TO
SET UP A STRUCTURE FOR THAT, AND
MANY OF THESE HAVE ALSO ADDED
THIS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE ADDED
QUESTIONS, UM, THAT WE INCLUDED
IN OUR SCORING CRITERIA. WHAT'S
YOUR PLAN? BECAUSE SIMILARLY, WE
WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE
LOOKING AT COLLEGES AND HELPING
THEM THINK ABOUT IT'S NOT JUST
BRICK AND MORE. ER. NOW YOU HAVE
A STRUCTURE THAT HAS TO HAVE
LIFE AND SERVICES FOR STUDENTS.
24 7. OKAY THANK YOU. AND I
DON'T THINK IT'S INSURMOUNTABLE.
LIKE I THINK IT'S JUST A BIT
MORE OF A CHALLENGE. I'M NOT
SAYING WE SHOULDN'T DO COMMUNITY
COLLEGE PROJECTS BECAUSE OF
THIS, BUT LIKE YOU SAID. MAYBE
SOME OF THE EARLY ADOPTERS ARE
GOING TO BE ROLE MODELS FOR THE
OTHER ONES, NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO
DO A PILOT PER SE. BUT YOU KNOW,
THIS IS NEW TO MANY OF THE
DISTRICTS, AND SO I THINK THERE
WILL BE SOME LEARNING AS WE GO
ALONG. AND IF I CAN GO BACK TO
THE L, A. OH AND KIND OF MY
INITIAL PREMISE THAT ASSUMING
THAT WE DID WANT TO CONTINUE
WITH THIS COURSE AND HAVING A
STATE INVESTMENT IN STUDENT
HOUSING, AND FIGURE OUT HOW THAT
IT'S IN OUR BUDGET ARCHITECTURE.
UM, HOW COULD HOW COULD WE
PRIORITIZE AND FOCUS ON THE MOST
SHOVEL READY PROJECTS. AND, UM.
I MEAN, THERE'S A TABLE HERE
THAT SAYS START DATES ALL THE
START DATES AND I ASSUME THEY'RE
ACCURATE, BUT I DON'T KNOW. LIKE
IT WAS THEN THAT THE DISTRICTS I
KNOW ARE STAFFED AND PUT A TYPO
ON THE TABLE. BUT LIKE WAS THERE
A UP WRONG MONTH PUT IN FROM
JANUARY TO DECEMBER OF ONE YEAR
. HAVE THEY BEEN, UM, HOW
THEY'VE BEEN VERIFIED BECAUSE
THAT REALLY IS THE KEY. WE WANT
TO FOCUS ON ON A BUDGET YEAR
BUDGET YEAR, PLUS ONE THE OUT
YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FUND
PROJECTS THAT ARE PRIME TIME
NOW. SO HOW COULD WE MAKE SURE
THAT WE UM, DO THAT. IN OUR
EVALUATION. WE CAN HELP YOUR
STAFF GO THROUGH THE PROJECTS TO
PICK THE ONES THAT ARE CLOSEST
TO SHOVEL READY. OBVIOUSLY YOU
HAVE LOTS OF CONSIDERATIONS IN
STATUTE. YOU PUT THAT IT WAS A
PRIORITY TO BE SHOVEL READY, BUT
YOU ALSO WANTED THEM TO HAVE AS
MANY AFFORDABLE BEDS AS POSSIBLE
THAT THE GOING RATE FOR THOSE
BEDS WOULD BE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE
THAT THEY WOULD BE IN AREAS THAT
DO HAVE SOME UNMET DEMAND FOR
HOUSING. BUT IF SHOVEL READY IS
YOUR PRIORITY, WE CAN WE HAVE
THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND
CAN PROVIDE IT. YOUR STUFF. YEAH
AND WE WENT TO, I THINK VERIFIED
THAT THAT IS ACCURATE CAUSE
SOMETIMES IT'S ASPIRATIONAL. WE
PLAN TO BE SELF ALREADY BY NEXT
SOMETHING OR RATHER, BUT WE WANT
TO GO BACK BECAUSE WE COULD
ENGAGE WITH THE STIGMA IS AN
ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS. BUT AS
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE
ARE IN EARLY PLANNING STAGES, SO
I THINK THE UNIVERSITIES ARE
PROBABLY A BIT BETTER POSITION
TO HAVE SORT OF REALISTIC
CONSTRUCTION DATES, BUT THEY
HAVEN'T FOR THESE PROJECTS THEY
JUST SUBMITTED ENTERED
ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING AND
WORKING DRAWINGS AND DESIGNS.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT KINDS OF
OBSTACLES WILL EMERGE. THEY
DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL HIT AN
ISSUE WITH TOXIC SUBSTANCES. ALL
THE THINGS THAT CAN EMERGE, SO,
UM IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF A
GAMBLE, SINCE THEY HAVEN'T EVEN
ENTERED PRELIMINARY PLANS. YEAH
AND YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TRUST
BUT ALSO VERIFY AND THINGS CAN
GO WRONG. ALL CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS, THINGS HAPPEN. RIGHT
OUTSIDE OUR STATE CAPITAL RIGHT
HERE LIKE THINGS. DELAYS HAPPEN.
WHETHER THERE WHETHER SEQUENCE
STUFF OR CONSTRUCTION ISSUES.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, I THINK
THAT THE AFFORDABILITY. AND ALL
THOSE OTHER PIECES ARE PROBABLY
RELATIVELY CLOSE. IF YOU LOOK AT
THE EVALUATION THAT THE VARIABLE
PIECES WHEN THEY WOULD WHEN THEY
WOULD START, SO I THINK THAT'S
ONE THING THAT WE WANT TO
EVALUATE, AND ALSO TO IF THE IF
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROJECTS
FOR THE GRANT ARE REALLY IN THE
OUT YEARS. ONE THING WHERE
THERE'S THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE
OPTIONS. HOW YOU COULD FUND THIS
. YOU COULD JUST FLAT OUT,
FUNDED AND DENY THIS DELAY. UM
YOU COULD, UM LOOK FOR OTHER
ASSUMING THERE'S MORE REVENUE
COMING IN THE MARRIED GUYS,
WHICH IS PROBABLY UNLIKELY YOU
COULD LOOK FOR OTHER PLACES IN
THE STATE BUDGET. WE'RE GONNA
HEAR IT ONE AND LIKE AN HOUR AND
KIND OF REDIRECT THAT HERE SO
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO DELAYED
HERE. OR YOU COULD POTENTIALLY
SWAP THE GRANT. WOULD ALONE
MONEY BECAUSE THE GRANT IS. IS
NOW THE OTHER ONES TO DELAY FOR
THE YEAR OUT, BUT THE GRANT
PROJECTS AREN'T NECESSARILY FOR
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHOVEL
READY AND NEEDED FOR A YEAR. YOU
COULD JUST CHANGE THOSE TWO
FUNDING SOURCES AND HAVE HAVE
THEM BOTH. SO I THINK WE WELL,
THAT'S THE SECOND PIECE TO WE
COULD HELP EVALUATE. THE FUNDING
SOURCES AND HOW WE COULD MAKE
THIS A WIN WIN. JUST SOMETHING
TO CONSIDER, AS WE WORK WITH
STAFF TO DO THAT, BECAUSE WE
WERE THE ONES TO SAY HEY, IF YOU
HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN LOANS OR
GRANTS, AND AGAIN, WE CAN HELP
JUST ON THE TIMING SIDE. BUT
SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT
APPLIED FOR A GRANT THEY MIGHT
NOT BE ABLE TO BALANCE OUT IF
THEY MOVE TO THE LOAN BECAUSE
THE STATE SUBSIDY WILL BE LESS
THEY MIGHT HAVE TO GO THROUGH
SOME REDESIGN WORK, SO UM, YES,
BUT IF YOU WERE TO SIGNAL HOW
MUCH IS AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS AND
LOANS, THOSE WHO DIDN'T GET A
GRANT COULD COULD CONCEIVABLY
THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD WE STILL
MAKE A PROJECT WORK WITH JUST
THIS ZERO COST INTEREST, BUT IT
WILL REQUIRE SOME GOING BACK TO
THE DRAWING BOARD COULDN'T JUST
REALLY OR WE COULD CHANGE OUR
RULES ON IT. I THINK IT'S
PROBABLY BETTER TO LOOK AT OUR
POLICIES FOR THE GRANT VERSUS
ALONE THAN CHANGING THE WHOLE
PROJECT. UM SO WE CAN CROSS. UM
THAT PRETTY SOON WE GET THERE.
THE OTHER PIECE TO, OF COURSE,
IS THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND LIKE
MR TING'S QUESTION. TOGETHER
BONUS TO IT, OF COURSE, IS IT'S
A BY DEFINITION REVOLVING, SO IT
PAYS FOR ITSELF AND OVERTIME.
PAY ITSELF PAYS IT BACK. WE CAN
REPLENISH HOUSING. UM, DOWN THE
ROAD. SO UH, THAT'S IT FOR NOW.
MR BOND. I'M SORRY. DID YOU WANT
TO ANSWER A QUESTION FIRST?
SORRY. REMEMBER MCCARTY? I WOULD
JUST SAY FROM A CASHFLOW
PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE A
GOOD 12 18 MONTHS TO GET THROUGH
DESIGN. THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO
ACCOMMODATE THIS DELAY PROPOSED
BY THE GOVERNOR, SO THERE IS A
RISK THAT THE MONEY WOULDN'T
COME THROUGH IN 24 25 THAT WE
COULD DESIGN AROUND THAT THEN WE
AT LEAST WOULD HAVE CERTAINTY ON
THE GRANT FUNDING VERSUS HAVING
TO BE SPLIT ACROSS GRANT AND
LOAN THAT WOULD CAUSE GREATER
UNCERTAINTY FOR CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I
THINK MR STORM WANTED A ADDRESS
US CAN STAND IF THAT'S OKAY.
YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT
THE PANEL. NO BAD THAT WOULD BE
BAD. YEAH MY NAME IS RYAN STORM.
I'M THE ASSISTANT VICE
CHANCELLOR FOR BUDGET. MY
COLLEAGUE BY SAN JUAN IS
REPRESENTING THE SEA ISSUE AS
WELL AS AS ME AND WANTED TO
CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS,
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LINES OF
THE MEMBER. ALVAREZ'S EARLIER
QUESTIONING ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT
OF OUR BUDGET REALLOCATION PLAN
TO THE HOUSING UM, FIRST OF ALL,
IF YOU TURN TO PAGE THREE, I'LL
GIVE YOU A TIP ABOUT GIVE YOU A
HEADS UP TO TURN THEIR REAL
QUICKLY FIRST. BUT JUST TO
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE
NAME OF THAT PLAN, IT'S CALLED
THE CSU ENROLLMENT TARGET THREE
OF OUR AGENDA. YES OF YOUR
AGENDA. SO TO YOUR QUESTION
ABOUT WHAT IS THAT REALLOCATION
PLAN CALLED FOR OUR ENROLLMENTS
CALLED THE CSU. ENROLLMENT
TARGET, UH, AND BUDGET
REALLOCATION PLAN. AND WE
RELEASED THAT ON JANUARY 11TH,
AND WE'LL HAVE A MULTI YEAR
PHASE IN OF THAT OF THAT PLAN
GOING FORWARD. THE OTHER THING I
WANTED TO 0.2 ON PAGE THREE NOW
IS THAT DURING THE LINE OF
QUESTIONING TO MY COLLEAGUE AND
SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB, SHE'S
AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD, SO I AM
DEFINITELY WAITING IN IN MY ZONE
WHERE I SHOULDN'T BE, BUT I JUST
WANTED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
SOME ROBBERS ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT
OF THE OF THAT ENROLLMENT PLAN
TO THESE PROJECTS HERE. THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE BEDS THAT YOU
SEE LISTED HERE ARE GOING TO BE
AT CAMPUSES WHERE WE ANTICIPATE
SIGNIFICANT ENROLLMENT DEMAND,
OKAY? AND WE NOTED THAT THERE IS
SAN FRANCISCO AND HUMBLE LISTED
ON THERE, AND THE QUESTION WAS
ENROLLMENTS SOFTENING THERE ON
THOSE TWO CAMPUSES. KEEP IN MIND
THAT THOSE TWO AREAS OF THE
STATE HAVE SIGNIFICANT HOUSING
COST CRUNCHES AND AVAILABILITY,
PARTICULARLY IN HUMBLE WHERE
THERE IS DISCUSSION. I'LL BUY IT
NOT VERY POPULAR, POTENTIALLY
HOUSING STUDENTS ON A SHIP IN
ORDER TO MEET HOUSING NEEDS, SO
IT'S A CRITICAL PIECE THERE, AND
THERE'S A SIGNIFICANTLY SIZED
PROJECT GOING IN THERE. THE
OTHER THING THAT WANTED TO POINT
OUT TO IS THAT WHEN THERE WAS A
LINE OF QUESTIONING ABOUT THE
AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTION OF THE
SEGMENTS, IN ADDITION TO STATE
GRANT FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT YOU
HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES IN YOU SEE THAT THERE
BE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION BY
THE SEGMENTS. WE TOO HAVE. WE
ARE PUTTING OUR OWN MONEY INTO
THIS AS WELL. ROUGHLY ABOUT 35%
ON AVERAGE OF THE COST OF THESE
PROJECTS ARE CSU CONTRIBUTION
FUNDS. THAT OF COURSE, COULD
GROW WITH THE COST OF
CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN IN SOME
INSTANCES, WE HAVE SOME
PROJECTS. PARTICULARLY OUR SAN
JOSE STATE PROJECT. THAT'S IN
THE HOPPER THAT WE WILL BE
CONTRIBUTING FROM THE SYSTEM
PERSPECTIVE MUCH GREATER THAN
THOSE AMOUNTS. I JUST WANTED TO
CLARIFY THOSE THREE THINGS. OKAY
THANK YOU. MR FONTE'S. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO
EACH OF OUR PANELISTS FOR BEING
HERE TODAY TO TESTIFY. I DO JUST
WANT TO KNOW AN ECHO THAT I DO
HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT A DELAY,
PERHAPS NOT MATERIALIZING. I
HEAR THAT THE MONEY WILL STILL
BE THERE. YOU KNOW, HOWEVER,
THERE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS
THAT WE DO HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK
AT JUST LOOKING AT WHAT COST Dð.
INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
DELAY LABOR MATERIAL AND IT WILL
THAT AFFECT THE OVERALL AMOUNT
OF BEDS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE
STUDENTS AND I DON'T KNOW IF
THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED,
BUT HOW WOULD A POTENTIAL DELAY
IMPACT THE NUMBER OF BEDS THAT
CAN BE BUILT? FOR THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE PROJECTS
THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
FUNDING THE. ANY CONSTRUCTION
DELAYS WILL INCREASE THE COST OF
THE BEDS, AND THAT COST WILL
PROBABLY BE PUT ON THE, UM THE
REGULARLY PRICED BREADS WITHIN
THAT, UM WITHIN THAT PROJECT FOR
THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE
REQUESTING FUNDING DELAYS WILL
NOT LEAD TO A RE EXAMINATION OF
THE NUMBER OF BEDS, BUT IT'LL
LOOK BUT LOOK AT THE COST AND
THE RENT THAT HAS TO BE CHARGED
TO THE STUDENTS. OKAY GO FOR THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES SO
UNTIL A Z GIVEN THE RISING
CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND
INFLATIONARY RATES CAN RESULT
ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 17%
INCREASES, COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PROJECTS ARE DOING EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO KEEP THEIR RENTAL
RATES AT THE LOW LEVEL THAT
THEY'VE COMMITTED AND THE NUMBER
OF BEDS GIVEN THE DEMONSTRATED
NEED. AND THE FACT THAT WE KNOW
WE REALLY NEED TO PROVE
OURSELVES IN THIS SPACE, AND SO
MANY OF THEM ARE GOING TO THEIR
COMMUNITIES TO SEEK, UH,
PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS OR LOOKING
AT THEIR OWN RE SOURCES TO FIND
TO FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO
COVER THOSE COSTS, BUT THEY'RE
DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO
MEET THEIR COMMITMENTS ON THIS
FOR MANY REASONS, AS STATED
THANK YOU. MEMBER SURROUNDINGS
FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY IF THERE WERE TO BE A
DELAY, THE PROJECT. WE WOULD
ONLY PARTIALLY FUND CONSTRUCTION
IS SAN JOSE STATE SO WE CAN
START DESIGNED SO THE CASH FLOW
WOULD WORK FOR US FOR WHAT THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED THE RISK
WOULD BE IF THE SUBSEQUENT
FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION DOESN'T
COME THROUGH IN 2024 25 THAT
WOULD PUT 517 BEDS AT RISK
AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING BEDS.
OKAY THANK YOU. THIS IS
CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT TOPIC AND
WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS AND
THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO
ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. THIS IS
RELATED TO FINANCIAL AID AND THE
CAL GRANT PROGRAM. AND WE'VE
DONE SO MUCH IN CAL GRANTS AND
FINANCIAL AID REFORM IN THE PAST
COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE ASKED
THE LOT TO JUST GIVE US A HIGH
LEVEL. UM SNAPSHOT OF OUR
FINANCIAL AID SYSTEMS IN
CALIFORNIA. AND THEN SOME OF OUR
INVESTMENTS AND ALTERATIONS,
REFORMS OF LAST COUPLE BUDGETS.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BEGIN THEN?
OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE? HOW
DO WE HAVE IT LAID OUT? YEAH.
OKAY, THAT'S RIGHT. WHY DON'T WE
JUST DO THAT? WHY DON'T WE START
WITH THE L A. ALSO, I THINK
THAT'D BE HELPFUL FOR OUR NEW
COMMITTEE MEMBERS JUST KIND OF
GIVE UP. ONE OH, ONE HERE SHOT
TO BEGIN. SO THE SERGEANT IS
DISTRIBUTING A HANDOUT RIGHT NOW
CALLED OVERVIEW OF CAL GRANT
REFORM AND I'LL BE SPEAKING FROM
THIS FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES
HERE. CALDERON PROGRAM IS THE
STATE'S LONGSTANDING FINANCIAL
AID PROGRAM. IT HAS ITS ROOTS
AND ITS SCHOLARSHIP THAT WAS
CREATED BACK IN THE 19 FIFTIES.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. OVER THE
YEARS, THE STATE HAS ADDED
VARIOUS AWARD TYPES AND VARIOUS
ELIGIBILITY RULES. SUCH THAT THE
PROGRAM TODAY IS QUITE COMPLEX.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE
LEGISLATURE HAS HAD AN INTEREST
IN SIMPLIFYING THIS PROGRAM AND
UPDATING SOME OF THE ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA. AND TO THAT END IN
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PACKAGE, THE
STATE ADOPTED POTENTIAL NEW
RULES FOR THE CALDERON PROGRAM.
COMMONLY KNOWN AS CAL GRANT
REFORM. THE RULES HAVE BEEN
ENACTED IN STATUTE, BUT THEY
HAVE NOT YET BEEN
OPERATIONALIZED CURRENTLY IN
STATUTE, THEY'RE SUBJECT TO A
TRIGGER DETERMINATION. MEANING
THAT NEXT SPRING, THE STATE
WOULD DETERMINE BASED ON
REVENUES, WHETHER THERE IS
SUFFICIENT REVENUE AVAILABLE TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH AL GRANT
REFORM IN 2024 25. ON THE ONE
PAGE BEFORE YOU. THERE'S A CHART
COMPARING THE ROLES UNDER THE
CURRENT TELEGRAM PROGRAM.
COMPARED TO CAL GRANT REFORM.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE, BUT
I'LL TRY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF
THE KEY DIFFERENCES. UNDER THE
CURRENT CAL GRANT PROGRAM. THERE
ARE MULTIPLE AWARD TYPES, EACH
WITH ITS OWN ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA AND WARD AMOUNTS.
CALDERON A THAT PROVIDES TUITION
COVERAGE TO LOW AND MIDDLE
INCOME STUDENTS. A TELEGRAM BE
THAT PROVIDES A MIX OF TUITION
COVERAGE AND NON TUITION
COVERAGE KNOWN AS THE ACCESS
AWARD FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS.
CALDERON SEE THAT SPECIFICALLY
SERVES STUDENTS IN CAREER
TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
UNDER TELEGRAM REFORM, THE AWARD
TYPES WOULD BE RESTRUCTURED INTO
JUST TWO OR TYPES OF CALGARY TO
AVAILABLE AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND THE CALDERON FOUR AVAILABLE
AT UNIVERSITIES. THERE WOULD
ALSO BE SEVERAL NOTABLE CHANGES
TO THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
TRADITIONALLY UNDER THE CURRENT
CAL GRANT PROGRAM. STUDENTS HAVE
ONLY BEEN ENTITLED TO AN AWARD
IF THEY ARE RECENT HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATE OR TRANSFER STUDENT
UNDER A CERTAIN AGE. A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO, THE STATE ENACTED
SOME EXPANSIONS UNDER THE
CURRENT PROGRAM SO THAT THE
ENTITLEMENT AWARDS ARE ALSO
AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF AGE AND
TIME OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. UNDER
CALDERON REFORM THAT WOULD BE
EXTENDED TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
. SO THE AGENT TIME OUT OF HIGH
SCHOOL RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE
ELIMINATED FOR THEM AS WELL. IN
ADDITION UNDER CALDERON REFORM,
THE GPA REQUIREMENT THAT'S
CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS WOULD BE
REMOVED. AND THE INCOME CEILINGS
WOULD BE ADJUSTED. CURRENTLY THE
INCOME CEILINGS ARE PROGRAMS
SPECIFIC. UNDER CALDERON REFORM
, THEY WOULD BE ALIGNED WITH THE
CEILINGS FOR THE FEDERAL PELL
GRANT PROGRAM, AND THE CEILINGS
ARE GENERALLY LOWER THAN THE
CURRENT ONES. THERE WOULD ALSO
BE SOME NOTABLE CHANGES TO AWARD
AMOUNTS UNDER THE CURRENT
CALDERON PROGRAM. THERE'S A
PROVISION THAT PREVENTS MOST
FIRST YEAR STUDENTS RECEIVING A
CALGON BE AWARD FROM RECEIVING
TUITION ASSISTANCE. THAT WOULD
BE RESOLVED INTER CAL GRANT
REFORMS SO THAT ALL UNIVERSITY
RECIPIENTS ARE RECEIVING TUITION
ASSISTANCE. AND THEN ON THE NON
TUITION FRONT. THERE WOULD ALSO
BE SOME CHANGES THAT DIFFER BY
SEGMENT. CURRENTLY ALL CALDERON
BE RECIPIENTS RECEIVING ACCESS
AWARD OF UP TO ABOUT $1600
ANNUALLY. UNDER CALDERON REFORM
COMMUNITY COLLEGE RECIPIENTS
WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE
FOR THAT AWARD, AND THE AWARD
WOULD BE PACKED INFLATION SO IT
WOULD GO UP HERE AFTER YEAR,
WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT HASN'T
HAPPENED FOR QUITE SOME TIME
UNDER THE CURRENT PROGRAM. AT
THE UNIVERSITIES, HOWEVER,
CALCULATE RECIPIENTS WOULD NOT
BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ACCESS AWARD
UNDER CALDERON REFORM. INSTEAD
THE STATE WOULD EXPECT THE
SEGMENTS CSU AND UC TO PROVIDE
NON TUITION COVERAGE FOR ITS
STUDENTS THROUGH ITS
INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL AID
PROGRAMS. THE BOTTOM OF THIS
CHART HERE, YOU'LL SEE SOME
NUMBERS THAT THE COMMISSION
PROVIDED LAST JUNE AS A BUDGET
ENACTMENT, COMPARING THE CURRENT
CAL GRANT PROGRAM TO CALDERON
REFORM. BASED ON THESE NUMBERS.
ELIGIBILITY CHANGES UNDER
CALDERON REFORM ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF NEW AWARD
OFFERS EACH YEAR ON THAT BY
ABOUT 150,000 STUDENTS. IN
ADDITION, IT WOULD INCREASE
SPENDING IN THE CALDERON PROGRAM
BY AN ESTIMATED 365 MILLION IN
THAT FIRST YEAR. I WANTED TO
TURN NEXT DOOR COMMENTS ON WHAT
COMES NEXT FOR CAL GRANT REFORM.
YOU'LL HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
THAT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET DOES
NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THE TRIGGER
DETERMINATION THAT WAS AGREED
UPON LAST YEAR. MEANING THAT
CURRENTLY THE STATE WOULD
DETERMINE NEXT SPRING LIKELY IN
MAY WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH CAL
GRANT REFORM IN 2024 25. OUR
MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS APPROACH
IS THAT THE TIMING OF THE
TRIGGER DETERMINATION CONFLICTS
WITH THE UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS
PROCESS. CAMPUSES GENERALLY AND
DESCEND FINANCIAL AID OFFER
LETTERS TO ADMITTED STUDENTS IN
THIS SPRING BEFORE THE ACADEMIC
YEAR BEGINS. SO STUDENTS CAN
CONSIDER THESE OFFERS WHEN
THEY'RE MAKING THEIR ENROLLMENT
DECISIONS. IF THE STATE WAITS
UNTIL NEXT MAY TO DETERMINE
WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH CAL
GRANT REFORM IN 2024 25. SOME
STUDENTS WILL LIKELY NEED TO
MAKE ENROLLMENT DECISIONS BEFORE
KNOWING WHETHER THEY ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR A CALGARY AND HOW
MUCH AID THEY WILL RECEIVE UNDER
THE PROGRAM. THIS MORNING. I
THINK YOU'LL HEAR VARIOUS
OPTIONS FOR ADDRESSING THIS
CONCERN. ONE OPTION THAT WE
RECOMMEND IS TO MAKE THE
DETERMINATION ONE YEAR IN
ADVANCE. SO AS PART OF YOUR 2023
24 BUDGET PROCESS, DETERMINE
WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH CAL
GRANT REFORM NEXT YEAR. THIS
APPROACH WOULD ALLOW THE STATE
TO PROVIDE GREATER CLARITY TO
STUDENTS NEXT YEAR IN THE
FINANCIAL AID THAT'S AVAILABLE
TO THEM THROUGH THE CALDERON
PROGRAM. WHILE ALSO PROVIDING
THE COMMISSION IN THE SEGMENTS
WITH MORE TIME TO IMPLEMENT ANY
CHANGES. UNDER THIS APPROACH OF
THE LEGISLATURE DETERMINES THAT
IT DOES WISH TO PRIORITIZE
MOVING FORWARD WITH CAL GRANT
REFORM IN 24 25. IT WOULD
DESIGNATE ONGOING FUNDING AND
ITS BUDGET PLAN FOR THIS PURPOSE
RATHER THAN RELYING ON A TRIGGER
DETERMINATION THAT HAS AN
UNCERTAIN OUTCOME. THANK YOU.
OKAY THANK YOU. LET'S GO BACK
NOW TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
TO GIVE IN. UM A OVERVIEW OF
YOUR PROPOSAL. GOOD MORNING
CHAIR MCCARTHY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
DAVID MITCHELL DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. SO LISA WENT OVER SOME
OF THIS, BUT JUST AS AN
OVERVIEW, CALIFORNIA'S THE
STATE'S PRIMARY FINANCIAL AID
PROGRAM AND AWARDS GRANTS TO
STUDENTS ATTENDING A UC CSU,
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR
QUALIFYING, INDEPENDENT AND
CAREER INSTITUTION OR TECHNICAL
SCHOOL IN THE STATE. CALDERON IS
AN ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM, SO
STUDENTS WHO MEET ALL SPECIFIED
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA WILL
RECEIVE A COMMUNITY COLLEGE HIGH
SCHOOL OR TRANSFORM TRANSFER
ENTITLEMENT AWARD. ADDITIONALLY
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT MEET ALL THE
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR AN
ENTITLEMENT AWARD BUT STILL
DEMONSTRATE FINANCIAL LEADER
CONSIDERED FOR ONE OF THE 13,000
GRANTS DISPERSED THROUGH THE
CALDERON COMPETITIVE PROGRAM. 23
24 BUDGET ASSUMES EXPENDITURES
OF 2.3 BILLION TO SUPPORT THE
CALDERON PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR
23 24. WE ESTIMATED THE PROGRAM
WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 377,000
AWARDS THROUGH THE ENTITLEMENT
PROGRAM NEXT YEAR. AND WE WOULD
JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT
DESPITE A DIFFICULT FISCAL
CLIMATE THAT THE STATE IS FACING
THE BUDGET, MAINTAINS
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORIC INVESTMENT
, FINANCIAL AID AND SUPPORT FOR
STUDENTS PURSUING PUBLIC HIGHER
EDUCATION. UM. JUST TO TALK
ABOUT DO THE CASE WOULD
ADJUSTMENTS. THE STUDENT AID
COMMISSION HAS INDICATED REDUCED
EXPENDITURES ON THE PROGRAM OF
209.7 MILLION IN THE CURRENT
YEAR, 22 23 IS PROJECTED TO BE
286.5 MILLION IN 23 24, BASED ON
THE MOST RECENT ESTIMATES. LOWER
PARTICIPATION IN THE CALDERON
PROGRAM AND REDUCTION. FINANCIAL
AID DISBURSEMENTS ARE LARGELY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINGERING
EFFECTS OF THE COVID 19
PANDEMIC. THE DRIVING FACTORS
ARE ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION
DECLINES IN THE CAL STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT,
RETENTION CHALLENGES IN THE U. C
SYSTEM. SO THESE TRANSIT
CONTINUED SO FAR IN 2022 23.
THERE ARE SIGNS OF REBOUNDING
PROGRAM PARTICIPATION. RECENT
DATA HAS INDICATED SMALL YEAR
OVER YEAR INCREASES AMONG NEW
STUDENTS RECEIVING HIGH SCHOOL
ENTITLEMENT CALDERON AWARD EVEN
AS RENEWAL AWARDS CONTINUE TO
DECLINE. MOREOVER THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF A B 4 69 AT
THE STATE LEVEL AND THE FASTEST
SIMPLIFICATION ACT AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL OVER THE NEXT TWO
YEARS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
FINANCIAL AID APPLICATIONS BY
NEW STUDENTS AND CONSEQUENTLY,
THE DISTORTION OF AID. UM AGAIN
, SO I THOUGHT LISA'S SUMMARIZED
MOST OF THE CALGARY ANT THE
STRUCTURE OF WHAT WILL CALDERON
REFORM WOULD LOOK LIKE IF IT
GOES INTO EFFECT, UM, BUT JUST
THERE THERE IS. THERE IS NO
ADDITIONAL ACTION FINANCES,
CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE
STATE'S LONG TERM FISCAL OUTLOOK
AS WE GET CLOSER TO MAY 23 TO
MAY REVISION IN 2024 WHEN THE
ADMINISTRATION WILL DETERMINE
WHETHER THESE CHANGES WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED. THANK YOU. OKAY
THANK YOU. NEXT STATE COMMISSION
. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. MCCARTY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALVAREZ, JAKE
PERIMETER DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
POLICY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE
CALIFORNIA STUDENT AID
COMMISSION. AND THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON
WHAT I KNOW YOU REALIZES YEARS
LONG EFFORT TO SIMPLIFY AND
REFORM THE CAL GRANT. AS YOUR
AGENDA NOTES. THE LAST TWO YEARS
HAVE BEEN PIVOTAL IN THIS WORK.
THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF YOU
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MCCARTHY THIS
SUBCOMMITTEE YOUR COLLEAGUES IN
THE SENATE, COUNTLESS SUPPORTERS
AND ADVOCATES AND, OF COURSE,
OUR STUDENTS WITH YOUR
PRIORITIZATION OF COLLEGE
AFFORDABILITY AND STUDENT NEEDS
. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND
ACCESS TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS
THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR ANY CALGARY AUNT
WILL ALSO DEEPENING THE SUPPORT.
THAT WE PROVIDE TO STUDENTS TO
ADDRESS THEIR TOTAL COST OF
ATTENDANCE AND NOT JUST TUITION.
AND OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT DONE
WITH THIS WORK YET, BUT WE KNOW
THAT WE ARE NOW ON THE PRECIPICE
OF MAKING TRULY TRANSFORMATIVE
CHANGE WITH YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT AND OUR CONTINUED
COLLECTIVE FOCUS ON THESE
ISSUES. WHILE OUR RECENT
INVESTMENTS AND POLICY CHANGES
HAVE FURTHER EXPANDED ACCESS TO
CALDERON'S FOR STUDENTS,
RESULTING IN ACTUALLY OVER
95,000 MORE STUDENTS BEING
ELIGIBLE THIS YEAR THAN THEY
WOULD HAVE BEEN IF WE DIDN'T
HAVE THAT NEW COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM. WE'VE ALSO
MADE THESE PROGRAMS MORE
COMPLICATED. AND OUR COLLEAGUE
FROM THE L. A YOU DID A GOOD JOB
OF WALKING THROUGH THE BEFORE
AND AFTER OF THE CURRENT CAL
GRANT AND THE PROPOSED CAL GRANT
TWO AND FOUR UNDER REFORM, BUT
I'LL NOTE WHILE THERE'S THREE
DIFFERENT AWARD PAYMENT LEVELS,
THERE'S ACTUALLY EIGHT DIFFERENT
KINDS OF CAL GRANTS BASED ON
STUDENTS SEGMENT OF ENROLLMENT,
THEIR TIME OF APPLICATION. THEIR
INCOME AND EVEN OTHER FACTORS.
THIS MAZE OF CAL GRANT PROGRAMS
UNDERMINES OUR COLLECTIVE
ABILITY TO GIVE STUDENTS AND
THEIR FAMILY CLEAR EXPECTATION
ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN COUNT ON IN
RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID, AS WELL
AS HOW OUR ADULT LEARNERS CAN
PLAN FOR THEIR EDUCATION AND
ARRANGE OTHER PARTS OF THEIR
LIFE LIKE WORK RESPONSIBILITIES
ACCORDINGLY. AND DESPITE HAVING
EIGHT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CALGARY
AUNT, WE STILL HAVE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THAT
SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS OF
FINANCIAL AID BECAUSE OF VARIOUS
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, AS
NOTED BY OUR COLLEAGUE AT THE L.
A OH, LAST YEAR, THE STATE
BUDGET AGREEMENT ADOPTED THE
CALDERON EQUITY FRAMEWORK THAT
WAS EMBEDDED IN THE CALGARY
REFORM ACT, WHICH WOULD CREATE
THE NEW CAL GRANT TO FOR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS AND
CAL GRANT FOR STUDENTS AT FOUR
YEAR INSTITUTIONS. AND AGAIN,
LISA NOTED THAT THIS WOULD HELP
MAKE AN ADDITIONAL 150,000
STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY NOT
CALDERON ELIGIBLE ELIGIBLE FOR
STATE FINANCIAL AID. EVERY
SEGMENT OF CALIFORNIA HIGHER
EDUCATION WOULD SEE MORE OF
THEIR STUDENTS GAIN CALDERON
ELIGIBILITY UNDER THESE CHANGES.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHO
ARE THE STUDENTS THAT WERE
EXCLUDING FROM CALGARY. AND
TODAY THEY'RE VERY OFTEN ARE
MOST FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE
STUDENTS AND ARE LARGELY BLACK
AND LATINO STUDENTS. WHILE LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET ADOPTED THIS
FRAMEWORK AND ALSO PROVIDED THE
STUDENT AID COMMISSION WITH
$500,000.01 TIME RESOURCES SO
THAT WE COULD BEGIN THE WORK TO
IMPLEMENT THIS NEW SYSTEM AND BE
READY FOR THAT TRIGGER AND MAY
HAVE 2024 WE KNOW THAT IT CAME
WITH THIS REVENUE TRIGGER
POSITION PROVISIONS THAT LISA
WAS SPEAKING TO THE NEEDED
INVESTMENT. LISA'S ALREADY NOTED
AND IS ONE THAT REALLY
CALIFORNIA CANNOT AFFORD TO PASS
BY. AT THE STUDENT AID
COMMISSION. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN
HARD AT WORK SINCE LAST JULY TO
BEGIN TO ADAPT OUR SYSTEMS TO
PREPARE TO FLIP ON THE CALDERON
REFORM SWITCH COME MAY OF 2024.
AND AS YOU'D IMAGINE, THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF COMPLEXITY
IN THAT TECHNICAL WORK OF REALLY
PREPARING TO PAY OUT EITHER TWO
DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF CAL GRANT
AS WELL AS AND HOW THE STUDENT
AID COMMISSION CAN COORDINATE
WITH OUR PARTNERS AT OUR PUBLIC,
HIGHER EDUCATION SEGMENTS IN
PARTICULAR, SO THAT WE CAN
COMMUNICATE TO STUDENTS CLEARLY
AS THEY'RE APPLYING FOR
FINANCIAL AID BEFORE THAT, MAY
2024 TRIGGER DATE. THE GOOD NEWS
HERE IS THAT THE LARGE MAJORITY
OF STUDENTS OVER 90% ARE GOING
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CALGARY
AIN'T NO MATTER WHAT WE DO IN
MAY OF 2024. OF COURSE, THERE
WILL BE A LARGER COHORT OF
STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE
AND WOULD GET GOOD NEWS IN MAY
OF 2024 IF WE CAN LET THEM KNOW
THAT THEY ARE NOW CAL GRANT
ELIGIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE ENACTED
AND FUNDED CAL GRANT REFORM.
THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS IS
182,000 STUDENTS UNDER CALDERON
REFORM RELATIVE TO 31,000
STUDENTS THAT WE WOULD NOTIFY IN
MAY OR BE ABLE TO TELL ABOUT
THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR CAL GRANT
IF WE WERE TO STAY WITHIN THE
CURRENT CAL GRANT PROGRAM. SO WE
KNOW THAT THIS WORK IS TOO
IMPORTANT TO DELAY FOR ANY
LONGER, PARTICULARLY AS IT
RELATES TO HOW FINANCIAL AID
IMPACT STUDENT DECISION MAKING
AROUND ENROLLMENT AND COURSE
TAKING WE KNOW FROM STUDENT
SURVEYS AND DATA ON OUTCOMES
THAT ONE PERCEIVED COLLEGE COSTS
ARE THE TOP REASON WHY STUDENTS
DON'T ENROLL AND TWO STUDENTS
THAT RECEIVE A CAL GRANT.
COMPLETE MORE UNITS AND PERSIST
AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THEIR
PEERS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE A CAL
GRANT. AS CALIFORNIA LOOKS HOW
WE ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE
TALENT PIPELINE TO SUSTAIN OUR
WORKFORCE AND DYNAMIC INDUSTRIES
AND TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE,
OTHER STEM FIELDS. WE HAVE TO
ENSURE THAT A LACK OF FINANCIAL
AID DOES NOT UNDERMINE OUR
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND FUTURE
GROWTH. WE APPRECIATE THE FOCUS
OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
GOVERNOR ON THESE ISSUES, AS
WELL AS THE PERSISTENT ADVOCACY
FROM OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALL
BEEN REALLY LASER FOCUSED ON THE
SYSTEMIC REFORM THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE SO THAT THE CALDERON IS
MORE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR NEEDS
TODAY. WITH THAT. THANK YOU. AND
I WILL LOOK FORWARD ANY
QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK NOW ARE THREE
SEGMENTS TO, UM COME ON UP AND
HELP US TALK ABOUT THE
IMPLEMENTATION IN CALGARY. AUNT
CHANGES I DON'T THINK WE HAVE
ENOUGH SEATS UP HERE, BUT SOME
SOMEONE CAN STAND THERE. BUT
WE'LL HEAR FROM THE YOU SEE THE
CSU AND OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
OR CAN I SIT OVER THERE? EITHER
ONE. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN
CARTY AND MEMBERS OF THE
ASSEMBLY BUDGET COMMITTEE. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE
MY PERSPECTIVE. RECENT CHANGES
TO THE STATE'S FINANCIAL AID
PROGRAMS. MY NAME IS SEAN BRICK,
AND I'M, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR STUDENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
FOR MOST LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME
AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE
FEDERAL PELL GRANT IS THE
BEDROCK OF THEIR FINANCIAL AID
PACKAGE. HOWEVER THE CAL GRANT
HAS THAT HONOR HERE IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA LIKE HELL, GRANT
SENDS A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO
STUDENTS. IF YOU QUALIFY, YOU
CAN TAKE YOUR AWARD TO ANY
PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA
AND HAVE YOUR TUITION COVERED.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF
THE CALDERON PROGRAM THAT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAN
ALREADY USE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF
OUR OWN INSTITUTIONAL NEED BASED
GRANT TO HELP STUDENTS PAY FOR
THINGS LIKE BASIC NEEDS, FOOD
AND HOUSING. OTHER EDUCATIONAL
COSTS SUCH AS BOOKS AND
SUPPLIES, PERSONAL EXPENSES. AND
TRANSPORTATION. THE CALDERON
EQUITY FRAMEWORK PASSED IN THE
BUDGET ACT LAST YEAR WILL
ENHANCE THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE
èC DEGREE. AND THANK YOU ON
BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS FOR THOSE
MUCH NEEDED REFORMS. THERE ARE
SOME STUDENTS WHO WOULD HAVE
QUALIFIED UNDER THE OLD RULES,
WHO WOULD NO LONGER QUALIFY
UNDER THE NEW RULES, AND VICE
VERSA. THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE
QUALIFIED UNDER THE NEW UNDER
THE OLD RULES, AND NOT THE NEW
RULES TEND TO BE MORE MIDDLE
INCOME AND THOSE WHO QUALIFY
UNDER THE NEW RULES, BUT NOT THE
OLD ARE, AS JAKE SAID MORE TEND
TO BE MORE LOW INCOME. UM AND
ARE PROBABLY INELIGIBLE BECAUSE
OF THE NON FINANCIAL CRITERIA IN
THE CURRENT PROGRAM, AND I ALSO
KNOW THAT YOU SEE THAT THAT ALSO
INCLUDES, UH IT'S PRIMARILY
TRANSFER STUDENTS, SO IT ALSO
SUPPORTS THE TRANSFER FUNCTION.
UM AND THE NON FINANCIAL
CRITERIA AS AS YOU KNOW, OUR AGE
LIMITS AND THE TIME OUT OF HIGH
SCHOOL THAT ARE IN THE CURRENT
PROGRAM. SO THE NET CHANGE FOR
YOU SEE, THE èC STUDENT BODY IS
POSITIVE. IN OTHER WORDS, MORE
èC STUDENTS WOULD NEWLY QUALIFY
UNDER THE REFORMED RULES, THEN
WOULD LOSE ELIGIBILITY. 81 83
THE HIGHER EDUCATION BUDGET
TRAILER BILL FOR 2022 MADE THE
ENACTMENT AS WAS DISCUSSED
EARLIER OPERATIVE ONLY ON
WHETHER OR NOT THE STATE'S MULTI
YEAR REVENUES BEGINNING IN 24 25
COULD SUPPORT THE REFORM. AS
LISA MENTIONED THE TIMING OF THE
DECISION, WHETHER OR NOT THE NEW
OR OLD RULES WILL APPLY IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO A SMOOTH EXPERIENCE
FOR CALIFORNIA STUDENTS AS THEY
WEIGH THEIR COLLEGE CHOICES. U C
CAMPUSES, ADMIT STUDENTS AND
MAKE FINANCIAL AID OFFERS IN
MARCH AND APRIL. THE FINANCIAL
AID OFFER FROM THE CAMPUS
PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF
ALL THE AID THAT THE STUDENT IS
ELIGIBLE FOR NOT JUST THE CAL
GRANTS, BUT THEY'RE FEDERAL PELL
GRANT AND UNIVERSITY AID. THAT
OFFERS THEN USED BY STUDENTS AND
THEIR PARENTS TO MAKE A COLLEGE
CHOICE. BY MAY, 1ST FOR FRESHMAN
APPLICANTS, AND BY JUNE 1ST FOR
TRANSFERS. IF THE STATE WAITS
UNTIL APRIL OR MAY OF 2024 TO
DECIDE IF CALDERON REFORM WILL
BE FUNDED. IT WILL BE TOO LATE
FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE
ACCURATE INFORMATION TO INCOMING
STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR
ELIGIBILITY. MOVING THE CALDERON
APPLICATION DEADLINE FROM MARCH
TO LATER IN THE SPRING DOES NOT
HELP STUDENTS INTERESTED IN
MAKING AN INFORMED CHOICE AND
WHO STILL NEED TO ACCEPT AN
OFFER OF ADMISSION FROM AN
INSTITUTION. BY MAY 1ST. JUST AS
IMPORTANT, THE INFORMATION IN
THE FINANCIAL AID OFFER NEEDS TO
BE RELIABLE FOR MAKING THAT
INFORMED CHOICE, SO WE ENCOURAGE
THE LEGISLATURE TO ADVISE SACK
AND IN TURN COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES WHETHER OR NOT THE
CALDERON REFORM WILL PROCEED
BEFORE THE C. SAT BEFORE C SAC
OR THE UNIVERSITIES BEGIN MAKING
THOSE FINANCIAL AID OFFERS THAT
WILL ALLOW US TO GIVE STUDENTS
AND PARENTS THE BEST INFORMATION
POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. CSU. GOOD MORNING,
CHAIRMAN MCCARTHY AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS
NATALIA GONZALEZ. I AM THE
SYSTEM. MY DIRECTOR FOR
FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS AT
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. DURING
THE 21 22 ACADEMIC YEAR, WE
ENROLLED ROUGHLY 422,000
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WERE
ENROLLED 60,000 YOU FIRST TIME
FRESHMAN AND 57,000 NEW
TRANSFERS. ALMOST 50% OF OUR
STUDENTS TRANSFER FROM A
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
51% OF OUR UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS RECEIVE A PELL GRANT.
32% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FIRST.
GEN. AND 51% ARE
UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES.
FEDERAL AND STATE FINANCIAL AID
, MAKE A COLLEGE DEGREE
AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO
THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. 60% OF OUR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS DO NOT
PAY TUITION DUE TO FEDERAL,
STATE AND CSD PROVIDED FINANCIAL
AID. THE CSU IS WORKING
DILIGENTLY WITH THIS
CALIFORNIA'S YOU NEED COMMISSION
AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT
CAL GRANT REFORM TO ITS FULLEST
. WE ARE PART OF THE CALDERON
REFORM COMMITTEE THAT CSX HAS
PUT TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT CAL
GRANT REFORM. THE COMMITTEE HAS
BOTH CIA TO CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
AND CAMPUS REPRESENTATIVES.
SINCE THE SEC IS MOVING FORWARD
, AS AS A CAR GRANT REFORM
TRIGGER WILL HIT FOR THE 24 25
WILL BE AWARDING STUDENTS, UM
UNDER THE NEW CAR GRANT TO FOUR
RULES FOR THE 24 25 ACADEMIC
YEAR. WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO SHARE
WITH YOU SOME OF THE CHALLENGES
WE FORESEE FOR IMPLEMENTING CAL
GRANT REFORM. I WOULD LIKE TO
SHARE THOSE WITH YOU FOR THE
PURPOSE OF COLLABORATION AND
PARTNERSHIP. THOUSANDS OF
STUDENTS ARE RELYING ON US TO
GET THIS RIGHT AND THE CSU HAS
COMMITTED TO DOING SO. WE'RE
CONCERNED THAT THE 24 25 FREE
APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT
AID OR THE FAST TO IS BEING
DELAYED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND WILL NOT BE OUT
ON OCTOBER ONE OF 2023. IT IS
LIKELY THAT IT WILL NOT BE
RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION UNTIL JANUARY. ONE OF
2024. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT
BECAUSE IT ONLY GIVES STUDENTS
TWO MONTHS TO FILE THEIR
FASTBALL BY THAT MARCH. 2ND
DEADLINE TO BE CONSIDERED ON
TIME. THE FAST FOOD HAS
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CAMPUSES
WILL BE WORKING WITH THEIR
CURRENT STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT
THEY FILED THEIR FAST FAS ON
TIME. SINCE THAT FAST IT WILL BE
SO DIFFERENT COMPARED TO OTHER
YEARS. CAMPUSES DO LIKE TO BEGIN
AVOIDING PERSPECTIVE STUDENTS IN
THE FEBRUARY BUT WITH THE STATE
BUDGET TRIGGER FOR CONGRESS
HAPPENING IN MAY OF 2024, WE ARE
CONCERNED THAT THOSE AWARDS WILL
NEED TO BE REVISED AFTER THE MAY
ONE NATIONAL INTENT TO ENROLL
DEADLINE. WE ANTICIPATE AN
INCREASE IN STUDENT AND PARENT
CONFUSION, NOT TO MENTION AN
INCREASE IN WORKLOAD FOR
UNDERSTAFFED FINANCIALLY AT
OFFICES. THE TRIGGER, COUPLED
WITH THE RESPONSIVE AND
NECESSARY REVISIONS IN MAY, 2024
COULD IMPACT OVER 150,000 OF OUR
FALL 2024 APPLICANTS. WERE
CONCERNED WITH LAST MINUTE
FINANCIALLY AND AVOIDING CHANGE
IS HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
ENROLLMENT OF NEW STUDENTS. TO
AVOID THESE POTENTIAL, CONFUSING
AND NEGATIVE DISRUPTIONS IN MAY
OF 2024. WE CONCUR WITH THE LAO
THAT THE STATE SHOULD DECIDE
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER ON WHEN
TO PROCEED WITH CAL GRANT REFORM
FOR THE 24 25 ACADEMIC YEAR.
THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
QUESTIONS. OKAY THANK YOU
FINALLY HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. GOOD MORNING. LISTEN
EVERETTE WITH THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. UM FINE.
THANK YOU JUST WANTED TO MENTION
OUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CAL
GRANT REFORM. AS YOU KNOW, THIS
HAS BEEN TRANSFORMATIVE AND
HISTORIC FOR OUR STUDENTS, MANY
OF WHOM ARE WORKING TWO JOBS
WITH OVER 61% OF OUR STUDENTS
WORKING MORE THAN PART TIME. CAL
GRANT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THEM. AND
SO WE ASKED THE LEGISLATURE NOT
PULL THE TRIGGER AND CONTINUE
ITS COMMITMENT TO KILL GRANT
REFORM. THIS IS ALSO BEEN SO
CONSEQUENTIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS,
AS YOU KNOW, BASED ON CURRENT
DATA FOR EVERY $7 THAT, UH, UC
AND CSU STUDENTS RECEIVE IN CAL
GRANT COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
ONLY RECEIVED ONE AND SO IN OUR
PRIOR CONVERSATION, WE TALKED
ABOUT HOUSING INSECURITIES AND
THE BASIC NEEDS THE CAL GRANT
REFORM IS REALLY CONNECTED TO
THAT EFFORT SO THAT WE DON'T
CONTINUE TO SEE BASIC NEEDS AND
SECURITIES RISE, ESPECIALLY AS
OUR ECONOMY ENTERS UNCERTAINTY.
SO AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR CHAMPIONING THIS IN PRIOR
YEARS, AND WE URGE YOU TO ST
MAINTAIN YOUR COMMITMENT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. UM AND ALREADY
COME BACK TO YOU IN A SECOND. AT
LEAST MAYBE YOU CAN SIT OVER
THERE IN THAT CHAIR. CORNER.
ONE. YEAH, UM SO THIS WAS A
MAJOR WIN IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET
IN THE FINAL AND THE PAST TWO
BUDGETS AND ONE OF OUR MOST
SIGNIFICANT BUDGET INVESTMENTS.
WE DID, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND
HE'S NOT HERE ANYMORE, BUT I
WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MR MEDINA
SITTING AT HOME IN RIVERSIDE,
WHO DID COME UP HERE LAST WEEK
WHEN WE GIVE HIM AN AWARD FOR
THIS WORK, AND SO THIS IS A BIG,
BIG DEAL, AND WE'RE NOT DONE
YET. SO WE STILL HAVE MORE WORK
TO DO TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE
MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
EXPANSION. WHICH WILL GET US TO
DEBT FREE COLLEGE, WHICH WE'LL
TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT PANEL
HERE. AS FAR AS AS THIS THE TWO
BIGGEST PIECES AGAIN JUST TO
JUST TO RECAP, WHERE NO LONGER
THIS ARBITRARY, AGED OUT
RESTRICTION BECAUSE SO MANY OF
OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS,
YOU KNOW STARTED 18, OR THEY MAY
START IT. 22 OR 27 GO WORK FOR A
COUPLE YEARS, HAVE A FAMILY AND
GO BACK AND WE ESSENTIALLY
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST PEOPLE WHO
HAD LIVES IN BETWEEN GOING BACK
TO COLLEGE, SO NO, NO, NO LONGER
WILL THAT EXIST. AND WE FOCUS ON
THE ENTITLEMENT FOR COMMUNITY
CAUTIONS THAT YOU SAID, YOU KNOW
, FOR ALL THE DOLLARS THAT WE
SPEND ON FINANCIAL AID AT THE
BOTTOM. ONE THING THAT, UM, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE ROLL
THIS OUT. AND SO, YEAH, SO THE
BIG PICTURE? YES WE DON'T WANT
TO START AND STOP. I THINK WE
WANT TO GO FULL SPEED, AND IT'S
COMPLICATED IF WE DO THAT. ON
THE TIMING OF THIS WHEN WE AWARD
THIS, AND SO WE CERTAINLY
UNDERSTAND THAT PEACE. YOU KNOW,
I'LL CALL STUDENTS ARE DIFFERENT
. SO STUDENTS THAT YOU SEE, YOU
KNOW, GENERALLY WHEN THEY SHOW
UP AS A FRESHMAN, THEY GET THEIR
WAR. THEY STAY AT YOU SEE THE
GRADUATE IN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
UM, CSU. FIBERS FIVE ISH TRYING
TO TRYING TO GET IT LOWER. UM
COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS NOT ALWAYS
THAT SIMPLE. SOME STUDENTS GO
TWO YEARS AND TRANSFER AND AT
THE END THERE FOR FIVE YEARS. UM
SOME STUDENTS TAKE LONGER, WHICH
IS FINE. ALL STUDENTS HAVE
DIFFERENT PATHS. BUT THERE'S THE
TRICK. THERE IS THAT THIS RUNS
OUT. AND YOU'RE AND YOU'RE. YEAR
CALGARY RANT IS PROBABLY WORTH
MORE VALUABLE WHEN YOU READ THE
FOUR YEAR COLLEGES AND YOU ARE
AT THE CSU, AND SO SOMETIMES
STUDENTS DON'T KNOW THAT. AND SO
HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT SOME OF
OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
WHEN THEY GET THIS? MAXIMIZE
THIS THIS TICKET TO COLLEGE? AND
UM, DON'T DON'T FLOUNDER IT AND
DON'T SHOW UP AT THE CS HERE.
YOU SEE THREE OR FOUR YEARS AND
THEN THEY'RE OUT OF OUT OF
FINANCIAL AID. SO, UM I'LL START
WITH YOU. WE SET HAPPY TO
ADDRESS THAT. I THINK THERE ARE
A NUMBER OF REALLY, UM,
EXCELLENT REFORMS AND
TRANSFORMATIONS THAT THE THAT
THE ASSEMBLY HAS CHAMPIONED THAT
ARE REALLY HELPING WITH THAT
TIME AND TIME INTENSITY,
2 DEGREES AND THE ABILITY FOR
STUDENTS TO COMPLETE AND
MAXIMIZE THEIR CAL GRANT. FOR
EXAMPLE, EQUITABLE PLACEMENT HAS
BEEN KEY. SOME OF THE EFFORTS
THAT YOU'VE CHAMPIONED AROUND
BASIC NEEDS SO THAT STUDENTS
HAVE THESE RESOURCES SO THAT
THEY CAN AGAIN ENROLL AT A
GREATER INTENSITY. WE CONTINUE
TO URGE YOU THAT CAN, UH,
ADVANCED THOSE PUSHES TO
IMPLEMENT AND WITH FIDELITY
BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS GOING TO
HELP STUDENTS COMPLETE AND TÌM.
TO UTILIZE OR CAL GRANT WITHIN
THOSE RESOURCES ARE COLLEGES ARE
ALSO RAMPING UP WITHIN THEIR,
UM, FINANCIAL AID OFFICES AND
CONNECTING ALL AVAILABLE
RESOURCES AS BEST POSSIBLE, AND
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO
ALIGN VARIOUS PROGRAMS, TUTORING
AND OTHER EFFORTS TO SUPPORT
THEIR ACADEMIC PROGRESS. AH AND
OUR FACULTY CONTINUE TO LEAD IN
THOSE EFFORTS AS WELL AS OUR
STAFF. SO THOSE IN COMBINATION I
THINK, HELP A BROADER EFFORT AS
YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED THAT STUDENTS
DO UTILIZE OR CAL GRANTS. MAYBE
THIS THIS SNAKE COMMISSION AND
YOU, C AND CS. YOU CAN HELP WITH
THIS QUESTION AS WELL. YOU WANT
TO GO FIRST, JAKE? SURE IT'S A
REALLY IMPORTANT POINT THAT
YOU'VE RAISED ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
MCCARTY, ONE THAT WE THOUGHT
ABOUT A LOT AT THE STUDENT AID
COMMISSION, AS YOU WOULD
IMAGINE, AND THERE'S SOMETHING
OF A CHICKEN AND THE EGG PROBLEM
HERE. UH, STUDENTS OFTEN AREN'T
ABLE TO TAKE THE SAME NUMBER OF
UNITS THAT THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE
ADEQUATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND
WE KNOW VERY OFTEN IN THE WITH
THE BEST OF INTENTIONS, STUDENTS
ARE ADVISED TO SAVE AND PRESERVE
THEIR CAL GRANT FOR AFTER THEY
TRANSFER. IN THE PROCESS, THOUGH
THEY NEVER COMPLETE THOSE
TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS TO BE ABLE
TO GET TO THAT FOR YOUR
INSTITUTION IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I REFERENCED EARLIER AND I MADE
AN ILLUSION TO IT, BUT I'LL JUST
EXPAND A BIT ON DATA THAT CAME
FROM THE U. C. DAVIS WHEELHOUSE
CENTER THAT LOOKED AT RECEIPT OF
DIFFERENT FORMS OF FINANCIAL AID
BY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THE UNITS
THAT THOSE STUDENTS COMPLETED
AND THEIR ABILITY TO PERSIST
FROM TERM ONE TO TURN TO FROM
YEAR ONE TO YEAR. 21 STUDENTS
GET A CALGARY AUNT. WE SEE FROM
DATA THAT THEY COMPLETE MORE
UNITS, AND THEY'RE MORE LIKELY
TO PERSIST AND TO COME BACK THE
NEXT YEAR, SO I THINK IT'S THAT
DATA TO US INDICATES THAT IT'S
REALLY CRITICAL. WE PROVIDE THEM
WITH THAT FINANCIAL SUPPORT SO
THAT THEY CAN TAKE THOSE COURSES
. TAKE ONE MORE COURSE. THAT
TERM, MAYBE ONE LESS SHIFT AT
WORK. AS YOU KNOW, SO MANY OF
OUR STUDENTS ARE WORKING FULL
TIME AND NOT ABLE TO TAKE AS
MANY COURSES AS WOULD REALLY BE
HELPFUL TO GETTING THAT MOMENTUM
TO TRANSFER. SO THAT'S WHERE WE
THINK EXPANDING CALDERON ACCESS
FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT
TO RE ENROLLMENT, PERSISTENCE
AND ULTIMATELY HELPING MORE OF
OUR COMMUNITY. COLLEGE STUDENTS
MOVE ON TO THAT TRANSFER
SETTING. AND I GUESS I WOULD SAY
AS I MENTIONED DURING MY
COMMENTS, UM MOST OF A LOT OF
THE STUDENTS WHO WOULD BENEFIT
FROM THE REFORM AT UC ARE ONES
THAT HAVE COME TO US AS TRANSFER
STUDENTS, SO I THINK IT'S A
REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION. WE
ALREADY DO QUITE A BIT OF
OUTREACH COLLABORATIVELY WITH
OUR COMMUNITY, COLLEGE
COLLEAGUES ADVISED. WE HAVE
CONFERENCES ADVISING THEM AND I
THINK WE WOULD WANT TO. EVEN
MORE THAN WE DO NOW UNDERSCORE
THE IMPORTANCE OF RESERVING
THAT, UM, THAT AWARD FOR WHEN
YOU WHEN YOU TRANSFER UM, I
AGREE WITH SHAWN. WE DO A LOT OF
OUTREACH WITH THEIR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. WE HOLD CONFERENCES IN
THE FALL IN TERMS OF TRAINING TO
ENSURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT
THERE ARE LIMITS ON FINANCIAL
AID PROGRAMS. WE ARE CONCERNED
AT THIS AT THE CSU THAT STUDENTS
WILL BE TRANSFERRING WITHOUT CAL
GRANT ELIGIBILITY BECAUSE
THEY'VE USED THEIR COVERAGE
ELIGIBILITY AT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN
THERE THREE YEARS RIGHT, SO
THEY'LL ONLY COME WITH EITHER. A
YEAR OR OR NO ELIGIBILITY LEFT
IN THEIR CAR GRANT PROGRAM. SO
THAT IS A CONCERN AS WE DO SEE
THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR
TRANSFER STUDENTS ARE COMING IN
WITH MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF
ATTENDANCE AT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE, ESPECIALLY THERE AT CSU
, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT THERE. ARE THERE ANY? IS
THERE ANY SCENARIO OR PERVERSELY
BE BETTER OFF. THEY NOT HAD IT
AT ALL, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T
HAVE ANY CALDERON RANTS AND
COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHEN THEY SHOW
UP, AT LEAST THEY NOW HAVE
ELIGIBILITY FOR CSU. AND NOW
SOME MAY ACTUALLY SHOW UP.
HAVING HAVING EXPIRED ALL OF
THEIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE THERE.
CAL GRANTS REWARD. RIGHT I MEAN
, I THINK IN A PERFECT WORLD,
I'D LIKE TO SEE A TWO YEAR LIMIT
AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. IT'S
MY PREFERENCE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE
ONE STUDENTS TRANSFER TO THE CS
YOU WE DO HAVE REALLY GOOD
GRADUATION RATES AT THE TWO YEAR
SO OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL. WHEN
THEY GET TO US THEY TRANSFER IN
TWO YEARS SO THEY WOULD AT LEAST
HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO YEAR
ELIGIBILITY AT THE CSC. I THINK
OR THE FOUR YEAR I THINK THAT
WOULD BE GREAT. YEAH, I THINK
THIS IS AN UNSETTLED ISSUE THAT
, UM WE'LL HAVE TO JUST EVALUATE
AS WE GO ALONG, BUT THE BIG
PICTURE. WE'RE SPENDING A LOT
MORE IN OUR BUDGET FOR FINANCIAL
AID IN THE SYRIAN COMMISSION TO
HELP COMMUNITY CON STUDENTS. IS
THAT MCCARTHY? CAN I ADD? ONE
MORE THING THAT, UM I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT AS AS YOU ARE
ASKING A REALLY VALUABLE
QUESTION, WHICH IS? HOW DO WE
ENSURE STUDENTS HAVE A CAL GRANT
AVAILABLE AND THEN THEY CAN
MAXIMIZE IT WHEN THEY TRANSFER?
I THINK KEY TO THAT IS ALSO
ENSURING THAT OUR FOUR YEAR
PARTNERS COME, UM UM AND ACCEPT
THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE FOR
TRANSFER, UM AS A VIABLE OPTION
, AND WHEN THEY GET THERE, THEY
GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR THE UNITS
THAT THEY'VE TAKEN OR EARNED.
WE'RE FINDING THAT MANY OF OUR
STUDENTS ARE HAVING TO RETAKE
MANY UNITS AT THE C S T U, WHICH
THEN ADDS TIME TO THEIR DEGREE
AND THEN THAT MEANS THAT THEIR
TIME IS TICKING ON THEIR
CALDERON. SO THE THEY NEED TO
ACCEPT THOSE TRANSFER AGREEMENT
IS SO CONSEQUENTIAL AND IT'S
CONNECTED TO FINANCIAL AID
VIABILITY AS WELL. IN CHAIR.
MCCARTY IF I MAY JUST MAKE ONE
MORE POINT ABOUT OUR CURRENT
POLICY AS IT RELATES TO STUDENTS
WHO TRANSFER TO A FOUR YEAR
INSTITUTION AND WHAT WE WOULD
ACCOMPLISH UNDER CAL GRANT
REFORM. RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY WAY
TO BE SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE A CALGARY AND ONCE YOU
TRANSFER IT IS, I THINK SEAN WAS
NOTING AS HIS COMMENTS ARE
EITHER UNDER AGE 28 OR YOU'VE
GOTTEN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CALDERON ENTITLEMENT AND YOU'RE
USING THAT PORTABILITY OF THE
WORD TO TAKE IT WITH YOU TO A
FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION, SO THAT'S
WHY IT'S SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS
RIGHT NOW ARE TRANSFERRING WITH
ZERO YEARS OF CALDERON
ELIGIBILITY. AND THAT'S WHERE WE
SEE SOME OF THE LARGEST GAINS AS
NOELIA WAS NOTING. OPENING
ACCESS TO OUR TRANSFER STUDENTS
IS BY REMOVING THOSE AGE BASED
LIMITATIONS THAT REALLY DON'T
REFLECT THE NATURE OF WHO WE'RE
SERVING AT OUR COMMUNITY.
COLLEGE STUDENTS. DO YOU THINK
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE LIKE A
TRIGGER? KIND OF LIKE THE CSU
SAID AFTER YOUR FIRST OR SECOND
YEAR SAYING, HEY, F II. YOU'RE
GETTING THIS FOR YOUR THREE. YOU
SHOULD KNOW YOU CONTINUE THIS.
YOU WON'T HAVE ANY. WHEN YOU GET
TO A UC OR CSU. I THINK MORE
INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS IS
ALWAYS A GOOD THING. I DON'T
KNOW THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE
A POLICY THAT LIMITS ACCESS
LIMITS ACCESS. BUT YOU KNOW,
JUST A NOTIFICATION LIKE YEAH.
WHEN YOU'RE BUYING SOMETHING,
MAKE SURE YOU READ THIS. YOU
KNOW THIS DISCLAIMER. YEAH I
THINK MORE INFORMATION IS ALWAYS
GOING TO BE HELPFUL TO STUDENTS
IN CHINA, THEN INFORM THOSE
ENROLLMENT DECISIONS AND IF I
CAN JUST CONNECTING THAT'S A
GREAT IDEA TO HAVE THAT PIECE OF
INFORMATION BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO
THAT NOW AT THE CSU AND STUDENTS
ARE REACHING THEIR FIFTH YEAR,
PELL GRANT, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE
KNOW PROGRAM HAS SIX YEARS OF
LIMIT WILL START REACHING THE
STUDENTS LETTING THEM KNOW
YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE, RIGHT?
LET'S MOVE ON TO GRADUATION
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT STUDENTS
TO LOSE THAT ON THEIR FUNDING.
MR ALVAREZ. THANK YOU, UM. FIRST
RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT I AM
SURE MANY OF YOU CHAIR AND
OTHERS HAVE DONE ON REFORM. I
THINK THE THAT THAT WAS ALL GOOD
WORK AND SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.
BUT WE HAVE A QUESTION OF HOW
AND WHEN AND ALL THAT. SO BUT MY
FIRST BASIC QUESTION IS UM, THE
AWARD OFFERS GOES FROM ABOUT
340,000, THE CURRENT YEAR, TWO
PROJECTED ACCORDING TO SEE SACK.
IN 24 25 WERE IN THIS MIGHT
TRIGGER TO 491,000. BUT IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE
REDUCING THE INCOME. AH MAN,
LIKE THE INCOME LIMIT, SO TO
NOW, MATCH PELL GRANT. IF I'M
CORRECT, WHICH IS A LOWER AMOUNT
, WHICH MEANS LESS FAMILIES
WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR CAL GRANT
IS FIRST OF ALL, IS THAT CORRECT
OR NOT? I WOULD SO YOU'RE
CORRECT AND THAT WE WOULD ALIGN
THE CALGARY AND TWO AND CALDERON
FOR INCOME CEILINGS WITH THAT OF
THE NEW FEDERAL PELL GRANT
FORMULA. THE PIECE, I WOULD NOTE
AND WHY WE WOULD SERVE MANY MORE
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IS THAT
THERE ARE MANY WHAT WE CALL
RATIONING DEVICES THAT THE STATE
IS INSTITUTED TO LIMIT HOW MUCH
WE SPEND ON CALLE GRANT THAT ARE
NOT CONNECTED TO FINANCIAL
STATUS AND KEEP OUT SOME OF OUR
LOWEST INCOME STUDENTS. I JUST
WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE AGE CAP
FOR ONE STUDENTS TRANSFER
THERE'S ALSO FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES WHO SERVE ALL
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS REQUIREMENT
THAT YOU SUBMITTED TRANSCRIPT
AND HAVE A G P A MINIMUM, WHICH
REALLY IS OUT OF SYNC WITH WORK
THROUGH ALL THOSE PIECES BECAUSE
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, THOUGH,
BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST SOME WILL
BE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE BECAUSE
THEY'RE MAKING THEIR FAMILIES
HAS A THEIR INCOME LEVELS IS
HIGHER. THAT'S THAT'S A FACT. IS
THAT CORRECT? YES THERE IS A
POPULATION WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE
FOR WHAT WE CALL THE CALDERON A
PROGRAM TODAY. YOU KNOW HOW MANY
OF THE FEDERAL PELL GRANT? DO WE
KNOW HOW MANY THAT THAT WOULD
BE? UM YES, WE DO. THAT NUMBER
IS I WANT TO SAY IT'S ABOUT
30,000 STUDENTS, BUT I COULD GET
BACK TO YOU WITH THE SPECIFICS
OF 31,000 STUDENTS AND THEN BUT
THEN YOU GAIN STUDENTS WHO NOW
ARE AGED OUT UNDER THE CURRENT
SYSTEM. AS YOU WERE JUST SAYING
OVER 20. AND ALSO THE GPA
REQUIREMENT. AND THAT'S HOW YOU
CALCULATED THE NEW NUMBER OF
AWARDS OF 491,000. THAT'S RIGHT.
OKAY, THANK YOU. UM. DID I ALSO
HEAR YOU SAY THAT FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS MOVING FASTER
DEADLINE. YES IT'S KIND OF
IMPORTANT, SO I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE I HAVE THAT RIGHT.
THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY TO JANUARY,
1ST EXPECTED IT'S EXPECTED
SOMETIME IN THE THEY CALLED IT
THE THIRD QUARTER. SO BUT WE'RE
THINKING THEY REALLY MEAN
JANUARY 2024. JANUARY ONE.
THAT'S BY LAW. THEY HAVE TO HAVE
IT OUT BY THAT DATE. THEY'RE
REFORMATTING THE. APPLICATION
WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING? YES
WITH FAST IT'S CALLED FASTER
SIMPLIFICATION. UM, HAPPENED. I
THINK A COUPLE YEARS AGO AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL, AND SO THEY'RE
QUOTE UNQUOTE, SIMPLIFYING THE
FAST FOR THAT'S STILL TO BE
DETERMINED. UM BUT THE DELAYS IN
THE PROGRAMMING OF THEIR SYSTEM
HAS CAUSED THEM TO NOT BE ABLE
TO JUST RELEASE IT ON OCTOBER
ONE. AS WE'VE GOTTEN USED TO
WRITE. IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE
THOSE EXTRA THREE MONTHS FOR
STUDENTS TO APPLY AND REALLY
WORKING WITH NOT JUST OUR
CURRENT STUDENTS, BUT OUR
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AS WELL. I
KNOW WE HAD A IN THE FALL A, UM
, AFFAIR TO HELP. IT WAS AT
LEAST 200 FAMILIES AND SO THAT
ADDITIONAL TIME IS VERY HELPFUL.
UM I KNOW WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM,
BUT THESE THINGS ARE SORT OF
RELATED AND I WANT TO ASK I'M
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. IT SEEMS
LIKE WHEN MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP FIRST CAME TO BE. IT
WAS TRULY FOCUSED ON POTENTIALLY
MIDDLE CLASS. BUT AS TIME HAS
PROGRESSED, UM MORE AND MORE UH
, MAYBE WHAT YOU NOT CONSIDER
MIDDLE CLASS INDIVIDUALS ARE
RECEIVING SUPPORT THROUGH THE
MIDDLE CLASSES SCHOLARSHIP. UM,
WHY DON'T WE JUST ADD MORE.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE CAL
GRAHAM PROGRAM BASED ON YOUR
INCOME LEVEL, AS OPPOSED TO NOW,
HAVING ANOTHER. IT'S ALREADY
COMPLICATED. I THINK CALDERON
REFORM WAS TO TRY TO MAKE IT
LESS COMPLICATED. NOW WE'RE
ADDING ANOTHER AWARD THAT GETS
CALCULATED THE WHOLE THING. IS
THERE NO WAY TO SIMPLIFY THAT TO
INCREASE CALDERON AUNT UM, FOR
THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY NOW RECEIVING MIDDLE
CLASS, THAT KIND OF HURTS, MR
ALVAREZ. SORRY BECAUSE WE SPENT
A WHOLE YEAR TRYING TO DO JUST
THAT. THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY
BUT THE MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
IS PART OF OUR COMPROMISE
PROPOSAL LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS
IT WAS REALLY KIND OF THE
SENATE, BUT WE AGREED WITH THEM
ON THAT. THAT WE WANT TO, UM
EXPAND, EXPAND IT FOR FOREVER
FOR EVERYBODY. SO IT'S REALLY
THE NON TUITION COSTS SO
HISTORICALLY, THE MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP PAID FOR ABOUT A
THIRD TO HALF YOUR TUITION FOR
PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS. UM
AND SO AS WE DID THE MASSIVE
CALGARY AUNT EXPANSION,
BASICALLY REVAMPED THE MIDDLE
CLASS SCHOLARSHIP TO COVER THOSE
FAMILIES WHO DIDN'T QUITE BECOME
ELIGIBLE FOR CAL GRANTS BUT ALSO
GIVE ADDITIONAL AWARDS TO COVER
THE NON TUITION COSTS LIKE BOOKS
AND HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION.
UM, IT'S STILL IS, UM
COMPLICATED, BUT I THINK IT'S
GETTING LESS COMPLICATED. UM IF
I COULD JUST MAKE ONE QUICK
POINT ABOUT HOW THESE ARE REALLY
COMPLEMENTARY REFORMS. WE VIEW
AT THE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
AND CANDIDLY WE'RE TAKING A
LITTLE BIT OF A PAGE OUT OF THE
U. C OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
PLAYBOOK AND TRYING TO PROVIDE
MORE CLARITY TO STUDENTS ABOUT
TUITION COVERAGE. SO WHAT WILL
BE ABLE TO DO WITH CALGARY AT
REFORM IS SAY IF YOUR FAMILY HAS
AN INCOME THAT'S BELOW THE
CEILING ON THIS TABLE BEFORE A
STUDENT EVEN APPLIES FOR AID.
THEY'LL KNOW THAT THEY'RE
ELIGIBLE FOR FULL TUITION
COVERAGE FOR FOUR YEARS. WE
CAN'T MAKE THIS KIND OF
ASSURANCES WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO
STUDENTS TODAY AND THEN THE
MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP TWO
POINT OH, GRANTS WILL BE THERE
TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THOSE NON
TUITION COSTS AS CHAIR. MCCARTY
WAS JUST POINTING TO AND PROVIDE
SOME ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO
THE STUDENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE
FORMERLY BEEN AT CALDERON, A
STUDENT. BUT ARE TOO HIGH INCOME
TO EARN A FEDERAL PELL GRANT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING
TOO WITH THE QUESTIONS IS THE
FOLKS THAT THE 30,000 FAMILIES
THAT WE PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED IN
SOME WAY. AND NOW MIGHT NOT BE
ELIGIBLE FOR CAL GRANT. AND HOW
COULD MIDDLE CLASS HELP THOSE
STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR? BECAUSE,
UM, THEY'RE STILL AT AN INCOME
LEVEL. THAT'S NOT THE PELL GRANT
LEVEL IS LOW AND WE SHOULD HELP
FOLKS WHO WERE UNDER THAT INCOME
. BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF
FAMILIES WITH THE COST OF LIVING
IN CITIES IN IN MOST MAJOR
CITIES IS REALLY HIGH. AND SO
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT GAP. SO
THANK YOU THAT THAT'S THE REASON
WHY I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION.
UM I THINK MAYBE A FINAL
QUESTION. CLARITY FROM
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. I THOUGHT
I HEARD, PLEASE CLARIFY THAT IN
THE MAY REVISION, WE WILL, UH WE
WILL GET CERTAINTY FROM IN THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET ABOUT
WHETHER WE GO WITH CALDERON
REFORM OR NOT. IS THAT WHAT YOU
STATED MAY REVISION OF NEXT YEAR
2024 OKAY? SO THAT SEEMS TO BE A
PROBLEM FOR ALL FOLKS, AND SO I
UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A $365
MILLION COMMITMENT. UM OUR CHAIR
HAS BEEN REALLY DILIGENT ABOUT
IDENTIFYING OUR NEEDS. BUT I
FEEL LIKE, UM, IT'S A DECISION.
THAT WE NEED TO MAKE AT SOME
POINT. UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
FROM THE SYSTEMS IN ORDER FOR
THEM TO IMPLEMENT THIS MOST
EFFECTIVELY. THEY NEED TO KNOW
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. SO I
GUESS FOR ME, THE QUESTION IS UM
CAN WE MAKE THAT DECISION? IN
THIS YEAR IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET,
OR IS THAT STILL SOMETHING THAT
I DON'T KNOW, MR CHAIR IN TERMS
OF THAT TRIGGER. CAN WE DECIDED
TO MAKE THAT POLICY NOW WE COULD
. THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET THAT LIKE MANY
THINGS IN THE IN THE BUDGET,
THIS GOVERNOR PRIOR GOVERNOR HAS
AGREED TO IT. BUT FUNDED IN THE
OUT YEARS WITH WITH OFFER ANTS
OR TRIGGERS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
UM. SINCE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WAS
PASSED. OBVIOUSLY THE FINANCIAL
SITUATION HAS GOTTEN EVEN MORE
DICEY. SO, UM I THINK WE WANT TO
CONTINUE. BUT. NOT JUST BECAUSE
OUR VALUES BUT ALSO IT'S A
PRACTICAL ISSUE, TOO, LIKE THEY
AWARDS FOR THESE FINANCIAL AIDS
ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
SITUATION, SO IT'S HARD TO START
AND STOP AND PULL IT BACK. SO,
UM I THINK THAT'S YOU KNOW A
WORTHY CONVERSATION. YEAH I
WOULD SAY MY FINAL THOUGHTS IS
ARE. YOU KNOW IF WE CAN FIND A
WAY, PARTICULARLY TO THOSE
STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW DROP OFF
CURRENT LEVEL OF ELIGIBILITY OF
MAKING SURE THAT MIDDLE CLASS
HELPS SCHOLARSHIPS HELPS THOSE
STUDENTS BE HELD? UM HARMLESS IF
YOU WILL OR POTENTIAL FUTURE
STUDENTS, UM, IT WOULD MAKE
SENSE TO MAKE THIS DECISION NOW
UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS IT.
THAT IS A COST. UM, BUT IT'S ONE
OF THE COSTS WILL HAVE TO
IDENTIFY WHERE WE FIND THE
SAVINGS. AND MAYBE WE DO THAT.
UM I'M OPEN TO HEARING THE
DISCUSSION, BUT BECAUSE I'M
LEAVING THE COMMITTEE TO
ACTUALLY ATTEND ONE THAT I
HAVEN'T BEEN AT ALL MORNING.
MAYBE THE FUNDING FOR AT LEAST
NEXT YEAR. IT COMES FROM THE
GOLDEN STATE EDUCATION TRAINING
GRANTS, WHICH SEEMED TO BE SLOW
MOVING VERY SLOWLY, IF MUCH AT
ALL. OPENING HEARING HEARING
AGAIN THE TESTIMONY ON THAT, BUT
IT SEEMS LIKE FROM THE DATA
CURRENTLY IN FRONT OF ME, THAT
COULD BE A POTENTIAL FUNDING
SOURCES. SO THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
OKAY THANK YOU. GOOD UM,
QUESTIONS. OKAY LET'S MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT. THE MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP UPDATE. IS THAT THE
FINANCE YOU WANT TO REFINANCE L,
A OH STUDIED COMMISSION. AND
THEN YOU SEE, SEE SUS. THANK
YOU, UM CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM SO
THE BUDGET INCLUDES 856 MILLION
TO SUPPORT THE MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN 23 24.
THIS APPROPRIATION INCLUDES AN
INCREASE OF 226,000,001 TIME
GENERAL FUND, DELIVERING ON THE
INTENSIVE PROVIDE THIS
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT THAT WAS
INCLUDED IN THE 2022 BUDGET.
EXCUSE ME. THIS INCREASED
INVESTMENT WILL FOCUS RESOURCES
TOWARDS REDUCING THE STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. TOTAL COST OF
ATTENDANCE. EXCUSE ME. UM MTS
PROVIDES ELIGIBLE UNDERGRADUATES
AND STUDENTS PURSUING A TEACHING
CREDENTIAL WITH SCHOLARSHIPS.
THE PROGRAM IS FOR STUDENTS WITH
FAMILY INCOME AND ASSETS OF UP
TO $201,000. WHAT AMOUNTS ARE
BASED ON A STUDENT'S AVAILABLE
RESOURCES IN THE COST OF
ATTENDANCE AT THEIR INSTITUTION.
THIS IS NOT AN ENTITLEMENT
PROGRAM, SO AWARD AMOUNTS ARE
SHAPED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
STUDENTS ELIGIBLE AND FUNDING
FOR THE PROGRAM APPROPRIATED BY
THE BUDGET EACH YEAR. UM, AND IN
23 24. WE ESTIMATED THE PROGRAM
WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 291,000
AWARDS NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SPEAKING WITH
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE. WE
HAVE A SHORTHAND OUT THAT
PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE
RECENT CHANGES TO THE MIDDLE
CLASS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. WOULD
YOU LIKE ME TO GO OVER THOSE?
YEAH MAYBE BRIEFLY, SINCE IT'S
JUST ME APPEARING RIGHT? AND
THEN MUCH OF THIS WILL BE RECAP
FOR YOU, SERGEANT. I BELIEVE OF
DISTRIBUTED THIS HANDOUT, WHICH
I'LL BE SPEAKING FROM AS YOU
KNOW, WHILE THE STATE CREATED
THE MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM ABOUT A DECADE AGO TO
PROVIDE TUITION ASSISTANCE TO
CERTAIN CSU AND UC STUDENTS, AS
WE DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS
ISSUE, THE PROGRAM WAS
ORIGINALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE
STUDENTS WHO WERE ABOVE THE
INCOME THRESHOLD FOR THE
EXISTING CAL GRANT PROGRAM. A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE STATE
ADOPTED A NEW SET OF RULES FOR
THE MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM THAT ARE BEING
IMPLEMENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME
THIS YEAR IN 2022 23. UNDER
THOSE NEW RULES STUDENTS AWARD
AMOUNTS ARE LINKED TO THEIR
TOTAL COST OF ATTENDANCE, RATHER
THAN JUST THEIR TUITION AID
TUITION CHARGES. AND IN
ADDITION, UNDER THE NEW RULES,
THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO STUDENTS
WHO ARE ALREADY RECEIVING
COVERAGE THROUGH THE CALDERON
DOOR. OTHER FINANCIAL AID
PROGRAMS. THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASED THE NUMBER OF
RECIPIENTS IN THIS PROGRAM AS
YOU'LL SEE IN THE CHART THAT'S
ON THIS ONE PAGER HERE, BASED ON
THE COMMISSION'S ESTIMATES
UNDERLYING THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET, THE NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS
HAS INCREASED FROM ABOUT 55,000
LAST YEAR TO AN ESTIMATED
270,000 THIS YEAR AT CSUN èC.
IN ADDITION, THE STATE HAS MADE
A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN
FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM,
BRINGING IT UP TO 630 MILLION IN
THE CURRENT YEAR AND HIGHER THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET FOR 2023 24.
THE CURRENT YEAR FUNDING LEVEL
OF 630 MILLION THE STATE IS
ESTIMATED TO BE COVERING ABOUT
26% OF EACH MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS REMAINING
COSTS OF ATTENDANCE AFTER
ACCOUNTING FURTHER EXISTING
RESOURCES. IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
THE COST OF FULLY IMPLEMENTING
THE PROGRAM OR COVERING 100% OF
EACH STUDENT'S REMAINING COST OF
ATTENDANCE. IS THAT SEEMS TO BE
ABOUT 2.4 BILLION FOR 2022 23.
AND THAT AMOUNT IS LIKELY TO
INCREASE IN 23 24 IN SUBSEQUENT
YEARS, HAS STUDENTS. COST OF
ATTENDANCE RISES. THAT'S THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE HAS NOTED
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET DOES
INCLUDE AN AUGMENTATION FOR
MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP IN 2023
24. WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS
. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THE STATE
COULD COVER ABOUT 33% OF EACH
STUDENT'S REMAINING COSTS AFTER
ACCOUNTING FOR THE EXISTING
RESOURCES. HOWEVER BECAUSE THE
AUGMENTATION THAT WOULD BE
PROVIDED UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET IS ONE TIME IN NATURE.
THAT 226 MILLION WOULD BE
REMOVED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. ARE
CONCERNED WITH THIS APPROACH IS
THAT CONTINUING STUDENTS WOULD
COME 2024 25 EXPERIENCED A
DECREASE IN THEIR AWARD AMOUNTS
UNDER THIS APPROACH. INCOMING
STUDENTS THAT YEAR MIGHT ALSO
RECEIVE LESS AID THAN THE
COHORTS BEFORE THEM. TO PREVENT
THESE KINDS OF NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES FOR STUDENTS, THE
STATE WOULD LIKELY FACE
SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE TO SUSTAIN
THE HIGHER FUNDING LEVEL THAT'S
ADOPTED THIS YEAR WITH ONE TIME
FUNDS. AS THE LEGISLATURE
DETERMINES WHAT FINANCIAL AID
EXPANSIONS THAT WISHES TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH IN THE COMING
YEARS. WE RECOMMEND IT FIRST
CONSIDER ITS OPTIONS ACROSS BOTH
THE MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM AND THE CAL GRANT
PROGRAM THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE
PREVIOUS ISSUE. AS WE'VE
DISCUSSED, THESE PROGRAMS CAN BE
COMPLEMENTARY LEGISLATURE CAN AT
THIS POINT CHOOSE TO PROCEED
WITH EXTENDING VULNERABLE
PROGRAMS IN THE NEAR TERM. THE
PROGRAMS DO IMPACT DIFFERENT
GROUPS OF STUDENTS AND HAVE
DIFFERENT COSTS. IF THE
LEGISLATURE CHOOSES TO PROCEED
WITH EXPANDING MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP IN THE BUDGET YEAR.
WE RECOMMEND IT DESIGNATE
ONGOING RATHER THAN ONE TIME
FUNDING FOR THIS PURPOSE. HAS
ONGOING FUNDING WOULD PROVIDE
GREATER CONSISTENCY AND AWARD
AMOUNTS FOR STUDENTS ACROSS
COHORTS. WE'LL ALSO BETTER,
REFLECTING THE COST PRESSURES
THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
EXPANDING AND FINANCIAL AID
PROGRAM IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN
CHAIR MCCARTHY JAKE BREMNER WITH
THE CALIFORNIA STUDENT AID
COMMISSION. AS LISA JUST NOTED,
THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR AWARDING
STUDENTS THROUGH THIS EXPANDED
VERSION OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM GOING FROM
ABOUT 55 TO 59,000 STUDENTS
ANNUALLY TO NOW OVER 270,000,
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS, INCLUDING
OUR CALDERON STUDENTS FOR THE
FIRST TIME, I JUST SPOKE TO YOU
A MOMENT AGO. HOW WE VIEW THIS
AS A COMPLEMENTARY CHANGE TO
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE
WITH CAL GRANT REFORM. AND AS
CALGARY REFORM INCREASES THAT
PREDICTABILITY OF TUITION
COVERAGE FOR UC AND CSU STUDENTS
, MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP IS
GOING TO HELP PROVIDE THAT NON
TUITION, COST SUPPORT AND HELP
DEFRAY COSTS. FOR SOME OF THOSE
OTHER STUDENTS. WE WERE JUST
SPEAKING TO EVERY NEW DOLLAR WE
PUT TOWARDS CALDERON REFORM
HELPS US GET CLOSER TO THAT GOAL
OF FULLY FUNDING DEBT FREE
COLLEGE FOR UC AND CSU STUDENTS
AS WELL. NOW TAKEN TOGETHER,
THESE ARE REALLY GOING TO BE TO
TRANSFORMATIVE POLICY CHANGES
THAT PUT CALIFORNIA ON THAT PATH
OF ACHIEVING DEBT. FREE COLLEGE
IS AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT,
AND NOW THIS WORK HAS NOT BEEN
WITHOUT CHALLENGES. I THINK FOR
ALL OF US, WE COULD AGREE THE
MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIPS, NEW
STRUCTURE AND LOOKING AT THAT
TOTAL COST OF ATTENDANCE AND
FIRST MAXIMIZING THE OTHER FORMS
OF FINANCIAL AID. IS QUITE
COMPLEX TO ADMINISTER, AND IT'S
REALLY UNLIKE ANY OTHER FORM OF
FINANCIAL AID. THAT LAST DOLLAR
NATURE OF THE PROGRAM AS WE CALL
IT, AND FINANCIAL AID IS
OUTLINED IN STATUTE AND
SOMETIMES CAN CREATE SITUATIONS
THAT I DON'T THINK ARE IN LINE
WITH WHAT POLICYMAKERS INTENDED
WHEN YOU WERE FIRST TARGETING
THESE FUNDS TOWARDS THIS NEW
PROGRAM AND EXPANSION WE ARE, OF
COURSE, EAGER TO CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE, THE
ADMINISTRATION AND OUR SEGMENTS
TO REFINE THE STATUTORY
STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM TO
AVOID THOSE ISSUES WHILE STILL
MAINTAINING THAT FOCUS ON THE
TOTAL COST AND THE UTILIZATION
OF THOSE OTHER FORMS OF
FINANCIAL AID AND MAXIMIZING
FEDERAL AND STATE AID FIRST AND
WE APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION
WITH OUR SEGMENT PARTNERS THAT
UC AND CSU THEY'VE HAD TO DO
REALLY SIGNIFICANT WORK TO
REALIGN THEIR SYSTEMS WITH THIS
NEW MODEL OF MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP. SO WHAT WE KNOW
THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME OF THESE
ISSUES, AND THE FIRST YEARS WERE
FIGURING OUT HOW TO PAY OUT
STUDENTS. THESE NEW AWARDS. WE
ARE CONFIDENT THAT AS WE
CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR
TWO OF THE PROGRAM, THAT PROCESS
WILL SMOOTH OUT AND THAT YOU
WILL SEE MORE TIMELY PAYMENTS
MADE TO STUDENTS OF THEIR AWARDS
AND FULL TERM. SO WITH THAT, I
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE
SENATE AS WELL. AND THE
ADMINISTRATION FOR THIS REALLY
MAJOR INVESTMENTS FOR A
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS. OKAY BEFORE
I GET TO UC AND CSU, LET ME JUST
ASK A COUPLE OF TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS HERE. SO REMIND US
AGAIN IF A STUDENT IS CAL GRANT
RECIPIENT. THE HOW THE MONEY
FLOWS TO THE STUDENTS. SO THE
STUDENT IS CAL GRANT THEIR AT
EXACT STATE AS A FRESHMAN. THEY
GET THERE. THEY GET THEIR
TUITION BILL. THE MONEY? WHERE'S
THE MONEY? GO? MR NATE
COMMISSION. DOES IT GO RIGHT TO
THE UNIVERSITY TO THEM, AND THEN
THEY GIVE IT TO UNIVERSITY. THE
FINANCIAL AID IS DISPERSED
THROUGH OUR CAMPUS FINANCIAL AID
OFFICES. YEAH SO WHAT? WHAT
HAPPENS TO THAT HYPOTHETICAL
STUDENT? THEY'RE ON A ROSTER
THAT WE ESTABLISHED AT THE
STUDENT AID COMMISSION. WE GET
CONFIRMATION OF ENROLLMENT
STATUS AND THEN FUNDS TRANSFER
FROM THE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
TO THAT CAMPUS. JUST PAY THAT
BILL AND THEN WE'LL THAT SAME
THAT'S FURTHER TUITION. SO NOW
THAT THEY GET THIS MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP FOR THEIR NON
TUITION COSTS, MANY TIMES ARE
TRANSPORTATION, BOOKS OR FOOD OR
HOUSING. WHERE DOES THAT SECOND
CHECK? GOT TO THIS TO THE
STUDENT? IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T
SHOULDN'T GO TO THE UNIVERSITY
ANYMORE. RIGHT I JUST HAD ONE
OTHER STEP THAT OCCURS WITH
MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP. THAT'S
REALLY UNLIKE CALGARY IN WHICH
IS WE FIRST GET A ROSTER FROM
OUR CAMPUSES WITH THE OTHER
FORMS OF FINANCIAL AID THAT THAT
STUDENTS RECEIVING SO WE COULD
DO THAT CALCULATION. GET AFTER
THE CALCULATION, BUT LIKE, WHERE
DOES THE CHECK THE CHECK STILL
GOES, AND IT'S DISPERSED THROUGH
OUR CAMPUSES, AND IN SOME CASES,
THAT STUDENT MAY NOT BE GETTING
A CAL GRANT. SO SOME OF THOSE
AWARDS ARE STILL DIFFERENT
TUITION. NEXT STUDENT GETS THE
CAL GRANT AND THEY GET THIS. THE
NEW THIS NEW MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH IS THE NON
TUITION BASICALLY ADD ON WHERE
DOES THE MONEY GO? SO WHAT?
AHEAD ONCE WE RECEIVE THE FUNDS
AT THE CAMPUS, UM WE'LL LOOK TO
SEE IF THE STUDENT HAS ANY
UNPAID CHARGES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE,
MAYBE CAMPUS FEES OR BOOKSTORE
CHARGES OR HOUSING IF THEY'RE ON
CAMPUS, AND WE'LL PAY THOSE
CHARGES, LET'S ASSUME THEY HAVE
NONE OF THOSE THINGS. RELEASED
THE MONEY TO THE STUDENTS. SEND
HIM A CHECK FOR $3000 OR
HOPEFULLY, DIRECT DEPOSIT. BUT
YEAH, SO IT'S ROUGH. IT'LL BE IN
THE SEVERAL 1000 LIKE A COUPLE
OF COUPLE OF $1000, PROBABLY FOR
SOME STUDENTS? YES, MAXIMUM,
LIKE MAXIMUM. I THINK IT'S
AROUND 25 OR 3000. YEAH, YEAH,
I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME
INSTANCES WHERE IT'S BEEN HIGHER
THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT IS SO
STUDENTS SPECIFIC, BUT THE
AVERAGE A COUPLE OF $1000. YEAH.
YEAH I THINK WE'VE HAD A COUPLE
HIGHER ONES. BUT YEAH AVERAGE, I
WOULD SAY IS ABOUT 2 TO 2500
KIND OF SIDESTEPPED YOUR
PRESENTATION. I'LL GET YOU A
SECOND THEN. SECONDLY KIND OF MR
ALVAREZ QUESTION. WE HAD SPENT
ABOUT $100 MILLION A YEAR ON THE
OLD MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP,
WHICH I THINK IS GREAT BECAUSE
MONEY THINGS IN STATE GOVERNMENT
DO NOT FOCUS ON MIDDLE CLASS
FAMILIES. WE HAVE ELIGIBILITY
FOR ALL KINDS OF PRESCHOOL
PROGRAMS, HEALTHCARE, AND SO THE
FAMILY IS THAT YOU KNOW, ARE
JUST OVER. CALDERON ELIGIBILITY
ROUGHLY 100 GRAND, UM, IN HIGH
COST AREAS. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO AND SO
THIS IS THE ONE THING IN
GOVERNMENT WILL READ IT, AND WE
HELPED MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES
BETWEEN ROUGHLY 102 100,000. AND
SO I, UM, I FULLY SUPPORT THAT
WE HAVE LOST SUPPORT FROM OUR
MEMBERS. AND NOW THIS IS GOING
TO 630. WHICH IS GREAT. WHICH A
LOT OF IT ARE THESE SMALLER NON
TUITION GRANTS TO EXISTING
CALDERON RECIPIENTS. I KNOW IT'S
NOT APPLES TO APPLES. BUT IS IT
FAIR TO SAY THAT OF THE 6 30
KIND OF IN THIS, MS ELIO CHART?
THAT ROUGHLY THAT 5 30 IS NEW
FOR THOSE CALDERON TYPE STUDENTS
OR ARE THE EXISTING MIDDLE
CLASS. FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP
FAMILIES. GETTING A LITTLE BIT
MORE TO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I
FOLLOWED THE QUESTION AND WE
HAVE GENERATED TABLES THAT I
DON'T KNOW ARE IN YOUR AGENDA,
BUT THAT DEMONSTRATES WHERE THE
FUNDS ARE GOING BY INCOME BAND
AND, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THAT
NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW.
WE COULD CERTAINLY SHARE THAT IN
THE NEW MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP. TO ADMIT M C S TWO
POINT. OH, ARE THERE ANY THE
EXISTING MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP KIND OF FAMILIES,
102 100, GRAND TYPE FAMILIES AND
UC CSU. ARE THEY GETTING
ANYTHING DIFFERENT? OR ARE THEY
STILL GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT
ROUGHLY OF THEIR DISCOUNT ON
THEIR UC AND CSU TUITION? I'LL
WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN IN
ON THIS, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AT FULL
FUNDING OF THE PROGRAM, YET IT'S
STILL REALLY JUST A PERCENTAGE
OF THEIR TUITION AWARD AT THIS
POINT, SINCE WE'RE AT THAT 26%
OF TOTAL COST, OF COURSE, IS
THAT INVESTMENT CONTINUES TO
RAMP UP. YOU WILL SEE A MORE
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDS
GOING TO FULLY COVERED TUITION
WITH THOSE OTHER FORMS OF AID
AND GET TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER
NON FUNDING, BUT WE'RE AT WE'RE
GOING TO. WE'RE GOING FROM AS
THE L A. L THINK THIS IS
CORRECT. WE'RE GOING FROM ONE.
OH, FIVE. 26 30 MILLION, SO
THAT'S FOR FUNDING RIGHT? UM
WE'RE FULLY USING ALL THE
DOLLARS THAT WE CAN. BUT IN
TERMS OF THAT TOTAL GOAL OF THE
2.6 BILLION, THAT'S RIGHT. THE
$2.6 AMOUNT. YEAH, BUT IF THIS
WHEN WE GO FROM THE I MEAN, THIS
IS LIKE A SIXFOLD INCREASE,
WHICH IS GREAT, HUGE START
WHERE? ROUGHLY QUARTER OF THE
WAY THERE TO FUNDING ARE TRULY
DEBT FREE COLLEGE PLAN.
CALIFORNIA BUT OF THIS INCREASE.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE PEOPLE?
KIND OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS SOME
PEOPLE CRITICIZED LIKE, WHY
WOULD YOU GIVING A BIG WINDFALL
TO YOU KNOW THESE UPPER INCOME
FAMILIES? WE HAVE SO MUCH NEED
FOR THE TRADITIONAL PAL CAL
GRANT RECIPIENTS. AND SO I'M
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HERE ARE WE
ARE WE ACTUALLY FUNDING THE
MAJORITY OF PROPORTIONAL MONEY
TO THOSE CAL GRANT ELIGIBLE
STUDENTS. THE BOOK OF THE FUNDS
ARE GOING TOWARDS STUDENTS WHO
ARE IN THE CALDERON ELIGIBILITY
STILL BECAUSE IT'S THAT 26% OF
THE TOTAL UNMET NEED. THAT'S THE
CALCULATION I WAS REFERRING TO
BEFORE THAT AMOUNT WHEN YOU
ACTUALLY DO THE CALCULATION FOR
STUDENTS WHO ARE ABOVE CALDERON
ELIGIBILITY, STILL JUST A
PORTION OF THEIR TUITION
COVERAGE UNDER SEGMENTS FOR THE
MOST PART. OKAY MAYBE IF YOU CAN
FOLLOW UP AND GIVE US A TABLE
THAT BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT, AND
NOW THAT I THINK WILL HELP US
WITH SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT
HAVE BEEN RAISED, WHICH IS THE
CALGARY RANT. CHANGE AND REFORM
IS HAS THIS TRIGGER THAT WE'RE
NOT QUITE THERE YET, AND THIS
THING IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
LOCKED AND SET IN STONE. RIGHT
OKAY. SORRY WE'LL GO BACK NOW TO
OUR SEGMENTS AND FOCUSING ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS MIDDLE
CLASS SCHOLARSHIP CHANGE. THANK
YOU. CHAIR MCCARTY. ONCE AGAIN,
SEAN BRICK FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA. THE EXPANDING
MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP OR TWO
POINT OH WILL HELP YOU SEE
STUDENTS PAY FOR THE TOTAL COST
OF ATTENDANCE AS WE'VE BEEN
DISCUSSING, UM, THE PROGRAM
PROMISES TO BE HUGELY
TRANSFORMATIVE AND CRITICAL TO
OUR GOAL OF MAKING èC DEBT
FREE. AH, AS AS. YOU SEE THAT
THE PROGRAM WENT FROM A $32
MILLION PROGRAMS SERVING ABOUT
11,000 STUDENTS TO HER $165
MILLION PROGRAMS SERVING 90,000
STUDENTS THIS YEAR. SO ON BEHALF
OF OUR STUDENTS, THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR YOUR INVESTMENTS IN THESE
PROGRAMS. THEY SERVE OUR
STUDENTS VERY WELL. I ALSO WANT
TO THANK OUR PARTNERS AT THE
CALIFORNIA STUDENT A COMMISSION
AS JAKE MENTIONED, UH, THEY'VE
BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH
US IN THE FINANCIAL AID
COMMUNITY TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW
M. C S. IT'S A VERY AMBITIOUS
PROGRAM WITH AUDACIOUS GOALS,
AND WE LIKE AUDACIOUS GOALS AT
THE UNIVERSITY. PRESIDENT DRAKE
IS REALLY COMMITTED TO A DEBT
FREE PATH TO A DEBT FREE
EDUCATION. UM BUT PERHAPS
PERHAPS BECAUSE IT IS SO
AMBITIOUS IMPLEMENTATION HAS
PRESENTED SOME CHALLENGES.
SPECIFICALLY ALL OF THE ELEMENTS
THAT GO INTO DETERMINING AN M. C
S AWARD FOR AN INDIVIDUAL
STUDENT CAN CHANGE REPEATEDLY
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO THEIR
COST OF ATTENDANCE CAN CHANGE.
THE FAFSA CAN BE REVISED. SO WE
GET NEW INCOME INFORMATION,
THEIR ENROLLMENT STATUS CAN
CHANGE AND FINANCIAL AID CAN
COME IN LATER IN THE TERM. AND
THAT LAST POINT IS THE ONE THAT
I BELIEVE MAYBE RESULTING IN
SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
WITH THE PROGRAM. IF THE
LEGISLATURE WERE TO EXEMPT
SCHOLARSHIPS AND EMERGENCY NEEDS
BASIC NEEDS EMERGENCY GRANTS
FROM THE M C S CALCULATION.
STUDENTS COULD HAVE MORE
CERTAINTY ABOUT THEIR SUPPORT
LEVEL AND NOT HAVE IT ADJUSTED
DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR. FOR
EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW, IF A STUDENT
RECEIVES A $500 PRIZE FROM THEIR
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT LATE IN THE
SEMESTER THEIR M C S GOES DOWN.
LIKEWISE IF A STUDENT RECEIVES A
BASIC NEEDS EMERGENCY GRANT
THEIR EMC S WOULD BE REDUCED. IN
SOME WAYS, THIS IS NOT A NEW
FEATURE OF M. C S. M. C S ONE
POINT, OH, WAS ALSO SENSITIVE TO
OTHER INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL
AID. HOWEVER WITH M C S TWO
POINT OH, MANY, MANY MORE LOW
INCOME STUDENTS ARE QUALIFYING
AND THOSE SAME STUDENTS WHO, UH,
THOSE ARE THE SAME STUDENTS WHO
MAY NEED BASIC NEEDS SUPPORT. WE
THEREFORE HOPE THAT THE
LEGISLATURE WOULD ALLOW
SCHOLARSHIPS TO GO AGAINST THE
STUDENTS SELF HELP RATHER THAN
AGAINST THEIR ELIGIBILITY AND
EXEMPT BASIC NEEDS EMERGENCY
GRANTS ENTIRELY, AND WE'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH COMMITTEE STAFF ON
POTENTIAL LANGUAGE. FIXES LIKE
THIS ASIDE, BOTH EMC S AND CAL
GRANT REFORM ARE REALLY CRUCIAL
TO MEETING OUR GOALS UNDER THE
COMPACT TO PROVIDE A DEBT FREE
EDUCATION TO ALL YOU SEE
STUDENTS BY 2030. AND EQUALLY AS
IMPORTANT WAS THE INCREASED
COMMITMENT BY THE UNIVERSITY FOR
OUR OWN INSTITUTIONAL AID, AND
THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND YEAR,
SETTING ASIDE 45% OF NEW TUITION
REVENUE AS OPPOSED TO 33% AGAIN
. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
AND THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR
STUDENTS FOR MAKING THEIR èC
DEGREE MORE AFFORDABLE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN NOELIA
GONZALEZ FOR THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY. I WILL COVER
FOUR THINGS. IN MY REMARKS WHAT
THE CSU HAS BEEN ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH WITH 62 POINT. OH
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR
IMPLEMENTATION DIFFICULTIES, AND
I'LL TALK ABOUT ONGOING
DIFFICULTIES IN SOME POTENTIAL
SOLUTIONS. AND, LASTLY, OUR
PLANS FOR THE 23 24 ACADEMIC
YEAR. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE
STATE FOR THE $450 MILLION
INVESTMENT IN THE CSU AT THE M.
C S TWO POINT OH, PROGRAM. THESE
FUNDS WILL MAKE COLLEGE MORE
AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO OUR
STUDENTS. WE'VE SEEN STUDENTS
FROM ZERO EF C. TO HIRE A F. C.
SO IT IS COVERING KIND OF A BIG
SPREAD OF STUDENTS WITH THESE
FANS AND STUDENTS ARE DEFINITELY
GRATEFUL FOR THIS INVESTMENT. WE
HAVE DISPERSED ABOUT 70% OF OUR
AWARDS TO THE STUDENTS, AND
WE'RE DILIGENTLY WORKING TOWARDS
DISPERSING THE REMAINING FUNDS.
WE BEGAN AWARDING CS TWO POINT
OH, FUNDS IN JANUARY OF 2023 FOR
THE 22 23 ACADEMIC YEAR. WE'VE
JUST BURST ALMOST 90% OF THE
FALL 23 FUNDS. AND SPRING FUNDS
STARTED GOING OUT IN EARLY
FEBRUARY, AND WE HAVE DISPERSED
ABOUT 55% OF THE SPRING 23
FRIENDS. THE INITIAL
IMPLEMENTATION OF TWO POINT OH,
CHANGES WERE VERY DIFFICULT. UM
I THINK THAT WE CAN AGREE ALL
THE SEGMENTS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING
VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER A LOT. A
LOT OF MEETINGS, UM, TO KIND OF
GET THIS PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND.
AND WE DID WORK TIRELESSLY WITH
OUR PARTNERS TO IMPLEMENT OTHER
CHANGES, UM, TO THE MIDDLE CLASS
PROGRAM. ALL OF OUR EFFORTS HAVE
BEEN IN EARNEST, BUT WE WERE
UNABLE TO DISPERSE THOSE FUNDS
DURING THE FALL. 22 SEMESTER, UM
JUST TO DO A VARIETY OF ISSUES.
M. C S TWO POINT OH, BROUGHT
MANY CHANGES THAT REQUIRED THE
CSU TO EVALUATE AND REWRITE OUR
FINANCIAL AID SOFTWARE THAT IS
PROVIDED CENTRALLY TO ALL 23
CAMPUSES. A PROJECT THIS SIZE
TYPICALLY TAKES ABOUT EIGHT
MONTHS FOR OUR CSU TO DEVELOP
TEST AND SUCCESSFULLY
IMPLEMENTED ALL CAMPUSES. UM WE
DIDN'T HAVE THAT RECORD LAYOUT
UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 2022. SO WE
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH. WE DIDN'T
HAVE EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE THE
BEGINNING OF THE FALL SEMESTER
TO IMPLEMENT, BUT WE WERE ABLE
TO CUT THAT EIGHT MONTHS TO FOUR
MONTHS AND WE WERE ABLE TO
DELIVER TO THE CAMPUSES IN
DECEMBER OF 2022. SO WE WERE
ABLE TO START PACKAGING AND
AVOIDING STUDENTS IN JANUARY. UM
OUR STUDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED
FRUSTRATIONS TO US WITH THE
CHANGES SO LATE IN THE ACADEMIC
YEAR, BUT WE BELIEVE MOST OF
THIS IS NOW BEHIND US. WE DO
HAVE A FEW OTHER CHALLENGES THAT
ARE SO PERSISTENT. AS SEAN SAID
, WHEN WE HAVE A STUDENT THAT
RECEIVES AN AWARD LATER ON IN
THE ACADEMIC YEAR, WE KNOW
FINANCIAL AID AWARDS ARE NOT
STATIC DUE TO MANY REASONS. UM
SO THOSE KIND OF BACK AND FORTH
GOING, UM WITH A STUDENT
COMMISSION IN THE CAMPUS IS
REPORTING SENDING THINGS ON
ROSTERS. WE HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AROUND RULES
PREPARATION, UM AND EVEN AWARD
AMOUNT. SO IF A STUDENT IS FULL
TIME, ONE SEMESTER AND PART TIME
THE NEXT SEMESTER THOSE ARE NOW
UNEVEN. UM SO WE HAVE HAD TO
CLARIFY A LOT OF ISSUES WITH
THIS UNIQUE COMMISSION. BUT
CLARIFYING THOSE ISSUES AND
GETTING THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED
WILL HELP US TO AWARD THOSE
STUDENTS ACCURATELY AND REDUCE
THE NUMBER OF REVISIONS TO
STUDENT AWARDS. UM SINCE THOSE
FINANCIAL AID AWARDS ARE DYNAMIC
AND NOT STATIC, AND THOSE THEY
DO CHANGE THROUGHOUT A STUDENT'S
ACADEMIC YEAR, UM, WE WOULD LIKE
TO BE ABLE TO, UM I'M SORRY
SINCE STUDENT COLLEGES WERE NOT
GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO CALCULATE
THOSE TWO POINT AWARDS, ANY
CHANGE TO A STUDENT ENROLLMENT
STATUS OR FINANCIAL AID
SITUATION IS SET TO SEATAC AND
THEN SEE SECT PROCESSES. UM, AND
THEN THEY SEND US A RESPONSE
FILE BACK AND THEN WE HAVE TO
ADJUST THAT PACKAGE. THIS CAN
SOMETIMES RESULT IN AN OVER OR
UNDER AWARD THAT ALSO HAS TO BE
RESOLVED SO THAT BACK AND FORTH
CAUSES A DELAY TO STUDENT
AWARDS. WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT
INSTEAD OF REPORTING EVERY
CHANGE TO SEE SACK AND AWAITING
THE RESPONSE CAMPUSES WOULD BE
ABLE TO DETERMINE THE AWARD
AMOUNT USING THE REGULATIONS AND
THEN REPORT THE PAYMENT TO SEE
SEX. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO AWARD
STUDENTS QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY.
FOR THE OVER AWARDED STUDENTS.
IT DOES TAKE SOME FEW ROUNDS OF
BACK AND FORTH TO GET THAT
CORRECT AMOUNT REPORTED AND PAID
UM, SINCE WE MUST WAIT FOR THAT,
BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL WEEKS
WILL PASS BEFORE THERE IS AN
ACCURATE POINT. OH, AWARD. THESE
TYPES OF SITUATIONS SHOULD BE
SOLVED AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL AND
SISSY AS YOU CAN THEN REPORT TO
SEE SECT THE AWARD AMOUNT, WHICH
IS HOW PELL GRANT HAS MANAGED.
ELIMINATING THE BACK AND FORTH
WOULD ALLOW US TO RELEASE FUNDS
TO STUDENTS IN A TIMELY FASHION.
CSU CAMPUSES SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE
TO ADJUST. REDUCE THE EMC S
AWARD IF THERE ARE SITUATIONS
WHERE THE M C S AWARD CAUSES AN
OVERALL OVER WARD THE WAY IT'S
BEING ADMINISTERED. TODAY WE
MUST FIRST REDUCED OTHER
FINANCIAL AID TO MAKE ROOM FOR
THAT EMC S AWARD. IF ALLOWED TO
MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS.
WHEN WE FIRST AWARD STUDENTS
WILL BE ABLE TO AWARD AND
RELEASE FUNDS TO STUDENTS AND
THEN REPORT TO SEE SACK THAT
DISPERSED AMOUNT. LASTLY ALL
MENTIONED OUR PLANS FOR THE
APPROACHING ACADEMIC YEAR. WE
ARE PLANNING ON ESTIMATING
AWARDS FOR THE 23 24 ACADEMIC
YEAR AND RELEASING THOSE FILE
2012 2023 AMOUNTS TO STUDENTS AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE FAR 23
SEMESTER OF THE AMOUNTS ARE
APPROVED BY C SECOND. WE HAVE
ALL OF OUR REPORTING AND OUR
PERCENTAGES IN THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US HERE TODAY, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR
MAKING INCREASING STATE
FINANCIAL AID FOR OUR STUDENTS
OUR PRIORITY. WE ARE COMMITTED
TO WORKING THROUGH THESE ISSUES
TO ENSURE STUDENTS RECEIVE THE
FUNDING NEEDED TO GET THEM TO
GRADUATION. OKAY THANK YOU. UM,
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE, SO
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. THIS WAS
IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
AGREEMENT AND FUNDED IN THE POST
PROPOSAL BEFORE US SO FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ARE WE AT
ALL CONCERNED THAT WE COULD
LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE
THERE WAS ONE TIME MONEY? AND
THEN NEXT YEAR LIKE WHOOPS, YOU
DON'T GET THAT MONEY. IN THE 24
25 BUDGET. I MEAN, IT'S TOO SOON
TO SAY WHAT WHAT THE
APPROPRIATION IS GOING TO BE
BEYOND 23 24. YEAH, BUT WOULD WE
BE CONCERNED THAT WERE THERE
WERE THIS IS AN ON THIS IS A
PROGRAM, BUT IT'S ONLY HAS ONE
TIME MONEY IN THERE. I'M NOT
SURE I HAVE MUCH MORE TO SAY
ABOUT THIS. BUT OKAY, HOW ABOUT
HOW ABOUT THE SENATE COMMISSION?
IS THAT COMPLICATED FOR STUDENTS
WHEN THEY GET THIS AWARD AND
LIKE WHOOPS, WE ONLY HAVE IT FOR
ONE TIME AND THEN I THINK IT'S
THE EXPECTATION THAT THEY
GETTING THIS AWARD WHEN THEIR
FRESHMAN AND THEN IT'S JUST A
ONE TIME AWARD. I THINK THIS
GOES BACK TO THAT INFORMATION
AND NOTIFICATION OF STUDENTS
CONVERSATION. WE'RE JUST HAVING
IN THE CALVARY IN CONTEXT, IT
WOULD BE UNLIKE IT WOULD BE VERY
CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE IMPLEMENT
EMC S. WE WOULD JUST THEN THE
FOLLOWING YEAR BE AWARDING
STUDENTS AT A LOWER AMOUNT IF
ALL OTHER FACTORS HOLD TRUE IN
TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
THERE, GENERAL ELIGIBILITY
GENERAL TOTAL COST. THIS WOULD
BE A PIECE IN TERMS OF THE
MESSAGING TO STUDENTS THAT WE
WOULD HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO
AND CONSCIENTIOUS OF. OKAY. AND
THEN, UM NEXT QUESTION IS THIS
IS THE LAUNCH OF THIS PIECE OF
THIS AS YOU SAID, SO IT'S NOT
INSIGNIFICANT. WE'RE GOING FROM
$100 MILLION PROGRAM TO 630
MILLION. REALLY MAKING LIFE
EASIER FOR SO MANY STUDENTS,
INCLUDING STUDENTS WHO HAVE
TUITION PAID FOR, BUT THAT'S NOT
THE TRUE COST OF COLLEGE AND
TODAY'S REALITY. SO WHAT DO WE
NEED TO GET TO FULLY IMPLEMENT
THIS? HE SAID SOMETHING IN THE
TWOS AND TWOS, TWOS BILLIONS IN
THE TWOS THAT MAYBE A SPECIFIC
BECAUSE I WANT TO GET HERE. OKAY
ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY
MOVING PARTS WITH THIS KIND OF
CALCULATION. THERE ARE POLICY
CHANGES AND OTHER FACTORS THAT
WILL IMPACT HOW YOU THINK ABOUT
THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST OF
FULLY FUNDING MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ON
THE POSITIVE SIDE INCREASES TO
THE PELL GRANT FORMULA THAT WE
KNOW WE'RE ALREADY COMING TO
EXPAND STUDENT ELIGIBILITY AND
DEEPEN THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL AID
THEY RECEIVE. THAT'S GOING TO
HELP US GET CLOSER TO THE TOTAL
COST. GOLD IMPLEMENTING CAL
GRANT REFORM GETS US CLOSER TO
COVERING MORE COSTS AND HAVING A
HIGHER FLOOR IF YOU WILL, FOR
WHAT EMC S SITS ON TOP OF THERE
ARE CHANGES IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT
, OF COURSE, WHICH WE KNOW IS A
PRIORITY FOR THIS SUBCOMMITTEE,
ADDING MORE STUDENTS TO ADD MORE
TO THAT TOTAL COST, AND THE
OTHER PIECE WOULD BE OTHER
SYSTEM POLICIES. IN TERMS OF I
KNOW THERE'S BEEN A DISCUSSION,
AT LEAST IN SOME ANALYSES AROUND
COHORT BASED TUITION. WE ALREADY
HAVE THAT FOR YOU SEE IF CSU TO
WORK TO ESTABLISH SUCH A POLICY.
THAT ALSO INCREASES WHAT WE
THINK OF AS THE TOTAL COST FOR
FULLY FUNDING CS RIGHT NOW, IF
YOU WERE TO ASK ME WITHIN THE
CURRENT FACTORS, ASSUMING NO
CHANGES, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING
AT 2.62 POINT SEVEN TO FULLY
FUND TOTAL, AND THEN YOU COULD
BACK OUT THE AMOUNT WE CURRENTLY
SPEND ON EMC S OKAY, SO IF WE
WANTED TO HAVE DEBT FREE COLLEGE
IN CALIFORNIA. WE NEED
ADDITIONAL $2.7 BILLION. I'LL
JUST FOR OUR UC AND CSU
STUDENTS. YES, AS OF NOW. FOR
YOU SEE AND CSU. IF I MADE SURE
THE 2.6 BILLION REFERS TO THE
TOTAL COST BASED ON THE CURRENT
LEVEL, SO IT'S NOT THE
ADDITIONAL COST. FROM WHAT WE'RE
CURRENTLY SPENDING TIME IN 22 23
. THE STATE IS ALREADY PROVIDING
ABOUT 630 MILLION FROM MIDDLE
CLASS SCHOLARSHIP. AND SO WE'RE
ESTIMATING YOU AND YOUR DAD
ROUGHLY TWO BILLION ON TOP OF
THAT, AND NOT INCLUDING THE ONE
BILLION NOT 2.62 POINT SIX WAS
THE TOTAL COST. I'M SORRY IF I
DIDN'T MAKE THAT SAVED $600
MILLION JUST NOW. THERE WE GO.
SO WE JUST NEED TWO BILLION.
WE'RE ALREADY GOING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. WELL THAT'S WOULD BE
MONUMENTAL. WE'RE TRYING TO A
LOT OF THINGS IN CALIFORNIA THAT
COST WAY MORE THAN $2 BILLION
ONGOING AND I KNOW IT'S NOT
INSIGNIFICANT, BUT I THINK WE'RE
GOING TO GET THERE. I KNOW THAT
OUR GOVERNOR YOUR BOSS IN HIS
INAUGURAL ADDRESS JUST TWO
MONTHS AGO, TALKED ABOUT DEBT
FREE COLLEGE AND THIS IS KIND OF
THE FUTURE OF CALIFORNIA. I KNOW
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
THEY'RE USING THE TERMS DEBT
FREE COLLEGE OVER AND OVER. AND
WHEN I ASKED PRESIDENT DRAKE
ABOUT THAT, WE SAID THAT IT'S
PREDICATED. ON US DOING THIS
ADDITIONAL TWO BILLION. SO, UM
AND, YEAH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO
HAVE FREE COLLEGE. BUT I'M NOT
SURE CERTAIN THAT IT'S UM VIABLE
AND OUR FINANCES AND A MEASURE
OF THAT MY KIDS AND MARKS KIDS
OR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, YOU KNOW,
BE NICE TO HAVE FREE COLLEGE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK
THAT'S THE BEST USE OF OUR MONEY
AND SO HAVING A DEBT FREE
ENVIRONMENT WOULD BE IN THE
FIRST IN THE NATION TO DOING
THIS, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY
SETTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ON A
PATH TO FINANCIAL STABILITY AND
, YOU KNOW, HELPING PEOPLE GET
IN THE JOB MARKET SOONER AS
WELL. SO WHEN, WHEN ALL THE WAY
AROUND. SO CERTAINLY HOPE THAT'S
THE IN THEIR NEW FUTURE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. UM THAT BEING SAID,
CAN I ASK YOU SEE TO TALK MORE
ABOUT YOUR VISION OF DEBT FREE
AND HOW THIS PLAYS INTO IT. AND
POTENTIALLY IF WE DIDN'T DO
THIS, HOW WOULD YOU ALL GET TO
THE SO CALLED DEBT FREE? I KNOW.
THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID THAT.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO HERE.
IN THIS DONATED COMMISSION. THIS
IS THE THIS IS THE FUTURE FOR
YOUR UNIVERSITY. YES SO AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, UM AS
YOU MENTIONED CHAIRMAN CARDI.
PRESIDENT DRAKE IS VERY
COMMITTED TO THIS AND SO AND
WANTED TO MOVE AHEAD. IN FACT,
IN 22 23. WE DID USE THE STATE'S
DEFINITION FOR DEBT FREE, SO WE
ARE PIGGYBACKING ON THE MIDDLE
CLASS SCHOLARSHIP DEFINITION OF
A SELF HELP OF ABOUT $7900. AND
SO THIS LAST YEAR IN 22 23, WE
PACKAGED NEW INCOMING CALIFORNIA
STUDENTS FROM WITH A ZERO E F C
FROM LOW RESOURCED SCHOOLS WITH
THAT AUGMENTED FINANCIAL AID,
AND THIS COMING FALL WILL BE
DOING ALL NEW CALIFORNIA ZERO EF
C. STUDENTS WITH THE SAME DEBT
FREE PACKAGE, UM, AGAIN, USING
THE STATE'S DEFINITION OF DEBT
FREE, UM SO OUR PLAN IS TO
CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THOSE
LOWEST INCOME STUDENTS WITH OUR
OWN RETURN TO A DOLLARS AND
EXPAND THAT AS THE FUNDING MAKES
THAT FEASIBLE, BUT WE WOULD BE
RELYING ON THE $2 BILLION AND WE
WOULD BE RELYING ON THE MIDDLE
CLASS SCHOLARSHIP TO ADDRESS OF
, YOU KNOW A LARGE MAJORITY OF
THE REMAINING STUDENTS. THAT
THAT WOULD MAKE THAT PEACEABLE.
UM, I THINK EVEN IF THE STATE
DID NOT GO DOWN THAT ROUTE, WE
WOULD STILL MAINTAIN A GOAL OF
HAVING DEBT FREE FOR EVERYONE BY
2030. BUT I JUST WILL TAKE US
QUITE A BIT LONGER TO GET THERE
AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE GOING
TO FOCUS OUR DEBT FREE PROGRAM
ON THE ZERO DFC STUDENTS. OKAY?
IT TAKES OVER. AND THEN, UH,
BACK TO YOUR COMMENTS TO FROM
THE UNIVERSITY ON THE TECHNICAL
CHANGES AND THE BASICALLY
NEGATIVE THINGS THAT COULD
HAPPEN TO PEOPLE THAT GET
AWARDED THIS NEW, UM UM,
OPPORTUNITY FROM THE STATE. WE
WERE LOOKING TO ADDRESS THOSE
EITHER IN THIS OR WE HAVE OTHER
LEGISLATION, AND I'M WORKING ON
AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR
WORKING ON THOSE PIECES. YES
OKAY, SO THIS AGAIN IS A
PRIORITY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
BE WORKING ON IT. UM WELL, HOLD
THIS ISSUE OPEN. THANK YOU. OKAY
NEXT ISSUE NUMBER FOUR, THE
GOLDEN STATE EDUCATION AND
TRAINING GRANTS. THIS IS THE
FIRST WE'LL SEE YOU LATER. OKAY
WE'RE HERE FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE L. A OH AND STUDENT
COMMISSION. YES SO DEVIN
MITCHELL DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
UM GOLDEN STATE EDUCATION AND
TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTS
CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE DISPLACED
FROM EMPLOYMENT AS A CONSEQUENCE
OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC WITH A
ONE TIME $2500 GRANT TO ACCESS,
EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING PROGRAMS
INTENDED TO HELP GRANT
RECIPIENTS REJOIN THE WORKFORCE.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 21 22
BUDGET. CONSISTENT WITH
ESTIMATED PROGRAM EXPENDITURES.
THE BUDGET ASSUMES THAT 100
MILLION GENERAL FUND PREVIOUSLY
PROVIDED FOR THE EDUCATION
SORRY. FOR THE GOLDEN STATE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING GRANT
PROGRAM WILL INSTEAD BE SPENT IN
24 25. AS OUTLINED IN THE FISCAL
PLAN, 200 MILLION WOULD BE
EXPANDED IN FISCAL YEAR 24 2500
MILLION IN 25 26 100 MILLION IN
26 27. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
ELLA Ó. UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET. THE PROPOSAL IS
ESSENTIALLY TO DELAY FUNDING FOR
THE GOLDEN STATE EDUCATION
TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM INTO THE
OUT YEARS. THE RECOMMEND INSTEAD
DISCONTINUING THE PROGRAM AT THE
END OF THE CURRENT YEAR AND
REMOVING THE REMAINING UNSPENT
FUNDS. THE MAIN REASON FOR THIS
RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE
UNDERLYING NEED FOR THIS PROGRAM
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED
SINCE IT WAS FIRST CREATED. THIS
PROGRAM WAS CREATED TWO YEARS
AGO TO SERVE WORKERS WHO ARE
DISPLACED BY THE COVID 19
PANDEMIC. SINCE THAT TIME, THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS DECLINED
SIGNIFICANTLY AND IS NOW
COMPARABLE TO PREPARE ENDEMIC
CLOSE. MOREOVER THE LABOR MARKET
HAS BEEN VERY FAVORABLE FOR
JOBSEEKERS SUCH THAT THEY LIKELY
HAVE THE OPTION OF REMAINING IN
THE LABOR MARKET RATHER THAN
RETURNING TO WORK. THIS IS A
TREND THAT YOU'VE LIKELY HEARD
ABOUT IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT TRENDS. RELATED TO
THESE BROADER TRENDS IN THE
LABOR MARKET. THE GOLDEN STATE
EDUCATION TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM
IS REACHING FAR FEWER RECIPIENTS
AND INTENDED THE ORIGINAL
ALLOCATION FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS
SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE THE
MAXIMUM AWARD TO 194,000
RECIPIENTS. AS OF JANUARY ABOUT
5000 RECIPIENTS ABOUT 3% OF THAT
TOTAL HAD BEEN PAID OUT.
SEPARATE FROM THE GOLDEN STATE
EDUCATION TRAINING GROUND
PROGRAM. DISPLACED WORKERS DO
ALSO HAVE OTHER OPTIONS TO
ACCESS, AFFORDABLE EDUCATION OR
TRAINING, INCLUDING THROUGH THE
ONGOING TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL
AID PROGRAMS WE'VE BEEN
DISCUSSING TODAY, SUCH AS THE
CAL GRANT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS
THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE PROMISED
GRANT PROGRAM AT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND THE FEDERAL PELL
GRANT PROGRAM. BASED ON PROGRAM
SPENDING. AS OF JANUARY. WE
ESTIMATE THE DISCONTINUING THE
PROGRAM AT THE END OF THE
CURRENT YEAR WOULD YIELD ROUGHLY
470 MILLION AND ONE TIME SAVINGS
THROUGH 2022 6 27. RELATIVE TO
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. THANK
YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE
COMMISSION, JAKE BREMNER, WITH
THE STUDENT AID COMMISSION WERE
SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHANGE THAT'S
BEEN PROPOSED HERE AND WE WOULD
SUGGEST THERE ARE OTHER
ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS THAT WE
CAN MAKE TO PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
TO ENSURE THAT THE EDUCATION AND
TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM ISN'T
EVEN MORE VALUABLE ASSET TO OUR
TALENT PIPELINE IN CALIFORNIA.
THESE GRANTS COMPLAIN, IMPORTANT
ROLE IN THIS SPACE AS AN
ADDITIONAL TOOL AND HOW WE CAN
RECRUIT INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT
BE CONSIDERING VARIOUS PATHWAYS
TO RE SKILLING. AND FINDING A
NEW CAREER. UNLIKE THE
TRADITIONAL FORMS OF FINANCIAL
AID THAT LISA JUST CITED. THESE
GRANTS CAN BE USED AT PROGRAMS
THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE
FOR FEDERAL OR STATE AID. LIKE
CAL GRANT PROGRAMS INCLUDE ADULT
EDUCATION, SHORT TERM, SHORT
TERM OR PART TIME PROGRAMS AT
OUR COLLEGES AND QUALIFYING
WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS
THROUGH THE ELIGIBLE TRAINING
PROVIDER LIST. I WOULD HIGHLIGHT
THAT THESE GRANTS OF $2500 CAN
PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
HELPING INDIVIDUALS COVER
EXPENSES OUTSIDE TUITION OR
PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION FEES.
WE HEARD CLEARLY FROM PARTNERS
IN THE WORKFORCE AND CAREER
TRAINING ARENA THAT IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT TO FIND THIS KIND OF
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR
INDIVIDUALS, EVEN WHEN THE
PROGRAMS THEY'RE ENTERING ARE
SUPPORTED BY FUNDS THAT ARE
PROVIDED BY OUR LOCAL AND
REGIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
BOARDS BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS
SO UNIQUE RELATIVE TO OTHER
TRADITIONAL AID PROGRAMS THAT WE
ADMINISTER AT SISAK. WE REALLY
WANTED TO BE THOUGHTFUL WITH HOW
WE ROLL THIS OUT LAST YEAR,
BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM NATIONAL
EXPERTS, THE STUDENT AID
COMMISSION LAUNCHED A PILOT
PHASE OF THE PROGRAM TO LEARN
WHAT WORKED FOR THE TARGET
POPULAR NATION. AND BEGIN TO
PRIME OUR PARTNERS AT CAMPUSES
FOR THIS NEW KIND OF PROGRAM
THIS PAST AUGUST, WE LAUNCHED
THE PUBLIC FACING PART OF THE
APPLICATION USING A SKIP LOGIC
BASED FORM SO THAT ANY
INDIVIDUAL WHETHER THEY'VE
APPLIED FOR FINANCIAL AID OR
NOT, COULD PURSUE THIS
ASSISTANCE BETWEEN OUR PILOT
PHASE AND THE, UH, WIDER
AVAILABILITY OF THE APPLICATION
. NOW WE'RE ALMOST AT 10,000
APPLICATIONS THUS FAR. OVER 5000
AND A HALF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
RECEIVED A CRAN SO SLIGHTLY
HIGHER THAN THE NUMBERS YOU'VE
GOT IN YOUR AGENDA THIS LAST
MONTH, THE COMMISSION EXECUTED A
CONTRACT FOR OUTREACH AND
MARKETING ON THIS PROGRAM TO
HELP US REACH POTENTIALLY
ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. GIVEN THAT
THIS IS A TARGET POPULATION
THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO REACH
FROM A COMMUNICATIONS
STANDPOINT. AS THEY ARE NOT
ALREADY CONNECTED WITH POST
SECONDARY INSTITUTION OR A
TRAINING PROVIDER. SO WHAT?
WE'VE ENCUMBERED FUNDS FOR THIS
OUTREACH WORK. WE HAVE NOT YET
SEEN HOW THIS NETWORK ACTIVATION
APPROACH THAT WILL BE UTILIZING
WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS
AND STUDENT AMBASSADORS WILL
BEAR ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS. OF
COURSE, AND AS LISA JUST NOTED,
WERE RELIEVED THAT OUR WORST
FEARS OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS
FROM COVID 19 WEREN'T REALLY
BORN OUT. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN
A MUCH TIGHTER LABOR MARKET THAN
WE WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED BACK
IN 2021 WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION
DEVELOPED THE PROPOSAL FOR THIS
PROGRAM. THIS IMPACTS THE NUMBER
OF POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUALS FOR THE GRANT AS
WELL AS OUR ABILITY TO REACH
THEM FROM THE STUDENT
COMMISSION. AS WE MOVE PAST
THOSE DEEPEST IMPACTS OF COVID
AND LOOK FORWARD TO POTENTIALLY
EXTENDING THE DURATION OF THIS
PROGRAM, THE STUDENT AID
COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT WE
CONSIDER MAKING CHANGES TO
ELIGIBILITY FOR THESE GRANTS.
SPECIFICALLY WE RECOMMEND
BROADENING ACCESS SO THAT ANY
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN
DISPLACED FROM EMPLOYMENT CAN
ACCESS THESE GRANTS WITHOUT
NEEDING TO MAKE A CONNECTION TO
THAT DISPLACEMENT TO THE COVID
19 PANDEMIC. THIS CHANGE WOULD
HELP CALIFORNIA POSITION ITSELF
FOR ANY POTENTIAL ECONOMIC
CHALLENGES THAT MIGHT BEAR OUT
FROM THE BROADER ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY THAT YOU'RE HEARING
SO MUCH ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO
OUR REVENUE FORECAST MOVING
FORWARD. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK
YOU. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ON THIS. I JUST NOTE
THAT THIS WAS UM, WITHOUT
PREJUDICE. THIS WAS ESTABLISHED
DURING A DIFFERENT ERA. YOU
KNOW, COVID WAS VERY DIFFERENT.
UM AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND
MAY AND 2021. WE ARE SWIMMING IN
ONE TIME MONEY. LOOKING TO MAKE
SOME INVESTMENTS AND SO THE
ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED
SIGNIFICANTLY. HENCE THE
INABILITY TO REALLY GET THIS
PROGRAM OFF AND RUNNING. AN HOUR
AGO WE SPENT WE TALKED ABOUT AN
OVERSUBSCRIBED PROGRAM LIKE
STUDENT HOUSING, OR WE NEED ONE
TIME MONEY TO MAKE A BIG DENT IN
A TOP TOP PRIORITY. SO THIS
SEEMS LIKE, UM YOU KNOW, A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO REDIRECT THOSE
RESOURCES. I KNOW L A S THAT
SWEEP THEM BACK TO THE GENERAL
FUND, BUT THAT COULD GO TO
CORRECTIONS OR SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I'D RATHER KEEP IT IN HIGHER ED
AND HELPING STUDENTS. SO I THINK
THAT WILL BE OUR RECOMMENDATION
GOING FORWARD. UM THANK YOU.
NEXT ISSUE NUMBER FIVE STUDENT
AID COMMISSION OPERATIONS.
OKAY UM DEVIN MITCHELL WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. THE
BUDGET INCLUDES AN INCREASE OF
ONE POINT 4,000,001 TIME GENERAL
FUND IN FY 23 24 469,000, WHICH
IS ONGOING THEREAFTER TO ASSESS
THE COMMISSION'S CURRENT
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM,
ADDRESS CYBERSECURITY ISSUES AND
SUPPORT TWO ADDITIONAL
POSITIONS. THIS INVESTMENT WILL
HELP SEX ACT BETTER HANDLE THE
INCREASED VOLUME OF SENSITIVE
STUDENT DATA DUE TO THE
ESTABLISHMENT EXPANSION OF
FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS IN RECENT
YEARS, AS WELL AS THE
PROLIFERATION OF EFFORTS BY
MALICIOUS ACTORS TO COMPROMISE.
STATE AGENCIES WITH RANSOMWARE
ATTACK WAS SORRY WITH RANSOMWARE
AND OTHER CYBERATTACKS. THE
BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES 241,000
ONGOING TO SUPPORT HUMAN
RESOURCES POSITION AT THE
COMMISSION AND TO DISTRIBUTE
TOOL KITS TO HIGH SCHOOLS TO
HELP STUDENTS COMPLETE THEIR
FINANCIAL AID APPLICATIONS. THIS
POSITION WILL HELP THE
COMMISSION BETTER HANDLE
ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD CAUSED BY
THE INCREASE IN OVERALL STAFFING
IN RECENT YEARS AND FILL VACANT
POSITIONS MORE QUICKLY. THE
TARGETS, MEANWHILE, ARE TARGETED
INVESTMENT TO HELP HIGH SCHOOLS
AS THEY ADAPT TO STATE AND
FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES AIMED AT
GETTING MORE STUDENTS TO APPLY
FOR FINANCIAL AID. THANK YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU, ELLA. I WILL BE
BRIEF ON THIS ISSUES. THE ONLY
PROPOSAL WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
IS WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL TOOL
KITS. THIS COMPRISES 120,000
ONGOING OF THE PROPOSALS THAT
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
DESCRIBED TO CLARIFY THE TOOL
KITS CONSIST PRIMARILY OF
PRINTED MATERIALS THAT WOULD
PROVIDE INFORMATION ON AND
PROMOTE AWARENESS OF FINANCIAL
AID, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT CAN
INCLUDE RESOURCE GUIDES,
POSTERS, POSTCARDS, NOTE PADS,
STICKERS AND SO FORTH. BRIEFLY.
OUR CONCERNS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
FIRST THE STATE PROVIDED SEVERAL
AUGMENTATIONS LAST YEAR RELATED
TO HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH AROUND
FINANCIAL AID. BOTH WITHIN THE
COMMISSION'S BUDGET AND ON THE K
12 SIDE OF THE BUDGET. GIVEN
THESE RECENT AUGMENTATIONS, IT'S
DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHAT GAPS
REMAIN. SECONDLY ADMINISTRATION
HAS NOT DEMONSTRATED THAT
SENDING THESE PRINTED MATERIALS
IS LIKELY TO BE AN EFFECTIVE WAY
TO CONDUCT HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH
ON AN ONGOING BASIS. AND THIRD
AT THIS TIME. THE PROPOSAL LACKS
SOME KEY DETAILS, SUCH AS THE
NUMBER OF TALL KIDS THAT COULD
BE SUPPORTED. GIVEN THESE
CONCERNS AS WELL AS FRANKLY, THE
HIGH BAR FOR NEW ONGOING
SPENDING THIS YEAR, WE RECOMMEND
REJECTING THIS PROPOSAL. THANK
YOU. OKAY? THANK YOU. STANDING
COMMISSION JAKE BREMNER, STILL
WITH THE STUDENT AID COMMISSION,
AS NOTED IN YOUR AGENDA, SISAK
HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
ITS RESPONSIBILITIES OVER THE
PAST SEVERAL YEARS, AS THE
LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR HAVE
ENACTED OR EXPANDED PROGRAMS AS
WELL AS SET NEW POLICIES LIKE
THE UNIVERSAL FINANCIAL AID
APPLICATION APPROACH FOR HIGH
SCHOOL SENIORS. AND OF COURSE,
WE'RE THRILLED THAT THESE NEW
INVESTMENTS AND POLICIES AND
WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR STUDENTS
TODAY AND TOMORROW'S, HOWEVER,
WERE STRUGGLING TO KEEP PACE
FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND
INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT. WHILE
SEVERAL OF THESE NEW PROGRAMS
ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE ONE TIME THEY
HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHY
RUNWAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
LEARNING ALIGNED EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM RUNS UNTIL 2031. THE
GOLDEN STATE TEACHER GRANT
PROGRAM, WHICH WE DISCUSSED LAST
WEEK AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE, IS
CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO EXPAND
ITS FINAL ROUND OF AWARDS AS
LATE AS 2026, AT WHICH POINT WE
AT C SAC WILL STILL HAVE ANOTHER
EIGHT YEAR PERIOD BEYOND THEN,
TO TRACK COMPLIANCE OF
PARTICIPANTS WITH THEIR SERVICE
COMMITMENTS. SO WHILE THESE
PROGRAMS CAME WITH SOME FUNDING
TO SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION, THEY
DID NOT COME WITH ADVOCATE OR,
IN SOME CASES, ANY NEW STAFF
POSITIONS HIRING LIMITED TERM
STAFF WHO WE CAN ONLY RETAIN FOR
UP TO 24 MONTHS TO SUPPORT THESE
PROGRAMS IS INEFFICIENT AND
CREATES RISKS AND OUR
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES. WE CAN
ONLY RETAIN THOSE LIMITED TERM
STAFF FOR AS I MENTIONED 24
MONTHS, THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE
A REVOLVING DOOR OF NEW HIRES
THAT WILL NEED TO RECRUIT
ONBOARD AND TRAIN. ONLY TO LOSE
THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME
FRAME. SO WHAT? WE'RE VERY
GRATEFUL TO THE GOVERNOR OF THE
ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT
OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE IN THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
23 24. THEY'RE NOT SUFFICIENT TO
ADDRESS THE STAFFING AND
INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICITS THAT
WE'VE IDENTIFIED AT SISAK. IN
THE FALL, THE COMMISSION
REQUESTED A TOTAL OF 17
POSITIONS TO ADDRESS OUR
WORKLOAD OUTSIDE OF THE CYBER
SECURITY EFFORT AND $2.1 MILLION
IN FUNDING TO SUPPORT THAT, AS
WELL AS THOSE TOOL KITS THAT WE
JUST HEARD ABOUT FROM L A. OH,
AND I'LL SPEAK TO IN JUST A
MOMENT. THESE POSITIONS ARE
CRITICAL TO ENSURING SUCCESSFUL
ADMINISTRATION AND PROMOTION OF
THOSE PROGRAMS WITHOUT ADEQUATE
STAFFING. CSX NOT ABLE TO
EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT OTHER
IMPORTANT EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT
OUR CAMPUS PARTNERS CAN
EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE OUR BACK
END PLATFORMS OR AS FULLY ENGAGE
OUR PARTNERS IN PROMOTING THESE
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.
AS THE STATE'S FINANCIAL AID
ADMINISTRATOR. HIGH SCHOOLS AND
DISTRICTS ARE UNDERSTANDABLY
ALSO SEEKING SUPPORT FROM SISAK
AND PROMOTING FINANCIAL AID,
HELPING STUDENTS APPLY FOR AID
AND EQUIPPING LOCAL STAFF
TOWARDS THESE PRIORITIES. IN
LIGHT OF THE NEW UNIVERSAL
REQUIREMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL
SENIORS TO APPLY FOR AID, SO THE
COMMISSION HAS SEEN A DEMAND IN
ASSISTANCE FROM OUR TRAINING,
OUTREACH AND DATA TEAMS. AS WELL
AS IN THE RESOURCES THAT
COUNSELORS CAN UTILIZE TO BOTH
UNDERSTAND FINANCIAL AID
THEMSELVES. OFTEN THESE
COUNSELORS ARE NOT FINANCIAL AID
EXPERTS AND TO HELP THEM
COMMUNICATE WITH STUDENTS ABOUT
THE FINANCIAL AID APPLICATIONS.
THAT'S WHY THESE TOOL KITS
SUPPORTED IN THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET ARE SO ESSENTIAL
THEIR PRACTICAL ASSETS THAT CAN
HELP OUR COUNSELORS UNDERSTAND
AID AND EQUIP THEM WITH WHAT
THEY NEED TO PROMOTE FINANCIAL
AID ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES AND
HELP STUDENTS ARRIVE PREPARED
FOR THOSE WORKSHOPS. SIMPLY PUT
FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE
REQUIRES PREPARED INDIVIDUALS
THAT CAN WORK WITH STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES. WHAT WE HAVE SOME
ONLINE RESOURCES AND TOOLS THAT
ARE OF TREMENDOUS VALUE TO
DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITIES. THOSE
ALONE WILL NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF
OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES,
PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE THE
FIRST IN THEIR FAMILY TO GO TO
COLLEGE, WHICH I KNOW WE ALL SEE
IS SO IMPORTANT TO SUPPORTING.
RELATED TO THIS. LAST YEAR,
THERE WAS A $500,000.01 TIME
ALLOCATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO
THE STUDENT AID COMMISSION TO
EXPAND WHAT WE CALL OUR CASH FOR
COLLEGE PROGRAM. WE'VE ALREADY
HOSTED MORE THAN 275 WORKSHOPS
AND REGIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE
THAT DID NOT PREVIOUSLY HAVE A
CASH FOR COLLEGE ORGANIZATION
RECEIVING FUNDING IN THAT
COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE ALSO
EXPANDED THE DEPTH OF SUPPORT
FOR OUR EXISTING CASH FOR
COLLEGE PARTNERS, RESULTING IN
200 MORE WORKSHOPS IN THE
COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE
RELATIVE TO THE PRIOR YEAR. SO
WE WANT TO AND NEED TO CONTINUE
TO DO THIS WORK WITH OUR LOCAL
PARTNERS, AS WELL AS TO ENSURE
THAT THE COMMISSION HAS THE
RESOURCES NECESSARY TO
EFFECTIVELY EXECUTE ON THESE
MAJOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
STUDENTS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL
LEAVE MY COMMENTS THERE. THANK
YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM I THINK
YOU KNOW THESE CHANGES ARE
WARRANTED, ESPECIALLY THE PRIOR
CONVERSATION ON IMPLEMENTATION
OF CAL GRANT REFORM AND MIDDLE
CLASS SCHOLARSHIP AND
COORDINATION WITH OUR WITH OUR
STUDENTS AND SEGMENTS. UM WITH
ALL THIS MASSIVE INVESTMENT AND
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IT
RIGHT. SO WE'RE ARE EVALUATING
THIS AND HERE YOU AND UNDERSTAND
WHERE THAT PROPOSAL COMING FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE IS SO
WE WILL HOLD THIS ISSUE OPEN NO
OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE
ASKING QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.
UH SO THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES
TODAY'S HEARING IMPORTANT
DISCUSSIONS TODAY ON FINANCIAL
AID AND STUDENT HOUSING AND
LITTLE REVISIT THIS IN THE
COMING MONTHS, WILL NOW GO TO
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ANYBODY IN
THE ROOM. IF YOU COULD PLEASE
LINE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
ROOM AND KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO
ONE MINUTE OR LESS 60 SECONDS OR
LESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY,
PLEASE PROCEED. HELLO. HELLO.
HI. HELLO MY NAME IS LESLIE TÂM,
A STUDENT AT KENYON COLLEGE AND
I SERVE AS A CEMETERY. OH COUNTY
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
STUDENT TRUSTEE IN 2018 AND
DISTRICT SURVEY SHOWED THAT 6%
OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN AN
HOUSED IN 40TH SURVEY SHOWED
THAT 44% OF OUR SINGLE STUDENTS
AND 52% OF OUR STUDENTS WITH
FAMILIES WERE CONSIDERING OR
PLANNING TO LEAVE THEIR STUDIES
DUE TO LACK OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WITHIN COMMUTING
DISTANCE OF OUR CAMPUSES. WHEN
IT COMES DOWN TO IT. THESE ARE
JUST NUMBERS. BUT THESE ARE
NUMBERS THAT REPRESENT PEOPLE 6%
REPRESENTS AS MANY AS 1380
STUDENTS WHO ARE SLEEPING IN
THEIR CARS, TENTS OR FRIENDS'
COUCHES. HIS PARENTS WHO ARE
STRUGGLING TO CONTINUE THEIR
EDUCATION. AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR
FAMILIES. AT THE SAME TIME,
THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE
STRIVING TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE
FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR
FAMILIES. YES COLLEGES NEED
MONEY TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES WITH
THE DIP OF ENROLLMENT. BUT DON'T
TAKE THIS MONEY FROM THE LEAST
FORTUNATE OUR CAMPUSES BY TAKING
AWAY THE MONEY THAT S B 169
ALLOCATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
STUDENT HOUSING. YOU ARE TAKEN
AWAY MUCH NEEDED RESOURCE FOR
COLLEGES. WHERE ARE VULNERABLE
STUDENTS? I ASK THAT YOU
MAINTAIN THE FULL COMMITMENT AND
FUNDING STUDENT HOUSING FOR
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. THANK YOU. HELLO REBECCA
COLLEEN ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACILITY
COALITION, SPEAKING TO THE
STUDENT HOUSING ITEM, WE SUPPORT
THE STUDENT HOUSING CONSTRUCTION
GRANT PROGRAM. WE OPPOSED THE
$250 MILLION DELAY IN THAT
PROGRAM, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY
NEUTRAL ON THE REVOLVING LOAN
FUND. WE DO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR BEING A PARTNER IN BUILDING
STUDENT HOUSING AND HELPING US
TO FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE STUDENT
HOUSING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION COSTS WILL
ALWAYS RISE. A DELAY IN THOSE
GRANT FUNDS WILL ULTIMATELY MEAN
THAT FEWER BEDS WILL BE BUILT
FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES. WE
BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE FEWER
PROJECTS APPROVED OUT OF THAT
$750 MILLION. WE DO HAVE THE
NEED. YOU'VE SEEN 1.4 BILLION IN
FUNDING REQUESTS FROM COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. JUST A NOTE ON THAT
THE DISTRICTS WERE CAPPED IN THE
NUMBER OF REQUESTS THAT THEY
COULD SUBMIT IN THIS ROUND. SO
THAT DOESN'T REPRESENT THE FULL
NEED. WE DO NOT SUGGEST
PRIORITIZING THE REVOLVING LOAN
FUND OVER THE CONSTRUCTION
GRANTS. THERE'S A COUPLE OF
POINTS HERE THAT I'D LIKE TO
MAKE FIRST THE CONSTRUCTION
GRANT PROGRAM. IT DEEPENS
AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE OUR RENTS
ARE ONLY COVERING THE
OPERATIONAL COSTS ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS, RIGHT. SO WITH THE
REVOLVING LOAN FUND, THE RENTS
HAVE TO COVER BOTH THOSE
OPERATING COSTS AS WELL AS THE
LOAN REPAYMENTS. AND THAT'S THE
COST OF CONSTRUCTION. SO WE
THINK THAT THE RLF IS GOING TO
BE MUCH CLOSER TO MARKET RATE
HOUSING, MAYBE SLIGHTLY BELOW
MARKET RATE, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE
YOU THAT DEEP AFFORDABILITY THAT
THE STATE SUBSIDY PROVIDES.
LASTLY UM, THAT RLF, IT MAY NOT
BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL COLLEGES
ACROSS THE STATE THERE ARE YOU
KNOW, WE'VE GOT A SCARCITY OF
WORKER PIPELINE IN SOME PLACES,
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHERE WE'VE GOT
GROWING POPULATIONS. WE WANT ALL
COLLEGES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS
THE STATE PROGRAM. THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO.
HELLO MY NAME IS DEVON A HARDY
AND I'M, THE STUDENT TRUSTEE AT
CABRILLO COLLEGE. I AM A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE MEMBER, AND
OUR HOUSING IS DIRE IN THE SANTA
CRUZ COUNTY. I ACTUALLY HAD TO
DROP OUT OF SCHOOL PROLONG MY
EDUCATION BECAUSE OF HOUSING IN
OUR COMMUNITY, AND SO ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE REALLY ARE
PUSHING HARD FOR IS TO HOPEFULLY
GET THAT. FUNDING FOR OUR
COMMUNITY HOUSING PROGRAM AT THE
CABRILLO COLLEGE CAMPUS, WHICH
SO MANY STUDENTS ARE VERY
EXCITED TO HAVE ON OUR CAMPUS
AND THAT IS IT FOR ME. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON,
TERRY MCCARTHY, MELISSA BARTA ON
BEHALF OF THE EDUCATION TRUST,
WEST FINANCIAL AID FOR COLLEGE
STUDENT HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH
THE COST OF ATTENDANCE AND WITH
INFLATION SKY HIGH LEVEL. THE
CONSEQUENCES ONCE AGAIN CONTINUE
TO HIT STUDENTS OF COLOR ARE
LIVING IN POVERTY. THE HARDEST
LAST YEAR, WE WERE PROUD TO
SUPPORT CALDERON'S REFORM AND
EXCITED TO SEE THIS HISTORICAL
REFORM AND ACTED YET WITHOUT A
PLAN FOR FULL FUNDING THE
AMOUNTS TO PROMISE NOT YET
FULFILL LOW INCOME STUDENTS
CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT ANY LONGER
. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT
THE LEGISLATURE MAINTAINED ITS
COMMITMENT TO CALDERON REFORM
AND THAT ANY NEW FINANCIAL AID
INVESTMENTS PRIORITIZE LOW
INCOME STUDENTS. FIRST EQUITABLE
CAL GRANT REFORM NEEDS TO
INCLUDE SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS AND SHOULD BE
PRIORITIZED BEFORE ANY OTHER
FINANCIAL AID REFORMS. IN
REGARDS TO STAFFING AT THE
STUDENT AID COMMISSION. WE
SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL,
BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS MODEST
COMPARED TO THE STAFFING AND
ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS. THE
COMMISSION JUST HIGHLIGHTED
CALIFORNIA THEORY IS ABOUT DEBT
FREE COLLEGE. WE MUST INVEST IN
THE COMMISSION CAPACITY TO CARRY
OUT THIS CRITICAL WORK AND
SUPPORT LOCAL EFFORTS TO
IMPLEMENT UNIVERSAL FINANCIALLY
COMPLETION FOR THE THREE. THEN
WE REQUEST THE LEGISLATURE FULLY
FUND THE COMMISSION'S $2.6
MILLION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL
STAFF. IT WILL ENSURE THAT WE
PROTECT THE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS
IN FINANCIAL AID FROM RECENT
YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY
NAME IS MOLLY MCGUIRE WITH THE
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY
. WE'D LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR
SUPPORT FOR HONORING THE
COMMITMENTS MADE IN LAST YEAR'S
COMPACTS AND ROADMAP. WE BELIEVE
THESE AGREEMENTS ARE A TIMELY
STRATEGY TO ENSURING STABLE AND
PREDICTABLE FUNDING INCREASES TO
THE SEGMENTS THAT WILL ALLOW
THEM TO CLOSE PERSISTENT RACIAL
EQUITY GAPS. THAT SAID THERE IS
LANGUAGE IN THE COMPACTS THAT
MERITS ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION
AND CERTAIN INSTANCES THE
COMPLEX PROVIDE THE SEGMENTS
WITH EXCESSIVE FLEXIBILITY ON
FUNDING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
STANDARDS, WHICH SHOULD BE
REVISED TO ENSURE BASE FUNDING
INCREASES ARE EXPENDED ON
MEETING THE TERMS OF THE COMPACT
GOALS. THE NEED TO
COMPREHENSIVELY REFORMED THE COW
COW GRANT EQUITY REMAINS A
RACIAL EQUITY IMPERATIVE AND
COLLEGE THE MAJORITY OF LOW
INCOME STUDENTS WHO ARE STILL
INELIGIBLE FOR EIGHT OR BLACK,
LATIN X WOMEN AND STUDENT
PARENTS. WE RESPECTFULLY URGE
THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE TO
PRIORITIZE NEW, ONGOING
RESOURCES TO FULLY ADOPT THE
CALCULUS. GRANT EQUITY
FRAMEWORK. THE CAMPAIGN STANDS
READY TO LEND OUR TIME NEXT
EXPERTISE AS A RESOURCE FOR ANY
INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE OR THEIR STAFF.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, ANDREW MARTINEZ
COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF
CALIFORNIA. WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF
THE INVESTMENT IN FINANCIAL AID
THAT IS PROPOSED IN LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET. WE HOPE THAT WILL BE
ENACTED AT THE NEXT YEAR IN
2024. WE THINK THIS SUPPORTS
WHAT THE COLLEGES ARE DOING TO
SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. BASIC
NEEDS. FINANCIAL AID IS
CERTAINLY GOING TO ALLOW US TO
GET OUR STUDENTS IN AND OUT AT A
FASTER RATE AND GET INTO THE
NEXT STEP IN THE PATHWAY
FORWARD. WHEN IT COMES TO
HOUSING. WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE
LEGISLATURE TO UH, SUPPORT THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING GRANTS. WE
THINK THAT'S A WAY TO INVEST IN
SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AGAIN WHO
HAVE AN UNMET NEED FOR OUR
COLLEGES TO ENSURE THAT THE
THOSE ARE NOT HAVING A PLACE TO
LIVE. THOSE PROGRAMS WILL ALLOW
THOSE PEOPLE TO HAVE SOMEWHERE
TO STAY. WE BELIEVE WE ARE
MEETING THE MOMENT WHEN IT COMES
TO HOUSING. UM SIERRA COLLEGE
AND LAKE TAHOE ARE PLANNING TO
BREAK GROUND THIS SUMMER.
COMPLETE COLLEGE BY THE END OF
YEAR CURRENT COLLEGE IN THIS
FALL AND CONSUMERS IS ON TRACK
AS WELL. SO WE THINK WE ARE
TRYING TO GET THOSE PROJECTS
SHOVEL READY AND GET THEM GOING
AND GET THEM OPEN AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE AND WRONG PATH. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY
NAME IS RADIUS AND I'M A STUDENT
AT UC SANTA CRUZ AND THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT HOUSING
COALITION, A COALITION OF
STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO FIND
REAL SOLUTIONS TO THE HOUSING
CRISIS CURRENTLY FACING US AT UC
SANTA CRUZ. SO HERE, I'M JUST
PROVIDING COMMENT ON THE REAL
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY THAT
LEGISLATION AND REFORMS WILL
HAVE ON STUDENTS OF COLOR WHO
ARE TELLING THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA CAL STATES THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACROSS OUR
STATE. SO CURRENTLY AS THE VICE
PRESIDENT, STUDENT HOUSING
COALITION, WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH
STUDENTS OF COLOR WHO WORKERS
CURRENTLY FACING HOUSING.
INSECURITY AT OUR CAMPUS OF OUR
STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN
THE VEHICLES, AND WE ARE
CURRENTLY TRYING TO WORK WITH
THE UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE SAFE
ALTERNATIVES FOR STUDENTS TO
HAVE ACCESS TO WATER, BASIC
NEEDS AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT
STUDENTS NEED TO BE ABLE TO
SUCCEED IN THE SPACES OF HIGHER
EDUCATION. AT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TRULY TRULY WANTS TO
SERVE THESE STUDENTS AND HAVE
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND
PATHWAYS TOWARDS SOCIAL UPWARD
MOBILITY THAN WE HAVE TO TACKLE
THESE PROBLEMS AND FIND
SOLUTIONS IMMEDIATELY TO
ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE THESE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS OF
COLOR WHO HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED
AND WHO WILL COME FROM
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR COMMUNITIES
WHERE THE INVESTMENTS HAVE NOT
BEEN THERE. AND SO IT WOULD
REALLY DO A LOT IF WE THREW MORE
INTO, UH, FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR
THE HOUSING CRISIS AND SO
ENCOURAGE THIS COMMITTEE AND THE
SUBCOMMITTEE, EDUCATION AND
FINANCE Tð. CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR
SOLUTIONS ON THE HOUSING CRISIS,
ITS GRAVE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
SANTA CRUZ, WE HAVE
APPROXIMATELY 9% OF STUDENTS WHO
HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME FORM OF
HOMELESSNESS, ACCORDING TO THE U
. C S OWN ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT
. AND SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CHECK OUT CRUZ AND CHECK OUT THE
ACTUAL HOUSING SECURITIES THAT
ARE BEING FACED BY REAL STUDENTS
RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, ALEX NILES, PRESIDENT
OF THE U. C STUDENT ASSOCIATION
, WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT
AND STRONG SUPPORT OF FULLY
FUNDING CALDERON AS THE BEST WAY
TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY AND
CLOSE EQUITY GAPS FROM THOSE
MARGINALIZED STUDENTS THAT YOU
SEE, ALSO WANTED TO ECHO TO
VOICE STRONG SUPPORT FOR NOT
ACTING 250 MILLION FROM THE
STUDENT GRANT PROGRAM AS THE
BEST WAY TO MOST QUICKLY AND
AFFORDABLY ADDRESSES STUDENT
HOUSING CRISIS. UM I WAS WANT TO
SAY THAT AS MUCH AS YOU SEE,
STUDENTS ARE GRATEFUL FOR AND
SUPPORT BOTH THE REVOLVING LOAN
PROGRAM AND THE STUDENT HOUSING
GRANT PROGRAM. WE WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY OF THESE
PROGRAMS WILL, UM, ADDRESS THE
AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES FACED
BY THE MANY STUDENTS WHO WILL GO
THROUGH, YOU SEE, AND THE TIME
BEFORE THOSE NEW HOUSING
PROJECTS ARE BUILT. THANK YOU.
THERE. MY NAME IS SHANNON
ELLIOTT CROW. I'M A SECOND YEAR
AT UC SANTA CRUZ AND CHAIR OF
THE STUDENT HOMES COALITION,
WHICH THE COALITION BETWEEN ALL
THREE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND I REALLY JUST
WANT TO REITERATE MY SUPPORT IN
OUR SUPPORT FOR GOING AHEAD AND
KEEPING THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND
AND KEEPING THE FUND THESE
PROGRAMS FOR STUDENT HOUSING.
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HEARD FROM
RAY AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT
THE CRISIS, ESPECIALLY AT UC
SANTA CRUZ IS DIRE. I MEAN, YOU
CAN WALK THROUGH THE PARKING LOT
AND YOU SEE STUDENTS LIVING IN
THEIR VEHICLES WITH SOLAR PANELS
, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE STORMS
IN SANTA CRUZ, WHERE WE'VE HAD
ENTIRE PEERS WIPED OUT, AND NOW
WE'RE SEEING THE BIHAR Ó VALUES
FLOODING. YOU KNOW, THESE
WEATHER SITUATIONS. STUDENTS ARE
LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES AND
LIVING ON THE STREETS AND DURING
THIS AND STILL TRYING TO GET A
DEGREE AND SO WE'RE ALSO HAPPY
TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED
THIS INVESTMENT ON CAMPUS
STUDENT HOUSING, BUT ALSO OFF
CAMPUS STUDENT HOUSING AND SO
ACTUALLY, AT ONE PM TODAY, WE'RE
GOING TO BE LAUNCHING NEW
CRITICAL STUDENT HOUSING
LEGISLATION AND CAPITAL ROOM 317
TO GO AHEAD AND CREATE A NEW
BILL THAT KIND OF TARGETS THE
PRODUCTION OF MORE STUDENT
HOUSING, ESPECIALLY NEAR UC CSU
, COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND PRIVATE
, FOUR YEAR NONPROFIT ACCREDITED
INSTITUTIONS, AND SO AGAIN. I
THINK WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT
PROPOSALS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, A
CRISIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN
EVERYTHING GOES WRONG, SO WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE WE FUND
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE
SURE EVERYTHING GOES. RIGHT.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. SHARE
MCCARTY MAD ANY WITH GENERATION
UP, AND ALSO I'M CURRENTLY A
STUDENT AT UC BERKELEY, UM,
NAMELY HERE TO AGAIN SPEAK
SUPPORT. AS WITH SOME OF THE
PREVIOUS PUBLIC COMMENTERS ON
SUPPORTING STUDENT HOUSING, UM,
FIRST OFF, SUPPORTING THE
ONGOING FUNDING FOR STUDENT
HOUSING THAT THE STATE HAS
COMMITTED TO PREVIOUSLY, UM, AS
SOMEONE WHO TESTIFIED IN THE
LARGEST LEGISLATIVE CYCLE ON A B
16 OH, TWO. I THE NEED FOR THAT
LEGISLATION IS SOMETHING THAT I
PERSONALLY AND ALSO A LOT OF
STUDENTS AS WELL AND THE WORK
THAT WE'VE DONE CRITICALLY VALUE
. WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT
JUST FEELING THIS IN THEIR
CAPACITIES AS TRYING TO ATTEND
THE UNIVERSITIES COLLEGES, WHICH
THEIR MEMBER TO BUT EVERY ASPECT
OF THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY IS
AFFECTED WHEN OUR STUDENTS ARE
NOT ABLE TO GET THE HOUSING THEY
NEED IN ORDER TO ATTEND AND BE
COMMITTED AND COMMITTED TO THEIR
CAMPUS. IS NOT ONLY THIS WITH
THE ALREADY ONGOING SHORTAGE OF
ON CAMPUS HOUSING WHEN STUDENTS
CAN'T GET THAT ON CAMPUS
HOUSING, WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE
PUSHED TO OFF CAMPUS HOUSING,
AND THUS THE LOCAL HOUSING
MARKETS ACROSS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, WHICH WE KNOW ARE
SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE
RENTAL MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY.
WHICH IS WHY AROUND COLLEGE
CAMPUSES WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE FOCUSING ON INCREASING
PRODUCTION OF MORE ON CAMPUS
HOUSING AND MORE OFF CAMPUS
HOUSING. UM AND TO ECHO PREVIOUS
COMMENTS. UM, I PLAY I PLEASE
URGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE TUNE
INTO ROOM THREE SEVENTEENS ONE
P.M. PRESS CONFERENCE ON
PRODUCING MORE OFF CAMPUS
STUDENT HOUSING AS WELL, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. HI MY
NAME IS ALISON CHAN AND I'M A
STUDENT AT UCLA AND ALSO PART OF
GENERATION UP IN THE STUDENT
HOME TO COALITION. I WANTED TO
ECHO WHAT EVERYONE BEFORE ME,
HAS SAID ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM AS A
STUDENT WHO'S LIVING OFF CAMPUS
. I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND
AFFORDABLE OFF CAMPUS HOUSING,
ESPECIALLY WHEN ON CAMPUS
HOUSING IS NOT, UM, ACCESSIBLE,
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT JUST
CONTINENT ACROSS THE èC
SYSTEMS, BUT ACROSS ALL THREE OF
THE PUBLIC SYSTEMS IN
CALIFORNIA. UM AND SO I WANTED
TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT, ESPECIALLY
KNOWING THAT HOUSING COSTS ARE
THE MAIN DRIVER OF INCREASING
COLLEGE COSTS RIGHT NOW. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. HELLO
I'M A SECOND YEAR AT U C. SAN
OCCURS AND I REALLY JUST WANTED
TO ECHO. ALL OF THE ANXIETY
SURROUNDED BY HOW TRYING TO FIND
HOUSING OFF CAMPUS IN SANTA CRUZ
, MANY STUDENTS HAVE TO START
LOOKING FOR HOUSING IN THE FALL
QUARTER STARTING IN THE SPRING
QUARTER, WHICH IS MONTHS AHEAD
OF TIME. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT
YOU'RE NOT EVEN GUARANTEED THAT
HOUSING WE'RE COMPETING WITH.
DUAL INCOME FAMILIES, WHICH WE
PERSONALLY CANNOT DO AS PART AS
FULL TIME STUDENTS AND SOMETIMES
PART TIME WORKERS. A LOT OF THE
TIME. STUDENTS DON'T EVEN FIND
HOUSING UNTIL A WEEK BEFORE THE
FALL QUARTER STARTS. SO IT'S
VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND
HOUSING OFF AND ON CAMPUS,
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE ONLY
GUARANTEED IT DURING THE FIRST
YEAR AND NOT ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING YEARS, SO I REALLY
JUST WANTED TO STATE HOW MUCH
ANXIETY HOW MUCH HONESTLY
DEPRESSION THAT IT CREATES
WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. IT'S
ESSENTIAL FOR US TO REALLY START
FUNDING THIS AND ENSURE THAT
STUDENTS DON'T HAVE TO FACE
THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AH
HI. I'M SOPHIE NATAL. AND I'M
HERE WITH THE STUDENT HOUSING
COALITION FROM SANTA CRUZ. AND I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO GIVE
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH
HOUSING IN THE AREA BECAUSE I
FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY TRUE TO A
LOT OF STUDENTS EXPERIENCES, SO
I'M A RECIPIENT OF BOTH THE CAL
GRANT THE PELL GRANT AND SOME
èC GRANTS SPECIFICALLY AND THAT
COVERS ALMOST ALL MY TUITION.
AND SOME HOUSING, HOWEVER,
BECAUSE THE HOUSING ISSUES IN
TOWN ARE SO DIRE. NO BETTER WORD
FOR IT THAN DIRE. IF I WENT
ANYWHERE OFF CAMPUS, I WOULD BE
PAYING THOUSANDS A MONTH OVER
THE SURPLUS THAT I'VE BEEN
HUNTED FROM THE PELL GRANT AND
THE CALGARY AND, UM LIKE AND IN
BED IN TOWN. ONE BEDROOM CAN GO
FOR THREE GRAND IN SANTA CRUZ
RIGHT NOW. I LUCKILY, GOT
HOUSING ONE WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL
ON CAMPUS IN ONE OF THE ACCESS
BUILDINGS THAT THEY CREATED FOR
SUCH SITUATIONS. BUT BECAUSE I
DIDN'T GET HOUSING UNTIL A WEEK
BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED. I NEEDED
TO BUY A CAR TO MOVE TO CAMPUS,
AND I HAD TO BUY A HATCHBACK
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW. IF I
WOULD BE ABLE TO SLEEP ANYWHERE
, SO IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, I
BOUGHT A CAR. WITH THE SOLE
PURPOSE OF BEING ABLE TO SLEEP
IN IT. I PAID SO MUCH EXTRA
MONEY JUST FOR THE SAFETY OF
BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE TO
SLEEP AT NIGHT BECAUSE I DIDN'T
KNOW IF I COULD CRASH ON A
FRIEND'S COUCH HAVE ON CAMPUS
ACCOMMODATIONS OR ANYTHING IN
CASE OF EMERGENCY, SO PLEASE
CONSIDER STUDENTS LIKE ME WHEN
YOU GUYS ARE CRAFTING THESE
BILLS BECAUSE IT'S TRULY
IMPORTANT. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY FOR COMING UP HERE
TODAY. UM WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE ON
THE LINE AND WE'LL JUST TAKE
THOSE FOUR. THEN WE HAVE TO
ADJOURN. OPERATOR PLEASE CUE UP
THE FOUR AND AGAIN, PLEASE. NO
MORE THAN THE FOUR. THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME. FIRST WE WILL
HEAR FROM LINE 37. GOOD
AFTERNOON SHERIFF COMMITTEE.
STEPHANIE GOLDMAN, ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR FOR THE STUDENT SENATE
FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES, THE VOICE WANT MORE
THAN 1.8 MILLION. WE NEED TO
CALL STUDENTS. COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS WITH SUFFERING THROUGH
HOUSING AND SECURITY AT A RATE
OF ONE INSIDE STUDENTS HIGHER
THAN THE OTHER SEGMENTS. THIS IS
DUE IN PART TO THE FAILURE
VERSUS STATES PROVIDE EQUITABLE
HOUSING OPTIONS. LEGISLATURA
MADE HISTORY TWO YEARS AGO BY
TELLING EVERY CALIFORNIA AND
THEY DESERVE DIGNITY AND RESPECT
THAT SOMETHING SIMPLE AS HAVING
SOMEWHERE TO LIVE. NITRATES BUT
SAID DIGNITY BE HELPED BY PILES
IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
ADDITIONALLY AFFORDABLE COLLEGES
NOT JUST ADDRESSED BY HOUSING,
BUT ALSO BY CAL GRANT REFORM,
WHICH WOULD HELP ADDRESS THE
NONCOMMISSIONED COST OF LIVING
FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION
ON BOTH ISSUES. BUT COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS NEED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND GRANT REFORM TODAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THE
LINE OF 34. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR
CHAIR. MY NAME IS PARTIALLY ON.
I AM THE CALIFORNIA POST
TREASURE FOR YOUR SPIRE. HERE'S
THE TWO ELEVATED COALITION. UH
LETTER FROM THE COALITION
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
WORKING OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS
, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR
IN IMPLEMENTING THE 84 69
SUBSEQUENT TO COMPLETION
EFFORTS. AH WE WANT TO ECHO THE
NUMBER OF THE COMMENTS THAT OUR
FRIENDS ARE HERE UPSET
EVERYTHING CALL IN TERMS OF OUR
SINGLE AND FOCUSING ELEVATING
JASMINE AS A PRIORITY. AND WE
HOPE TO SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL KID.
AS YOU KNOW, WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN
A CHAMPION OF THE EFFORTS. THANK
YOU FOR THAT. UM AND OTHER
ISSUES THAT WE WANT TO ELEVATE
YOU. WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH,
PUTTING OUR SUPPORT FOR THE
STAFFING NEEDS OF THE MASTER
KATO IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICALLY
WITH FUNDING. SHE SAID. STAFFING
UH, THANKS FOR THAT. SO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE COMMISSION
RIGHT NOW NEEDS ABOUT $2.6
MILLION IN ONGOING FUNDING TO
SUPPORT 17 FINANCIALLY STAFF, 12
OF THEM BEING THAT NEED TO BE
MADE PERMANENT AND FIVE MORE
ADDITIONAL STAFF AS WELL AS
FUNDING. UH THAT WOULD INCLUDE
SPOOKY IT'S FOR HIGH SCHOOLS TO
SUPPORT FOR 84 69 REQUIREMENT.
IMPLEMENTATION AND CAPITAL
COLLEGE WORKSHOPS THROUGH
FUNDING THE ONE TIME BASIS
FUNDING FROM LAST YEAR AND
ONGOING THANK YOU. WE WANTED TO
JUST POINT OUT UH, THE THANK YOU
AND THAT WE WANT IN LINE 38.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR MCCARTHY AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SHANNON
THORNTON POLICY SPECIALISTS WITH
THE CAPTAIN ASSOCIATION AND
CALLING TODAY TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE FOR YOUR WORK TO
ENSURE CALDERON REFORM WAS
ADOPTED INTO THE 2022 23 BUDGET.
THROUGH THE CONTINGENT ON
FUNDING IN THE 2023 24 FISCAL
YEAR, I URGED THE COMMITTEE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO
STAY COMMITTED TO ENSURING THIS
CRITICAL REFORM HAPPENS FOR OUR
STUDENTS. CALDERON EQUITY
FRAMEWORK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
STEP WE NEED TO TAKE IN ORDER TO
MOVE FOR THE DEBT. PRE PATHWAY.
FIRST STUDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, CELESTE. LASTLY, WE'LL HEAR
FROM LIFE 40. THANK YOU. CHAIR
MCCARTHY. THIS IS ACTUALLY
WALKER WITH NASA AND ON BEHALF
OF NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT. WE DO WANT TO
REQUEST THAT THE LEGISLATURE
CONSIDERED ALL FULFILLMENT. BUT
IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FOR
THE STUDENT HOUSING GRANT
PROGRAM, AS YOU SEE IN YOUR
PACKETS SAFER COLLEGE IS RANKED
NUMBER EIGHT. ON THE LIST OF
STUDENT HOUSING GRANT PRODUCT.
THAT DOES MEAN OUR PROJECT IS
SHOVEL READY. OUR PLANS ARE
OUTLINED AN APPROVED OUR ETA FOR
COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION WOULD
BE THE FALL OF 2025, WHICH IS
VERY SHORT IN TERMS OF
CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES. WE DO
APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE
WANT TO NOTE THAT 76% OF OUR
STUDENTS. IN A RECENT SURVEY FOR
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
SAID THAT THEY WOULD ATTEND FULL
TIME IF THEY HAD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. AND HELPING THE STATE
REACH THEIR VISION FOR SUCCESS
GOALS IN DOING SO, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION IN TIME.
THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL ADJOURN.
THANK YOU.
MERRILEES. I LOVE IT. I COME
EVERY TIME. NICE TO MEET YOU.
SURE, GOOD JOB. ONE IS THE FACT
SHEET. GARCIA YES. OKAY YES. UM
AND SO WE'VE GOT. I'LL TELL HIM
THAT I THOUGHT THIS WEEKEND
FANTASTIC.
GET THAT.