Jedidiah Tsang

Three of the four referenda passed during the 2021 ASUC elections, affecting graduate and undergraduate students alike.

For the 2021 ASUC election season, the campus student body will decide whether or not to pass a referendum that amends ASUC Judicial Council attendance guidelines and aims to decrease conflicts of interest in the Judicial Council and ASUC Elections Council.

The ASUC Elections Council held its annual mandatory elections meeting Tuesday where candidates for ASUC elected positions and proponents of referendums were briefed on election policies.

The ASUC Senate Inter-Semester Committee met Wednesday to discuss a COVID-19 relief fund resolution for students and the role of the chief grants and scholarships officer.

The ASUC COVID-19 Financial Relief Committee met Saturday to discuss updates on the allocation of the COVID-19 Financial Relief Fund to various campus organizations.

On Wednesday, the ASUC Senate held its penultimate meeting of the academic year virtually to discuss ongoing work regarding COVID-19 relief and several bills.

Although resolutions could be one of the clearest ways to make a statement as a senator, in looking across several UC campuses it is clear that, to various members of student governments, passing bills may not be the most important part of the job.

The ASUC COVID-19 Financial Relief Committee met Saturday to discuss the financial and legal parameters of the allocation of its fund for vulnerable communities during the pandemic.

Campus sophomore Nathan Mizell will be filling in for former ASUC Executive Vice President Andy Theocharous for the rest of the semester.

Student Action allegedly committed multiple campaign violations in the 2018 and 2019 ASUC election cycles, which included allegedly failing to report expenditures such as T-shirts and stickers and spamming on Facebook. Party leadership denied the allegations, however.