Jonathan Stein

Despite proposed increases in state funding for higher education, members of the UC Board of Regents expressed concerns about Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget, citing it as a temporary solution to long-term financial woes at their meeting Thursday.

On Wednesday, the second of this week’s UC Board of Regents meeting at the UCSF Mission Bay campus focused on the system-wide expansion of online education and its implications for the UC.

In the face of deteriorating state funding, the UC has turned toward enrolling more nonresident students to make up for revenue shortfalls, prompting concerns over the UC’s commitment to its public mission.

A state senator introduced an amendment to Proposition 13 Monday, urging the legislature and California voters to alter the measure to allow greater funding to local schools.

A preliminary settlement filed Wednesday at a federal court in Sacramento stipulated that the UC Regents pay about $1 million to end a lawsuit filed on behalf of students pepper-sprayed by UC Davis police officers last November.

A voter registration drive and rally near Sather Gate on Tuesday aimed to publicize California’s new online voter registration system and to register new voters.

To conclude a three-day meeting dominated by budget talks, the UC Board of Regents approved a proposed settlement Thursday with lawyers of students pepper-sprayed by UC Davis police officers during a protest on the campus last November.

The UC Student Association is currently looking for potential student advocates to the UC Board of Regents, who would act as student representatives to discuss student priorities at UC Board of Regents meetings.