Why is csu in a budget crisis

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Lifestyle The L. Both systems have provided refunds to students for unused housing, parking and other fees but have resisted calls to give back tuition fees. Across CSU, all 23 campuses transitioned to distance learning in March, as the coronavirus continued to spread. Since then, Cal Maritime, which specializes in marine engineering and transportation, has received special approval to resume in-person classes, which are mostly conducted aboard ships. Most students across the system have since vacated on-campus housing and have stopped using on-campus parking, as have most employees.

Much of the initial losses could be offset by federal stimulus dollars. But further financial problems are likely on the horizon for CSU. In January, Gov. Make your donation today to our year end fundraising campaign by Dec. In both cases, salary increases scheduled for July will be delayed for two years, and workers will get some paid time off as part of the deal.

The final agreement does not reduce hours for in-home health aides, cut meal programs for seniors, defund dental care for Medi-Cal patients, or eliminate health programs that serve more than 47, low-income, medically fragile seniors and disabled people. Programs to alleviate homelessness also were largely shielded from cuts.

Long before the coronavirus hammered the economy, a political tug-of-war had been playing out over how much the state should spend to help undocumented immigrants.

In the boom times of the last few years, California expanded the Medi-Cal health insurance program for the poor to cover undocumented children and young adults.

In the end, they struck a compromise, agreeing to the tax break for undocumented working parents, but not the health care expansion for undocumented seniors. The budget says the state will expand Medi-Cal to cover undocumented seniors in the future, when the long-term fiscal outlook improves.

Maria Elena Durazo, a Los Angeles Democrat who has been a key player in the push for health care for undocumented seniors. We want to hear from you. Want to submit a guest commentary or reaction to an article we wrote?