Rohini Ashok

UC for Californians

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San Jose mother who started an online petition called “UC for Californians”

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Despite new taxes for education passed by the voters in 2012, the University of California’s getting just half the state money it did a decade ago.

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Despite new taxes for education passed by the voters in 2012, the University of California’s getting just half the state money it did a decade ago.

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