Katy Murphy of the Bay Area News Group wrote this story on my bill, SB 1450, to improve four-year graduation rates at California State University. Only 19% of CSU students graduate in four years, 25 percent below the national average. My bill offers a tuition freeze, priority registration and advising to students who maintain 30 units per academic year and a minimum GPA.
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“These weapons of war don’t belong in our communities.” Sen. Steve Glazer, to the Senate Public Safety panel before it approved the measure he coauthored with Sen. Isadore Hall. Read the Los Angeles Times article here.
A longtime critic of BART is blasting the transit agency, saying BART is doling out millions of dollars of bonuses to their employees while claiming they don’t have money for much-needed repairs.
REGIONAL (KRON/BCN) — BART is facing criticism today for providing contractually required bonuses to employees, but the transit agency is arguing the bonuses are an important incentive for hard-working employees.
The record rise in BART ridership last year was a bonanza for the rail system’s 3,357 employees, each of whom received a $1,000 bonus because of the surge in commuters.
And they appear on track for another bonus this year.
Katy Murphy of the Bay Area News Group wrote this story on my bill, SB 1450, to improve four-year graduation rates at California State University. Only 19 percent of CSU students graduate in four years, 25 percent below the national average.
WALNUT CREEK -- Saying BART has been irresponsible with its money over time, a group of East Bay elected officials called on BART to renegotiate its 2013 employee contracts before going to voters in November with a $3 billion bond measure to pay for rail system improvements.