Looking Forward
On Thursday, January 8, 2015 Chancellor Gene Block hosted the Los Angeles Area Public Higher Education Dinner at the Chancellor’s Residence with guest of honor State Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León. As head of the state Senate, Senator de León has a critical role in the California budget process. Senator de León is the author of Senate Bill 15, which proposes a budget strategy for the University of California and the California State University Systems that provides additional funding, incentives for graduation and support for enrollment growth. Also, attending the dinner were CSU Los Angeles President William Covino, CSU Northridge President Dianne Harrison, CSU Dominquez Hills President Willie Hagan and Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez. Each President/Chancellor was accompanied by the head of their Government Relations unit.
The purpose of the dinner was to bring together the leadership of Los Angeles’ public higher education institutions with Senator de León to discuss the challenges faced by UCLA, the CSUs and the Community College District after six years of budget reductions. The group discussions focused on the following areas:
- Impact of past budget cuts;
- Funding priorities for the future;
- UCLA, CSU, LACCD partnerships; and
- Public higher education issues in Los Angeles
The dinner was very successful with a number of follow up actions to be taken.
(From left to right) Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, California Senate President pro Tempore Senator Kevin de León, California State University, Northridge President Dianne F. Harrison, California State University, Dominguez Hills President Willie Hagan, and California State University, Los Angeles President William Covino with higher education pennants
California Senate President pro Tempore Senator Kevin de León
(From left to right) Workforce & Economic Development at Los Angeles Community College District Vice-Chancellor Felicito Cajayon, Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, and California State University, Dominguez Hills President Willie Hagan
California Senate President pro Tempore Senator Kevin de León and California State University, Los Angeles President William Covino
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block,California State University, Northridge President Dianne F. Harrison, and California State University, Los Angeles President William Covino
California Senate President pro Tempore Senator Kevin de León and California State University, Dominguez Hills President Willie Hagan
Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez and California Senate President pro Tempore Senator Kevin de León
(From left to right) UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez, California Senate President pro Tempore Senator Kevin de León, California State University, Dominguez Hills President Willie Hagan, California State University, Northridge President Dianne F. Harrison, and Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez
Presentation to California Senate President pro Tempore Senator Kevin de León
(From left to right) Workforce & Economic Development at Los Angeles Community College District Vice-Chancellor Felicito Cajayon, UCLA Government and Community Relations Assistant Vice-Chancelor Keith Parker, Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, California Senate President pro Tempore Senator Kevin de León, California State University, Northridge President Dianne F. Harrison, California State University, Dominguez Hills President Willie Hagan, and California State University, Los Angeles President William Covino, and Director, Government and Community Relations California State University, Northridge Franchesca Vega, and Director, Government and Community Relations California State University, Dominguez Hills David Gamboa, Associate Vice President for Administration and Finance California State University, Los Angeles Jose Gomez
