The Promise California Made

Our great state is unique. It made an extraordinary promise to those of us who want to attend college.

In 1960, a document called the California Master Plan for Higher Education outlined a vision for our public university.

The Master Plan was longer than your average college paper. It outlined governance, coordination of missions, campus expansion plans, funding, calendars, and financial aid programs. If you're the type who likes reading the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, all that old stuff, you might like to read the Master Plan.

Our favorite part of the Master Plan: a vision for an affordable public university.

Actually, it even proposed free tuition for Californians. In-state students would be responsible only for student fees for "incidental costs". But these incidental "fees" have risen more than 400%, far outpacing inflation.

To this day, the state doesn't call them what they have become. (Hint: It starts with a T and rhymes with "fruition".)

We're not asking for free tuition, only tuition relief. Students are willing to pay our fair share, but we cannot afford these enormous hikes anymore.

California is breaking its promise to its students. Our campaign is attempting to restore that promise.