Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law two CSU-sponsored pieces of legislation, Assembly Bill 2005 regarding faculty and employee housing and Assembly Bill 2395 regarding flexibility with professional and continuing education programs.
The following statement can be attributed to the California State University Chancellor Mildred García:
The California State University (CSU) thanks Governor Newsom for signing two CSU-sponsored bills into law that will have significant and longstanding positive impacts on our university system and the state of California. We also extend our appreciation and thanks to Assemblymembers Chris Ward and Sharon Quirk-Silva for their leadership and authoring the bills.
AB 2005 (Ward) gives CSU campuses access to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program to develop affordable housing on CSU-owned land for faculty and staff. AB 2005 will help address the state's housing crisis and meet a critical need for the CSU's valued faculty and staff, who dedicate their careers to educating California's diverse future leaders and powering the state's workforce.
AB 2395 (Quirk-Silva) gives our universities increased fiscal flexibility to develop and enhance academic programming and to expand access to meet the needs of our state's diverse student population and California's future workforce. The new law also supports and advances the CSU's work to increase educational opportunities for adult learners and working professionals across the state.
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