UCLA has sought a deal with the White House to restore federal funding but faces a complication from Governor Gavin Newsom's opposition to the Trump administration. UC leaders have discussed insulating talks with administration officials from political backlash to the governor. Some UCLA researchers worry that Newsom's approach could backfire. The UC system shelved a planned $1.5 billion municipal bond sale this month amid concerns that a Newsom-led lawsuit over the funding freeze would complicate investor risk disclosures. The UC system receives $17.3 billion annually from the federal government, including $4 billion in research funding. Newsom is an ex officio member of the Board of Regents and appoints many regents.
As the University of California at Los Angeles works to follow other schools in reaching a deal with the White House to restore federal funding, it faces a unique complication: Governor Gavin Newsom's crusade against the Trump administration. Leaders at the sprawling University of California system have discussed how to insulate their talks with administration officials from political backlash to the governor, according to a person familiar with the matter. And after Newsom vowed to fight the administration on the funding freeze, some researchers at UCLA expressed worries that the approach could backfire.
The political jousting could prove especially consequential for the first public university to face a broad funding freeze from the Trump administration. The UC system is more dependent on federal dollars than private schools like Columbia or Harvard. The 10-campus system receives $17.3 billion a year from the federal government, including $4 billion in research funding more than half of its total research budget.
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