College affordability a festering problem in California, poll finds - Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee

With tuition hikes being discussed for California’s public universities, a new poll shows a strong majority of residents identifying college affordability as a big problem, including at least half of adults across wide partisan, income, and age groups. The survey, released by the Public Policy Institute of California late Thursday, asked respondents to name the most important issue facing public colleges and universities – and 46 percent mentioned the costs, affordability, or student tuition and fees. Other issues received mentions from less than 10 percent of adults. http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article119821098.html