New budget makes California a meaner place - thomas d. elias, Mercury News

Some college and university students will also have a harder time paying tuition and fees, beyond already having to pay large increases in those charges and seeing far fewer course offerings. At UCLA, where many students pay by credit card, a 2.75 percent fee will be added to bills of anyone paying that way. That's to save the school $6 million a year, which it will use to keep some academic programs going. Altogether, the new budget makes California a far meaner place than before.