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"content": "\u003cp>Hundreds of students and staff gathered at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sonoma-state\">Sonoma State University\u003c/a> on Thursday, angry and grieving one week after the school announced massive cuts to academic departments and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024572/sonoma-state-coaches-call-federal-investigation-elimination-athletics\">elimination of its NCAA athletics program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gathering at Seawolf Plaza came as university officials held a town hall to discuss the cuts — a meeting that was shifted to a virtual format because it was “expected to surpass the capacity of any campus facility,” interim President Emily Cutrer said this week. The move angered many students who were hoping for an opportunity to speak with the administrators face-to-face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, students, faculty members, coaches and groups supporting many of the departments slated to be cut swarmed around a large outdoor screen to watch the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boos erupted from the crowd as Cutrer and other administrators appeared on screen at 1:30 p.m. Students yelled for the interim president to “go back to Texas” and called her a “liar” as she answered questions. They cheered along with others on screen who called for accountability and expressed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023790/sonoma-state-is-reeling-after-huge-cuts-where-does-the-school-go-from-here\">frustration over the rollout of the cuts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Natalie Santoyo Martinez, a second-year liberal studies student, said the administration could have chosen to move the town hall to the Green Music Center, or even the courtyard students and staff were gathered in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think they did that only because they’re scared,” she told KQED. “They’re scared of what we have to say, and they’re scared to see our faces, and they’re scared of us crying and pleading with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023598/sonoma-state-is-eliminating-athletics-slashing-several-degree-programs-to-cut-budget\">were announced Jan. 22\u003c/a> in an email from Cutrer. 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Departments facing closure have mounted their own resistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owen Anfinson, an associate geology professor who’s been at Sonoma State for a decade, was in Arizona with two of his research students when he was notified that his department would be closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024917\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024917\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-3.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-3-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-3-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-3-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-3-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Associate geology professor Owen Anfinson, who was one of the 46 faculty members to receive a layoff notice, poses for a photo at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We were in the lab, and I get an email that says ‘Budget Deficit Update,’ and I kind of joked with the faculty at the University of Arizona and my colleague from Macalester College that these emails are never good,” he told KQED before the town hall. “Then, reading through paragraph maybe four, all of a sudden, I see that a geology program is terminated, and I look at my colleagues, and I was like, ‘I think I just got laid off.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He knew that there were budget cuts coming, and geology had already been slated to consolidate into the physical sciences, losing its department chair and cutting administrative costs. 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We don’t know where our paychecks are coming from in August.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some students have already signed year-long leases in the area, and others who will want to transfer say the timeline for getting into another California State University campus before next fall has already passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcus Ziemer, the men’s soccer coach, said the vast majority of the school’s 227 student-athletes have already entered the NCAA transfer portal, but coaches and players with spring seasons are now scrambling to balance continuing to compete while helping players take other campus visits and navigate recruitment negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12024572 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-11-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emiria Salzmann, the women’s soccer coach, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023999/sonoma-state-players-coaches-blindsided-by-elimination-of-ncaa-athletics\">told KQED last week\u003c/a> that most schools looking for a new coach for a fall sport like soccer have already wrapped up their hiring process for the upcoming season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma State alumni, students and staff dominated the CSU Board of Trustees meeting’s public comment this week, where the school was required to present a balanced budget that was ultimately accepted by the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lianna Hartmour, a 2007 alum of the Women and Gender Studies Department, one of six being shut down, told the trustees that she owed her career to the degree program at Sonoma State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“WGS [Women and Gender Studies] is a vital career-based major, which is a stated priority for the CSU system,” she said during public comment on Tuesday. “Like many WGS graduates, I got my first job out of college, where I had my WGS internship. 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The order also calls on the attorney general and the secretary of education to provide universities with guidance on how to comply with the regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sophie Walton, a graduate student who is involved in DEI initiatives on campus, said Stanford’s announcement has resulted in a lot of confusion and anxiety in students. Walton said some of her peers are worried about federal funding cuts and whether their programs or research could be jeopardized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton said she doesn’t know why Stanford decided to make a statement so soon. 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She told KQED that the university’s cost-cutting will negatively affect the entire campus community, not just students whose majors are being slashed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Tung, students and faculty are reeling after the announcement, with many feeling unsure of the school’s future in the face of the budget deficit and declining enrollment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will guide our students as we always do, but they are, with reason, anxious and worried and disappointed at the university,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Professors in the women’s and gender studies department teach students about the intersections of gender, race, class and nation status. 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Enrollment rates have gone down by nearly 40% since 2015, and funding avenues have dwindled while costs continue to rise, interim President Emily Cutrer said in a \u003ca href=\"https://budget.sonoma.edu/sites/budget/files/2025-01/Message%20from%20the%20President%201_22%20FINAL%20%281%29.pdf\">statement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023461 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-033-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university will cut 46 faculty positions, four management positions and 12 staff positions over the course of the next few months. More than 20 majors, such as art history, environmental science and philosophy, were also cut or merged into other departments, and the school’s entire athletics department is also closing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Horstein, a theatre studies professor and a union leader in the California Faculty Association, said he’s been in a state of shock since he received his layoff notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Horstein’s students in the theatre arts and dance department, which is scheduled to be cut at the end of the semester, are angry and scared. Horstein said they feel as if the university betrayed them, especially because the deadline for students to transfer to many schools has passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t just teach people how to look nice on stage. We’re deeply involved with our community,” Horstein said about his department. “I don’t understand why the university doesn’t think that’s worth supporting and doesn’t think that the North Bay and the state of California deserves that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>University officials are advising students who are more than 60 units away from graduating to switch majors, Horstein said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydnie Crumrine, left, and Estrella Gonzalez Poblano rehearse during a drama ensemble workshop at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. 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Parents and the teachers’ union, however, worry about the impact of losing so many veteran teachers in one fell swoop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“More older, experienced teachers leaving our schools replaced by new, younger, less experienced teachers will result in poorer learning outcomes for our students,” Cindy Chung, whose first-grader attends Starr King Elementary School, said at Tuesday’s meeting. “We’ve already seen high turnover of [paraeducators] and lower-paid staff who have less financial stability, can’t afford to live in SF and have incredibly long commutes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staff ranging from paraeducators to upper management will be eligible for the Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan so long as they have permanent full-time positions, are over 55, and will have worked within SFUSD for a consecutive five years as of June 2025. The district plans to send notification letters with information for employees who qualify beginning Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many positions will be filled with “lower-paid new hires,” whose starting salaries are $18,000 to $30,000 lower, while an estimated 69 positions could be eliminated. Together, SFUSD said, this could save over $30 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12013574 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41635_002_KQED_Election_Prop13_02262020_4349-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who agree to the buyout by mid-February will receive a one-time payment equal to 60% of their salary upon their resignation while retaining their retirement benefits. If fewer than 314 employees sign up to participate, though, the offer could be retracted entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cassondra Curiel, the president of United Educators San Francisco, said that although early retirement could be beneficial to some of the union’s members, it will destabilize overall school staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have classrooms right now with students in them who don’t have permanent teachers. They’ve had substitutes since August,” she told KQED. “We feel like that is management and the district’s negligence, and now they’re going to compound that vacancy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The early retirement program is one part of the district’s three-pronged fiscal stabilization plan, which it said will help balance its budget and avoid state takeover. That plan was also passed by the board on Tuesday, giving Superintendent Maria Su direction to take any and all steps necessary to present balanced budgets for the next three cycles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFUSD is expected to have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011347/sf-schools-wont-close-yet-but-the-city-still-has-questions-about-huge-budget-cuts\">a $113 million budget shortfall\u003c/a> this year and an even larger structural deficit by 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elliott Duchon, a state-appointed adviser who has veto power over SFUSD’s spending, told school board members on Tuesday that the reductions are crucial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have not attended a board meeting where people are not worried about losing their jobs, where the spend budget hasn’t been an issue, where staffing hasn’t been an issue,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since May, Duchon has had the ability to veto SFUSD’s spending decisions because its budget report was negative, indicating it will fail to cover its expenses in coming years. This year’s first budget report, presented Tuesday, was negative as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unhealthy for the district,” Duchon said. “It’s unhealthy for your staff. It’s unhealthy for your children, the community, and for you as board members. It detracts from your goals and your ability to focus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the buyouts, the fiscal stabilization plan includes a review of all budget expenditures and potential layoffs at the end of the academic year. SFUSD needs to cut more than $113.8 million in expenses next fiscal year and $13 million more in 2026-2027 to get back on track.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teachers and certificated staff will be notified of layoffs by March, and civil staff will find out in mid-May. The district will look at how many people choose to participate in the early retirement program and how much funding SFUSD receives in January’s state budget to determine how many layoffs are necessary, Su said. District staffers have already created a seniority list of employees to share with labor partners ahead of the potential reductions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Michele Huntoon, SFUSD’s associate superintendent of business services, said staff members will review all expenditures based on a few questions: “Are we using them? Are they meeting our purpose? Is it meeting our needs?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Duchon said that while the changes will be challenging, SFUSD needs to face the reality of its financial situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You are living in a time of declining enrollment, declining revenue,” he said. “You have used one-time revenues to pay for ongoing staffing, and that has put you in a position of staffing in a way that is richer than what your resources allow you to do. We want to be hopeful, but there may be pain to go through before you get there. And if you don’t go through the pain, the pain will continue on and on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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It happens, though, with the backdrop of the concerns,” she told KQED. “As adults, we are holding this knowledge that the district is going to shortly propose a list of schools that it wants to merge or close.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exact number and locations of schools that will be closed are unknown, and the district’s website says there is no internal list of schools being considered. A proposed list is expected around mid-September. The plan will face a school board vote likely in December, according to a district spokesperson. Campuses affected will close at the end of the academic year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The closures will be the first in the district in 20 years despite enrollment consistently declining since 1999, leaving more than 14,000 empty seats across campuses. More than 4,000 students have left the district since the 2017–18 school year. SFUSD could lose another 4,600 by 2032, according to the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately, we hope that this is going to lead San Francisco into a more sustainable and well-resourced school district so that we can support all of our students across every single school in the city,” Laura Dudnick, SFUSD’s executive director of communications, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_12000395 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/untitled-10_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to school closures, SFUSD has already cut more than 900 positions, many of which were vacant, and implemented a hiring freeze for non-classroom positions to help rightsize the budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is planning additional expenditure reductions of more than $100 million in the 2025–26 year and will not have access to one-time federal funds it has used to cover deficit spending for years. 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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget would cut funding for coastal resilience projects almost in half, eliminating more than half a billion dollars of state funds this year that would help protect the coast against rising seas and climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts are part of Newsom’s proposed $6 billion in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/01/california-climate-budget/\">reductions to California’s climate change programs\u003c/a> in response to a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-budget/2023/01/california-budget-newsom-deficit/\">projected $22.5 billion statewide deficit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s coastal resilience programs provide funding for local governments to prepare coastal plans and pay for projects that protect beaches, homes and infrastructure at risk from rising seas. Greenhouse gases are responsible for warming the planet, which melts ice and causes sea levels to rise.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sen. Josh Becker\"]‘I’m very concerned about it, given the timing that we are experiencing these floods. My county is among the most endangered in the state for sea level rise.’[/pullquote]Newsom’s proposal would budget \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4692#Coastal_Resilience\">$734 million\u003c/a> for coastal resilience, a cut of 43% or $561 million compared to 2021 and 2022, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some lawmakers told CalMatters that they are concerned about Newsom’s proposal to gut the programs that are helping coastal towns prepare for flooding that has already damaged many communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Josh Becker, who chairs the Senate’s budget subcommittee, called the cuts “highly concerning,” especially because they are excessive compared to the cuts applied to other state programs.[aside postID=\"news_11937772,news_11937658\" label=\"Related Posts\"]“Most programs received 10% cuts,” Becker, a Democrat from San Mateo, said in an interview. “I’m very concerned about it, given the timing that we are experiencing these floods. My county is among the most endangered in the state for sea level rise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker said he hopes to restore some of the money, possibly by finding federal funds to backfill some programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are dramatic cuts to something we agreed upon, and I’m going to try to get it back,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-budget/2023/01/california-budget-newsom-deficit/\">Newsom’s budget\u003c/a>, released on Jan. 10, is not final, with revisions due in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say there’s a lot at stake if \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/category/environment/rising-seas/\">sea level rise\u003c/a> and coastal projects are not addressed now. 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The author, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, said the threat is more urgent now than when the 2021 law passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The intent of SB 1 was to empower communities to work to find solutions at the local level to address sea level rise in partnership with the state,” the San Diego Democrat said in a statement to CalMatters. “While we are facing challenging times, the past decade of responsible budgeting has prepared the state to withstand a downturn without devastating cuts to critical programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In testimony before the Legislature last week, Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot characterized the governor’s proposed cuts as “surgical.” When pressed to explain how the administration prioritized programs that would be trimmed, he said the focus was on addressing “clear and present danger.” He identified wildfire and water projects as posing a direct and immediate threat to Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists said the governor’s proposal to cut climate funding is shortsighted: Rising seas are often described as a “slow-moving disaster,” as the most devastating impacts are projected to show up in coming decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sea level rise is here,” said Laura Walsh, California policy manager for the Surfrider Foundation. While wildfires are a “huge deal and we don’t want to compare sob stories, at this particular moment, living on the coast feels like an emergency. This is not belt-tightening, this is drowning,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom proposed the cuts right when California was lashed with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/11/weather/california-flooding-atmospheric-river-wednesday/index.html\">damaging series of atmospheric river storms\u003c/a>, flooding and high surf, which was proof enough that sea level rise is already harming the state, said Donne Brownsey, chair of the California Coastal Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brownsey didn’t criticize the governor’s proposed cuts. But she said she hoped they would be reevaluated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we saw in January was the trailer for the movie. 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Last month the state Department of Transportation, Caltrans, released a \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/asset-management/documents/2023_shsmp_draft_02-09-2023_1000.pdf\">draft management plan (PDF)\u003c/a> estimating that it needs nearly $15 billion over the next 10 years to protect bridges and roads from sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2020 report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office projects that \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261\">more than $20 billion worth of California property will be at risk or underwater by 2050\u003c/a> without planning and funding. “Waiting too long to initiate adaptation efforts likely will make responding effectively more difficult and costly … . 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