ANR Update

Dear Colleagues,I am writing to inform you the reconciliation bill has passed both the Senate and the House and is on its way to President Trump. To our extreme dismay, this bill will eliminate all funding for SNAP-Ed, which we know in California as CalFresh Healthy Living. The president is expected to sign…

Dear Colleagues,This morning the Senate passed the reconciliation bill for federal spending and it still contains language which would eliminate funding for SNAP-Ed, which funds the CalFresh Healthy Living program in California. Since the Senate’s bill is not identical to the version the House voted on…

Dear Colleagues,I’m pleased to share good news – Gov. Newsom and the State Legislature have finalized the state’s FY 2025-26 budget. The budget maintains the same level of funding for UC and UC ANR that we received last fiscal year. This is a remarkable improvement from earlier budget proposals that proposed…

Dear Colleagues,I am pleased to announce that the University of California will provide a general 3.2% salary increase for eligible policy-covered staff employees and academic appointees at all locations. UC President Drake confirmed the salary program today with the following details:Policy-covered…

Vice President Glenda Humiston informs the UC ANR community that longtime colleague Ken Tate, a professor and Cooperative Extension specialist in rangeland science in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, has passed away unexpectedly.