Newsom Visits CSUN To Sign College Accessibility Bills

NORTHRIDGE, CA — Gov. Gavin Newsom visited California State University, Northridge Wednesday to sign multiple bills focused on making college in California more affordable and accessible, according to a news release from Newsom's office.

The legislation Newsom signed Wednesday will help facilitate student transfers into the CSU and University of California school systems, increase affordable student housing and expand financial aid opportunities.

“We’re here in the spirit [of ] not just of identifying the obvious, and all the challenges and vexing problems we have, but [with] real strategies and real solutions,” Newsom said at CSUN. “We have the plan, and this year we have the money to get big things done.”

The bills are part of Newsom's "California Comeback Plan," according to the Daily Sundial, which is a $100 million budget agreement that will address homelessness, education, climate change and more.

Newsom has carved $47.1 billion dollars out of the 2021-22 federal budget for higher education, according to the news release.

Newsom wasn't the only prominent California politician to stop by CSUN Wednesday.

Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, who represents Calabasas, and Senator María Elena Durazo, who represents parts of LA and Glendale, also came for the legislation signing. Congressman Brad Sherman, who represents the San Fernando Valley, spoke at the Wednesday's event.

CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro also made a stop at CSUN Wednesday and took a campus tour.

“It will require hard work and constant collaboration by our faculty and administration across public higher education segments,” Castro said at the event, according to the Daily Sundial. “But we will do that hard work and open the doors for thousands and thousands of more students, especially those coming from historically underserved communities.”