In mid-April, University of California System President Janet Napolitano pleaded with her state’s elected leaders for help with its enormous coronavirus costs, which reached $558 million in March 2020 alone.
The 10-campus system “is confronting many of the worst impacts of the virus all at once,” Napolitano wrote in an April 15 letter detailing the effects of the pandemic on education, employment, research and its medical centers. “As the Governor and the Legislature distribute emergency funding … I am asking you to remember the important function of the University of California in addressing this crisis.”
