The overlying objective of A.S. Lobby is to support student interest and concerns through lobbying efforts on a campus, local, statewide, and national arena. Student Lobby works to ensure that the UC system creates and upholds an accessible, affordable, and quality public education. Student Lobby seeks to achieve this through the maintenance of communication and coordination of activities between all UC campuses, the California Legislature, the UC Board of Regents, Congress, and local authorities. Student Lobby further serves as a representative body, spreading campus awareness regarding statewide and national matters. Student Lobby takes into consideration the recommendations of the Legislative Council, EVPSA, EVPLA, the University of California Students Association, and the United States Student Association. Consistent with university policy, all lobbying activities supported by the new fee would be on student-related matters and would be under the direct and exclusive control of the ucsb student government and offer opportunities for participation by ucsb students in meaningful learning expereicnes.
Do you approve of a sixty-nine cent ($0.69) per student per quarter (including summer) lock-in fee to support A.S. Student Lobby to continue working on behalf of student rights on a local, statewide, and national level?
Pro Statement
A.S. Student Lobby is the unitary voice representing UCSB students on a statewide and national level. In the face of rising student fees, decreasing financial aid, and the attempts to cut outreach programs to the UC system, it is vital to have a strong voice against these attacks on students. A.S. Student Lobby is that voice. Student Lobby works to ensure that students have a strong presence in Sacramento, Washington D.C., and at the UC Board of Regents meetings. We strive to better the lives of students on our campus and the quality of our education by demanding that UCSB remains accessible and affordable. Student Lobby also works on local issues such as the Isla Vista Foot Patrol "Fall Defensive" campaign and fights unjust and illegal conduct in our community. Our organization in the past two years has been a driving force in saving outreach on our campus, lobbying local and statewide officials and regents, attending budgetary hearings at the State Capital, as well as holding local police authorities accountable for their actions. Student Lobby is an organization that continually fights to prevent student fee increases while fighting for better financial aid packages consisting of increased grants and a decreased dependency on loans. We work tirelessly for the students to preserve the quality of education and life at UCSB.
Con Statement
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The Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) is a student organization with status as a sub-unit of the ucsb student government. It offers ucsb students meaningful learning experiences through its support of a wide range of programs and activities to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment, principally at UCSB and its surrounding communities. EAB connects the community and campus through raising ecological awareness, enhancing open space, teaching K-12 environmental education, hosting the annual Earth Day Festival, and building partnerships and programs for addressing sustainability. EAB's Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) has created upper division student-led classes applying sustainability issues such as alternative transportation, biodiversity, and renewable energy. The lock-in will allow EAB to continue to make a positive change in our environment.
Do you approve of a one dollar ($1.00) per student per quarter (including summer) lock-in increase for Environmental Affairs Board, bringing the total quarterly fee to one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25), to help EAB continue working to develop sustainable solutions at UCSB?
Pro Statement
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Con Statement
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