Overview

• UC President James B. Milliken told California lawmakers the system faces one of its gravest threats and would require at least $4–$5 billion annually from the state to blunt potential federal losses.
• The federal government has suspended about $584 million in UCLA grants and is pressing for roughly a $1 billion payout, with some reports citing $1.2 billion, tied to antisemitism-related allegations.
• Justice Department demands at UCLA include detailed admissions data, protest restrictions, ending race-related scholarships and diversity hiring programs, and a ban on gender-affirming care for minors at UCLA health systems.
• UC relies on more than $17 billion a year in federal support for research, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, and student aid, and Milliken warned cuts would reduce classes and services, turn away patients, and cost tens of thousands of jobs.
• Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators have denounced the federal push as extortion and urged resistance, UC reports no settlement has been reached, and a recent court ruling found a separate $2.2 billion Harvard freeze unlawful as DOJ also probes UC employment practices.