SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California State University Board of Trustees voted to raise students’ tuition 6% annually over the next five years.

The undergraduate tuition will increase from $5,742 to $6,084 in 2024, and is projected to be $7,682 by 2029.

The proposed tuition increase will help stabilize the system’s budget, while continuing to pay for academic and student services according to the proposal.

Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis sits on the CSU Board of Trustees and was against the tuition increase proposal.

She joined “Inside the Issues” Amrit Singh to discuss the tuition increase and other areas the board could have addressed financially without raising costs for students.

Kounalakis also discussed the recent United Nations Climate Ambitions Summit Gov. Gavin Newsom attended in New York.

While at the meeting, Newsom said he would sign Senate Bill 253, which would require major companies in California to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions.

“... Companies want to be [in California], because they want to be able to sell their products and services here and we do not believe that this will create an undue burden and in fact will help us in our efforts to really raise awareness for the importance of climate action,” Kounalakis said.

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