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It’s getting expensive to attend California’s public universities .

As The California Post reported this week , the total cost for some California families can top $50,000 per year, per student.

That’s not just tuition — which keeps going up, in nominal terms — but also the cost of room and board.

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Passersby walk past Royce Hall on the University of California campus in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

We can’t allow public university education to become unaffordable in California .

Our state’s public universities are the best in the nation.…