Berkeley is at the center of two major California policy battles: a proposed wealth tax championed by UC Berkeley professor Robert Reich, who critics say earns nearly $400K annually to teach two hours a week while blocking affordable housing in his neighborhood; and a growing reckoning over the UC system's 2020 SAT ban, after archival footage revealed Regents knew the faculty data didn't support dropping the test but voted unanimously to do it anyway. Both stories expose a pattern of California institutions making consequential decisions while ignoring their own evidence.
Robert Reich earns $13,000/hour to denounce capitalism while blocking affordable housing in his own backyard. Now he's pushing a tech-killing wealth tax.
Archival footage reveals the 2020 board meeting where Regents admitted they were ignoring faculty data to appease one woman.