Thousands Protest UC Tuition Hikes

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Updated Apr. 21, 2017 5:20PM EDT / Published Mar. 05, 2012 7:18PM EST

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About 70 demonstrators were arrested in Sacramento after they stormed the Capitol to protest tuition hikes. The protesters, who said they wanted to “occupy the capitol,” massed in a plaza on the west side of the building, chanting, “They say cut back, we say fight back!” State Senate president Darrell Steinberg, a Democrat who’s voted to make cuts in the past, addressed the crowd, saying the gouging has been forced upon lawmakers: “We’ve cut billions of dollars, and I’ve hated every minute of it.” The activists shouted several demands, including a tax on millionaires they hope to place on the November ballot.

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Thousands Protest UC Tuition Hikes

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