caledinsider.org: The Budget Literacy Project

UCLA has decided against using $15 million in student fees that students voted to spend on renovating two campus buildings (not Pauley Pavilion.) Read about the decision here: UCLA diverts student fees from Pauley Pavilion renovation. Read the earlier article that stated UCLA would put the $15 million here: State universities tap student fees for unintended projects.

I still have a few questions:

• Is the controversy over spending student fees on construction, period, or is the controversy over spending fees students voted to spend on construction other than renovating Pauley Pavilion?
• The later article states that how the $15 million will be used has not been decided. Why is that money not going toward the purpose voted on?
• Was it lawful for UCLA to plan on using the $15 million for a purpose other than what was voted on?