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- **Posted:** 2025-01-24T00:11:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Golden Gate Xpress (@GGXnews) — https://gondola.cc/GGXnews

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Yesterday’s announcement of sweeping cuts at Sonoma State University is raising concerns at San Francisco State University, where administrators are already grappling with financial challenges.

In a press release, SSU Interim President Emily F. Cutrer announced the elimination of 23 academic programs, including majors ranging from Art History to Physics, and the closure of six departments. The cuts will result in approximately 130 faculty layoffs — including tenured positions — and the termination of all NCAA Division II athletics programs. These moves aim to address a projected $23.9 million budget deficit in 2025-26.

Meanwhile, SFSU faces its own mounting pressures — a $20.7 million reduction in state funding due to Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest budget proposal, on top of a $13.9 million structural deficit and a 5% reduction for 2025-26 as part of the California State University reallocation plan, according to an email sent by SFSU President Lynn Mahoney to faculty in December.

In today’s University Budget Committee meeting, Dr. Mahoney called the cuts at SSU “a wakeup call to the legislature that there are things happening that they don’t quite understand.”

“If the state thinks that we can weather that cut without laying off personnel, they are wrong,” Dr. Mahoney said. “If they think we can sustain a 7.95% cut and maintain services to students, they are wrong. This will hurt our students and it will hurt our employees, period."

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✍️ & 📸: Neal Wong (n.neeaall)

#sfsu #sfstate #sonomastateuniversity #ssu #csu

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