UC researchers, faculty and staff rally to support the California Science and Health Research Bond Act, which would help fund modernization of research facilities, expansion of laboratory and clinical capacity, and improvements to public health infrastructure. (Credit: Noah Berger/UC)

Hundreds of UC researchers, faculty and staff converged on Sacramento this month to rally for a major California investment in research.

“I’ve been doing this for a lot of years, and I’ve never seen so many people turn out in the rain to support science,” said UC President James B. Milliken.

Milliken was joined by California State Senator Scott Wiener and United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain to urge state lawmakers to pass SB 895, bipartisan legislation that would place a $12 billion bond to fund scientific research across California on the November 2026 ballot — research that has led to lifesaving medical discoveries and helped California maintain its edge as the world’s fourth-largest economy.

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