This would be one of the most economically damaging single actions in history. In San Diego alone, a permanent loss of research funding would probably create 15-20% unemployment.

The City has just about finalized its quite painful budget cuts. It'd probably have to double them.
Dear lord: "On Capitol Hill, at least one committee was told recently by a whistleblower that all research grants to the state were going to be cancelled."

The U of Cali system alone accounts for $4B+ per year in federal R&D. If true, let's hope for another all-or-nothing fight like Harvard's.

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