UC Merced Magazine | Volume XVI, Issue I

Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz, at right, gives a tour of UCMerced to, from left, US Rep. JimCosta, US Sen. Alex Padilla, and Assembly Member AdamGray.

Listening to Valley Voices State and federal officials have arrived over recent months at UC Merced to discuss important Central Valley issues with campus leaders and community members. They include US Sen. Alex Padilla, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, and Lourdes Castro Ramírez, California secretary of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, along with longtime UC Merced supporters US Rep. Jim Costa and Assembly Member Adam Gray.

Top, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis joins forum on water and agriculture issues at UC Merced; bottom, Secretary Ramírez met with campus and local officials, including Merced Mayor Matt Serratto, to talk about the urgent housing needs of Merced County and California.

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