The year is beginning and there is a war being waged. It is a war for relevance, war for prosperity and war for freedom. It is a war for electoral seats, but it is also a war of ideas.

The 2012 election did result in a Democratic supermajority in the state legislature, but lawmakers, students and officials at the University of California and California State University systems must consider the business and employment climate in California when considering solutions to the funding situation for the university systems.