CSU tuition hike protests

Liz Sanchez, center, protests tuition fee increase approved by Cal State Board of Trustees.

CSU Chancellor Timothy White, flanked by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and chair Rebecca Eisen, speaks at the Cal State Board of Trustees meeting that approved a tuition fee increase.

Student Alejandro Alfaro addresses the Cal State trustees about proposed tuition increases Wednesday morning.

Students from across the system’s 23 campuses protest outside Cal State trustees board meeeting Wednesday in Long Beach.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Lt. Gov. Newsom, left, asks the CSU Board of Trustees to reject the proposed tuition hike Wednesday morning in Long Beach.

Students from across the California State University’s 23 campuses protest proposed tuition increases outside the Cal State trustees meeting Wednesday morning in Long Beach.