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CMED

The California Modernization and Economic Development Act (CMED)

UCSA is working to ensure the passage of the California Modernization and Economic Development Act. This act will provide $2 billion in annual revenue to our state by implementing a 9.5% tax on companies that extract oil and natural gas in California.

The revenue accumulated will then be earmarked for expenditure on the following programs:

As Executive Director, Salih leads our staff team and organizational strategy, keeps the UCSA office in operation, supports the Board and other student leaders, and fundraises to maximize the potential of our organization. Salih also oversees planning for UCSA’s annual statewide conferences.

 

Raised in Oakland, California, Salih Muhammad strives to embody the principles of service, sacrifice, and selflessness. For much of his life, he has been committed to living toward the liberation of Black people, at home and abroad.

 

In 2009, he continued the pursuit of knowledge at the University of California, Berkeley, where he excelled as a Black student and organizer on campus. His favorite quote is from Franz Fanon, who stated, “Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.”