http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2024/02/grade-inflation-at-uc-riverside-and.html?m=1

"After more than two years of stalled negotiations, 6,000 University of California lecturers are preparing to strike. The lecturers do one-third of all teaching but earn just a fraction of what their tenure-track counterparts do, with little in the... — read more 

15 folks will lose jobs - there is a few local media outlets that covered the story. So much for all that 'rock solid economy' talk. http://www.pe.com/2017/10/26/uc-riverside-lays-off-15-it-employees/

I am not aware of any layoffs, this place is awesome - I'd recommend UCR to anyone