We provide essential services for the ASUC, the Associated Students of the University of California. We oversee ASUC budgets and manage and maintain ASUC facilities, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union. We serve and support Cal’s student government and student organizations, coordinate events, manage leased space, and provide many other services, including the Bear's Lair shops and restaurants, the Cal Student Store, the Art Studio, Lecture Notes, and more.

Our Mission: To create a student-centered environment that provides the campus community with programs, activities, services, and facilities that extend student learning beyond the classroom.

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In 1998, the ASUC student government entered into an agreement with the Chancellor to establish the ASUC Auxiliary. The Auxiliary replaced the former ASUC Business Office that had managed ASUC commercial activities and advised student government. You can see the agreement by going to the Store Operations Board page.

The Auxiliary is a small, lean organization in comparison to other student service auxiliaries on campus. Its four largest appropriations are:

1. Salaries and benefits (% of budget)
2. Purchased utilities (% of budget)
3. Maintenance of the facilities (% of budget)
4. Campus overhead (% of budget).

In the Commercial Services agreement, the ASUC pledges to cover its operational costs [the Auxiliary], before returning funds to student programs, services, and organizations. Over the last ten years, revenues to the ASUC have remained flat, experiencing approximately 40% loss of purchasing power.

Here are the ASUC Auxiliary Budgets for the last three years, 2007-08, 2008-09, and the proposed budget for 2009-10.

ASUC Auxiliary FY 2007-08 budget
ASUC Auxiliary FY 2008-09 budget
ASUC Auxiliary FY 2009-10 budget (proposed)

For additional information on ASUC and ASUC Auxiliary Finances, please visit our finance website.