got this bus load of students from all over the state to have to come here and listen to us point pingers at each other -- fingers at each other. shame on us. >> reporter: the 7-2 vote recommends the board adopt the tuition hike. students blame the problems on excessive salaries. the only no votes the governor and the student regents. >> i think you need to understand what effect this has on students. >> reporter: they are expected to approve this hike tomorrow. but several of them argued the budget process is broken and has to be fixed. so higher education is no longer vulnerable to economic and political cycles. >> looks like it is a done deal. thank you very much. >>> steady economic growth will cushion california when tax increases expire. that is according to a report out today. it projects trends through 2019, the first year after the prop 30 tax hikes expire. when it ends the state will not experience a sudden fiscal cliff. >>> man is under arrest after a carjacked a vehicle in san francisco and drove it to oakland. he was carjacked at gun point this morning. that car was then trac