The problem with this is it assumes that OP's direct bosses have access to their fair chunk of $4.3b, which I doubt. The money stops flowing some place, but no

The problem with this is it assumes that OP's direct bosses have access to their fair chunk of $4.3b, which I doubt. The money stops flowing some place, but no one can ever seem to point where. Individual departments are always severely strapped, so not likely there. Could be the university admins are just holding it in coffers and the individual departments only get small incremental increases relative to class sizes. As a UC school, is it possible to get access to the books?