"While I dunno where I come down yet on this legislation, it seems truly bizarre to object to the CalCompute cluster."

The calcompute cluster is what jumped out at me.

The danger is that this will be a huge subsidy to entrenched UC/CA contractors that are in place solely to navigate - and exclude others from - state procurement mechanisms.

In fact, if you were really cynical you might think that the entire purpose of this bill is the calcompute cluster and everything else is just scaffolding to enable a boondoggle.

I am not asserting this - I am just pointing to a possible interpretation.