This report provides background materials related to the California Senate Select Committee on Higher Education Admissions and Outreach and the California Senate Select Committee on Higher Education hearing on undergraduate admissions at the University of California (UC) and the Board of Regents' Special Proposal 1 (SP-1), which eliminated the use of race as a basis for admissions following passage of Proposition 209. The materials include a background paper on the issues involved; a copy of SP-1 and a fact sheet on the implementation of SP-1; documents that focus on UC system undergraduate admissions policies (including admissions by exception); UC system fall 1998 freshmen applicants, admissions, and higher education performance indicators; and proposals for increasing fairness in UC admissions. Copies of related newspaper and magazine articles are also included. (MDM)