UC Berkeley chancellor under investigation for alleged misuse of public funds, personal use of campus fitness trainer

A whistleblower complaint alleged that Dirks had failed to pay for use of the campus Recreational Sports Facility and its professional services, and that he used public funds to pay for travel with a recreational sports employee on non-university business, according to an April 11 letter to Dirks from Rachael Nava, the University of California’s chief operating officer… Dirks told the Chronicle that he paid taxes on the hours and “there is no issue there.” A copy of some of the 2014 accounting documents obtained by The Times showed that both McNeil and Dirks signed off on the hours, which amounted to 1% or less of her UC time. UC policy allows the staff of chancellors and presidents to spend up to 25% of university time on personal tasks, but the value of the hours is taxable.

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by Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times.

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