The regents board for the University of California has “full powers of organization and governance” over California’s most prized public university system. Yet the board, which consists of 26 members, has recently been in the spotlight for its lack of transparency and a string of controversial decisions. Now it turns out that even the process by which the regents themselves are chosen has a tremendous transparency problem. According to California’s Constitution, Gov. Jerry Brown “shall consult an advisory committee” of 12 people in “the selection of the regents.” That advisory committee consists of six members of the public, two elected officials from the Legislature, a UC student, a faculty member, an alumnus and the regents chair. But it seems the governor isn’t following this provision of the state Constitution.

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by Staff, San Francisco Chronicle.

Posted: June 12th, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.