Crane, a Democrat who served as former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s economic policy adviser and who has been an active proponent of pension reform at the state and local level, suggested that most public employees didn’t need collective bargaining powers, since protections under the Civil Service Act already guarantee job protections… To punish Crane, Yee vowed to scuttle his appointment to the University of California Board of Regents. Schwarzenegger tapped Crane as a regent shortly before leaving office. The state Senate

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by Elizabeth Lesly Stevens, The Bay Citizen.

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