CSU, UC executive raises bill up for vote
"It doesn’t make good economic sense when money is tight for the public universities to increase compensation for executive officers, while furloughing faculty and reducing their salaries," said Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, D-Santa Monica, who chairs the Assembly Education Committee. "Everyone must do their share of shouldering the burden of tight times." If signed into law, SB86 by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, would prevent CSU from raising executive pay and increasing perks such as housing or car allowances in years when the university gets less money from the state than the year before. The bill treats UC more delicately because of the university’s unique constitutional autonomy. Lawmakers would merely "request the regents to not increase the monetary compensation" of executives when times get tough.
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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.