State Auditor Elaine Howle said Tuesday that UC’s budget practices were surprisingly weak and ineffective and left regents in the dark on how money was being spent. Howle said the president’s office itself was unaware of just how much it had in reserves because it was kept in various accounts. Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, said the auditor’s findings reflect poorly on the regents. Monica Lozano, chairwoman of the Board of Regents, steadfastly defended Napolitano and her office, but said Tuesday that regents would step up oversight. In the audit, Howle recommended that the Legislature begin overseeing the president’s office budget rather than have the Board of Regents oversee it by having the state directly fund the office. Currently, the president’s office gets its money from the 10 campuses.

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by Melody Gutierrez, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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