David Crane has spent less than five months as a University of California regent, but he has already attracted a decade’s worth of opposition. The San Francisco investor, Stanford University lecturer and political adviser was appointed to the UC board by outgoing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in December, and he has attended meetings as a voting regent since then. But he has not yet been confirmed by the Senate, and several groups are pledging to prevent that confirmation… An online petition opposing Crane’s appointment — started by UC Berkeley professor Christine Rosen — had gathered more than 1,500 signatures through Friday.

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by Matt Krupnick, The San Jose Mercury News.

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