Regents said the incentive payments are appropriate but put the university administration in an awkward political position. "Our decision today is complex," regent Eddie Island said. "The complexity is in part driven by our knowledge that we have, in this budgetary regime, allowed layoffs. We’ve had to take aggressive positions in our union negotiations. We’ve had problems paying faculty and retaining faculty. All of that is making our decision on these incentives difficult." Island said it’s appropriate for regents to oversee compensation of UC employees whose salaries are paid by taxpayers. But he asked that decisions about compensation for medical center employees be directed to another body because their salaries don’t come from public funds

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by Laurel Rosenhall, The Sacramento Bee.

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