Yee bill is 2nd effort to cap CSU executive pay
For the second time this month, a state senator has introduced legislation to limit executive raises at the California State University system within two years of a tuition increase or no boost in the allocation it receives from the state. Base pay for newly hired executives would also be limited to 5 percent more than what their predecessor received… To promote his bill, Yee also cited large salary increases for UC executives. UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi, for example, was hired in 2009 at $400,000, or 27 percent more than her predecessor. The UC regents have raised tuition steadily since 2007. But unlike CSU, which would be required to cap executive pay if Yee’s bill became law, UC is autonomous from the Legislature. Under the bill, lawmakers would only recommend to UC that it cap executive salaries.
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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.