From the LA Times’ LA Now blog:
San Francisco businessman David Crane’s brief term as a UC regent seems likely to be over in December because Democrats in the state Senate have not moved to confirm his appointment nine months ago by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Under state rules, an appointee to the university board can serve up to a year without legislative confirmation. The state Senate is now in recess and no special session is scheduled for the rest of the year. Crane, a Democrat who was an economic advisor to Schwarzenegger, a Republican, is opposed by labor unions and student organizations who contend that Crane does not represent the values the board needs and that he has taken anti-union positions. Crane has said that he is not anti-labor and said that union activists have distorted his concerns about the power of public employee unions over pension benefits and reform…
Full story at http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/crane-unlikely-to-win-confirmation-as-uc-regent-.html
Crane’s position regarding the December 2010 Regents changes to the UC pension program is problematic.
Update: Crane seems to be moving on to another endeavor:
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/09/crane-starts-new.html
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