Audio of Regents Meeting of January 19 (Day 2 of 2 days)

Unlike Day 1, there was a demonstration during the public comment session during Day 2.  The room was cleared by the police.  Subsequently the Regents continued the meeting but apparently could not exit.  During Part 3 it was announced that the demonstrators had left the UC-Riverside building in which the Regents were meeting.

There are remarks in the record in Part 3 in which the governor is praised for giving UC permission to use general fund allocations for the pension system.  As noted previously on this blog, UC did not need permission and so the governor’s action meant little.  Indeed, UC – not that long ago – was told by the state that the state had no liability to the pension and that it was up to UC to fund it – presumably from general fund allocations.  What has changed, as readers of this blog will know, is that the Legislative Analyst has gradually come to acknowledge the need for the state to take some responsibility for the pension as it did before the two-decade contribution “holiday.”  Unlike the governor, the Analyst did not insist that UC be put under some statewide one-size-fits-all pension arrangement.

Agenda:

Part 1

8:30 am Committee of the Whole - public comment [ends in demonstration]

Part 2 [dealt with overview of UC-San Francisco]

8:50 am Committee on Finance (open session)

11:00am Committee on Educational Policy (open session)

Part 3

1:00 pm Board - open session [discussion of whether Regents might endorse governor’s tax initiative; concern expressed about Cal Grants cuts]

Full agenda with background materials is at:

http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/regmeet/jan12.html

Audio links:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3