We finally are able to post the audio of the Regents morning
session of July 22, 2015, the missing piece of our already-posted audios of the
overall meeting of July 21-23. Again we note that the Regents refuse to archive
their sessions for more than one year, so we provide this service by archiving
the recordings indefinitely (as many other public jurisdictions do on their own).
However, in order for yours truly to do the indefinite archiving, he has to record from the
Regents file in real time, i.e., it takes one hour to record one hour of a
meeting. Hence, posting is often delayed. In the case of this particular
session, we did earlier post an excerpt of Lt. Gov. Newsom questioning about
whether the data on efficiency cost saving included the inefficiency of the large
UCPath cost overrun.*
The meeting began with a public comment session. At that
session, the UC-Berkeley Faculty Association protested the Committee of Two
deal on the pension, noting (as we have on this blog) that the supposed multi-year deal in
fact has only one year’s worth of funding from the legislature (which wasn’t a
party to the deal) with no guarantee of more. Other topics of speakers included
professional school tuition, sexual harassment and assault policy, the
definition of anti-Semitism, and equal pay for UC contractors.
After the public comment period, UC prez Napolitano gave a
report including the eventual UC $15 minimum hourly wage announcement and a
reference to the recent cyberattack at UCLA. Faculty rep Mary Gilly described the
faculty advancement and evaluation system. There was also a Staff Assembly
report. There was discussion of the above-mentioned UC efficiencies and cost
savings followed by a report on the delayed and over-budget UCPath system.
Newsom was not the only Regent to raise concerns about UCPath.
The Committee on Health Services then heard a presentation
on a Rand Corp. report that suggested options for governance of the UC health
systems, which included a recommended option. Basically, in pursuit of being
more “nimble,” the recommended option would give the health systems more
autonomy. It would create a separate board – not the current regental committee
– to oversee health affairs. The current committee would be abolished. Varying views
were expressed by Regents about the need for more autonomy. Apparently, decisions
as to health governance are expected to be taken at the September meetings.
Finally, a student rep to the Committee supported the Rand option but wanted a
student voice to be somehow included.
You can hear the audio at the link below:
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