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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Date: July 22, 2020
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Locations: Teleconference meeting conducted in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-29-20
Agenda – Open Session
Public Comment Period
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of March 18, 2020
Discussion items:
LEGAL GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATION IN BALLOT CAMPAIGNS: CALIFORNIA 2020 BALLOT INITIATIVES - PROPOSITIONS 14 AND 16
At the open session of two previous Board meetings, The Board of Regents officially endorsed two state ballot measures that will appear on the November, 2020 ballot for a vote by the California electorate. Those measure were:
1) Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5, which would repeal Proposition 209. (This measure has now been designated Proposition 16 by the Secretary of State’s office),
and
2) The California Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures Initiative of 2020, which would authorize $5.5 billion in State general obligation bonds to fund certain stem cell and other research. (This measure has now been designated Proposition 14 by the Secretary of State’s office).
This discussion item is intended to provide background on the law prohibiting public entities such as the University from campaigning for or against a measure that has qualified for the ballot, as well as guidance for members of the Board of Regents who, when acting in their official capacity, are considered University officials...
STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS
Senior Vice President for External Relations and Communications Holmes will review the University of California’s systemwide 2020 voter registration and civic engagement campaign, which aims to boost voter registration and turnout in the 2020 election and support State efforts around the U.S. Census. The nonpartisan campaign launched in January and will run through the November presidential election. Ms. Holmes will be joined by University of California Student Association (UCSA) President Varsha Sarveshwar, who will discuss student-led outreach and engagement efforts around the 2020 elections and Census...
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UPDATE:
Senior Vice President for External Relations and Communications Holmes, Associate Vice President of State Governmental Relations Kieran Flaherty, and Associate Vice President of Federal Governmental Relations Chris Harrington will provide information regarding several student-centered bills in the State Legislature and update the Committee on State and federal budget issues during the current COVID-19 epidemic...
- Senate Bill (SB) 882 (Wiener) – CalFresh Application and Certification Streamlining
- Assembly Bill (AB) 2282 (McCarty) – CalFresh enrollment: institutions of higher education.
- SB 860 (Beall) – Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program: financial aid applications.
- SB 912 (Beall) – California Fostering Connections to Success Act.
- AB 1229 (Wicks) – End Foster Youth Student Hunger in California Act of 2019.
- AB 2416 (Gabriel) – Student Financial Aid: satisfactory academic progress (SAP).
- SB 1232 (Glazer) – CalWORKs: postsecondary education.
- AB 2353 (McCarty) – Affordable Housing for Students...
As of June 30, Congress and the federal government have directed more than $750 million to UC students, campuses, academic health centers, and for research through the CARES Act. In addition, UC Health has accessed an additional $934.8 million through advance payments from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. At the State level, legislative leaders and the Governor passed a budget for 2020–21 whereby UC’s base budget reductions are less than initially anticipated in the May budget revision. In the Budget Act of 2020, the University even stands to gain as much as the Governor initially envisioned in his January budget proposal, dependent on the State realizing additional federal funds over the next few months...
UPDATE ON PLANS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CENTER IN SACRAMENTO
UC Center Sacramento (UCCS) is a systemwide program established in 2004 to educate students for public service and to disseminate information needed to inform public policy. UCCS’s academic program provides students with an opportunity to participate in seminars and internships in and around the State Capitol and serves as a conduit through which research-based knowledge generated on the ten campuses is shared with lawmakers, legislative staff, and other State officials. In a series of reports to the Regents, Provost Brown has outlined goals to expand the UCCS program and next steps for implementation of the shared vision... Regents Kieffer, Leib, and Reilly have committed to leading a fundraising effort to raise the private support necessary to realize the UCCS expansion... They are working closely with several members of the UCCS Advisory Board who are equally passionate about this project are actively participating in the fundraising effort. They include:
- Stephen Arditti, former Assistant Vice President, SGR, UCOP
- Delaine Eastin, 25th Superintendent of Public Instruction of California and State Assembly Member 1986–1994
- Diane Griffiths, General Counsel, Senate Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, former Secretary and Chief of Staff to The Regents
- Thomas McMorrow, UCCS Advisory Board Chair
- Roger Niello, State Assembly Member 2004–2010
FUTURE COMMITTEE TOPICS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR
The July meeting marks the beginning of new Committee membership and an occasion to discuss the Committee priorities and possible agenda items for the upcoming year. Last year, Committee Chair Leib, along with then-Committee Vice Chair Simmons outlined a plan to bring the Committee to the University’s constituents. The Committee travelled to the Mann UCLA Community School, a middle school in Los Angeles, and to the UC Merced campus and City of Merced to meet directly with students, faculty, and staff. The planned visit to a community college has been deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chair Leib and Committee Vice Chair Stegura would like to explore ways the Committee can continue to connect with UC constituents and discuss possible topics of interest and relevance tothe Committee in the upcoming year. This will provide committee members the opportunity to also provide input...
Full agenda is at https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/july20/public-engagement.pdf.
As usual, yours truly will post the audio some time after the meeting.
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