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Monday, September 20, 2021

Upcoming Regents Meeting Next Week: Sept. 28-30, 2021

The Regents are having a three-day Zoom meeting next week. The agenda is below. Some interesting items are marked below. Of course, those items in closed session will not be accessible.

Agenda: September 28-30, 2021

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Tuesday, September 28

2:00 pm Board (open session - public comment session) 

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2:30 pm Investments Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of May 11, 2021

I1 Discussion: Review of Fiscal Year 2020–21 Performance of UC Pension, Endowment, Retirement Savings Program, Blue and Gold Pool and Working Capital

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4:00 pm National Laboratories Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 20, 2021

N1 Discussion: State of the Laboratory: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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Wednesday, September 29

8:30 am Board (open session - includes public comment session) 

Remarks of the Chair of the Board

Remarks of the President of the University

Remarks of the Chair of the Academic Senate

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Concurrent Meetings

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9:30 am Academic and Student Affairs Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 21, 2021

A1 Discussion: Update on Student Basic Needs at the University of California

A2 Discussion: State Budget Allocations of Interest to the Academic and Student Affairs Committee

A3 Discussion: Accountability Sub-Report on Diversity: Systemwide Summary of UC Students, Faculty and Staff Representation and Outcomes

A4 Discussion: Financial Aid Outreach, Communication, and Processing

A5 Discussion: The ASSIST Program: An Intersegmental Partnership Facilitating Transfer

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9:30 am Finance and Capital Strategies Committee (closed session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 21, 2021

F1(X) Action: Approval of Business Terms for Option to Ground Lease and Ground Lease for People’s Park Permanent Supportive Housing, Berkeley Campus

Upon end of closed

Finance and Capital Strategies Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 21, 2021

F2 Action: Consent Agenda:

A. Preliminary Plans Funding, Neuropsychiatric Replacement Hospital, UCLA Health, Los Angeles Campus

B. Preliminary Plans Funding, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Master Facilities Plan Phase 2 Including New Hospital Pavilion, San Francisco Campus

F3 Action: Budget, Scope, and External Financing, Student Housing and Open Space Components; and Design, All Components, Following Action: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Housing Project #2, Berkeley Campus

F4 Action: 2021 Long Range Development Plan Following Action: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Santa Cruz Campus

F5 Action: Budget, External Financing, and Design Following Action: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Hillcrest Outpatient Pavilion and Parking Structure, San Diego Campus

F6 Action: Amendment to University of California 2020-21 Budget for State Capital Improvements and Approval of University of California 2022-23 Budget for State Capital Improvements

F7 Discussion: University of California Debt Portfolio Overview

F8 Discussion: Preliminary Discussion: of the University’s 2022-23 Operating Budget

F9 Discussion: Update on the University’s Seismic Safety Program

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1:00 pm Special Committee on Nominations (closed session) 

S1X Action: Appointment of Two Regents to Standing Committees

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Concurrent Meetings

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1:30 pm Public Engagement and Development Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 21, 2021

P1 Discussion: Conversation with State Senator Robert Hertzberg

P2 Discussion: UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources: Engaging Communities to Build Wildfire Resiliency

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1:30 pm Compliance and Audit Committee (closed session) 

C1(X) Discussion Update on the Pension Administration Project

Note: This mysterious and always closed item has been appearing regularly on the agenda. 

Various legal cases involving UC including two anti-vax cases: One from the Teamsters and one from Aaron Kheriaty, a professor of psychiatry at the UC-Irvine School of Medicine.

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3:30 pm Governance Committee (closed session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meetings of June 23, 2021 and July 20, 2021

G1(X) Discussion: Incentive Compensation Using Non-State Funds for Fiscal Year 2020-21 for Chief Investment Officer and Vice President – Investments and Discussion: of Performance of Certain Employees in the Office of the Chief Investment Officer

G2(X) Discussion: Appointment and Compensation for Vice Chancellor – Research, Berkeley Campus

G3(X) Discussion: Update on Article 5 – Contracting Out and Regents Policy 5402 Compliance

G4(X) Discussion: Collective Bargaining Matters

Upon end of closed

Governance Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meetings of June 23, 2021 and July 20, 2021

G1 Action: Approval of Incentive Compensation Using Non-State Funds for Fiscal Year 2020-21 for Chief Investment Officer and Vice President – Investments, as Discussed in Closed Session

G2 Action: Approval of Appointment and Compensation for Vice Chancellor – Research, Berkeley Campus, as Discussed in Closed Session

G5 Action: Amendment of Regents Policy 1302: Public Access to Meetings and Public Comment

G6 Discussion: Dates for Regents Meetings for 2023

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Thursday, September 30

8:30 am Board (open session - includes public comment session) 

Public Comment Period (20 minutes)

Approval of the Minutes of the Meetings of June 23, 2021, July 20, 21, and 22, 2021

Remarks from Student Associations

B1 Discussion: Fall Campus Opening Plans

B2 Discussion: A Roadmap for Higher Education After the Pandemic: Report of the Recovery with Equity Task Force

B3 Discussion: Creating a Comprehensive Plan on UC Capacity

B4 Discussion: Update of COVID-19 Impact on the University of California: UC Health Issues

B5 Action: Proposed Sanction for Violation of Regents Policy 2201 by a Regent

Note: This policy states in part that "members of the Board of Regents should not seek to influence inappropriately the outcome of admissions decisions beyond sending letters of recommendation, where appropriate, through the regular admissions process and officers." This item appears to refer to Regent Blum. See: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-24/uc-regent-richard-blum-wrote-inappropriate-letter-for-student 

Reports from open committee sessions

Upon end of open

Board (closed session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meetings of June 23 and 29, 2021 and July 22, 2021

Reports from closed committee sessions

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Source: https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/meetings/agendas/sept21.html.

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