At the November 16th meeting of the Regents last week, Regent Pérez asked that an item be placed on the January 2024 Regents meeting dealing with regental authority over disciplinary action involving faculty. You can see his request below. He did not say what circumstances led to this request. One has a sense, however, that it may have to do with some faculty conduct related to the current Israel-Gaza War, since there is no other high-publicity conduct in the news.
Under current practice, the Regents are only very rarely involved in such matters. In the very rare cases of outright terminations of tenured faculty, the Regents are asked to approve. But the vast majority of cases of misconduct typically are resolved at the campus level or within the UC system. Cases of misconduct that might lead to dismissal are sometimes resolved quietly through resignations or retirements.
You can see the Pérez request below:
We won't know for sure what Regent Pérez has in mind until January, assuming the item is discussed then in an open session. Pérez is a particularly influential Regent, having served as board chair and earlier as speaker of the California state assembly.
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