We're catching up with the Regents. We previously posted about the March 17 sessions.* Here we focus on the morning of March 18:
The meeting began with public comments. Topics included Academic Advancement funding for UCLA, confidentiality of sexual violence reports, notice of immigration agents on campuses, textbook costs and open access course materials, the shutdown of the UC-Davis equestrian team, Teamsters issues including health plan costs and bilingual pay, Carpenters Union contract concerns, antisemitism including accountability and retaliation for filing complaints, medical care for immigrant and international students, security and safety for UC social workers, African American funding at UC-Berkeley, the recent Dept. of Justice lawsuit and academic freedom, Native American artifacts, hiring by UC of undocumented students, AFSCME pay issues, and the use of the bear symbol of Native American students.
After public comments, the undergraduate student representative discussed diversity concerns, A-G course UC admissions requirements in high schools, repatriation of Native American artifacts, disabled student issues, and Basic Needs. The graduate student representative discussed Native American artifacts, AI, sexual assault, and student advocacy in Sacramento.
There followed a session on Basic Needs with data on sending and other elements of the program. Budgetary pressures were discussed. It was said that while spending was not being reduced, there was growing demand for the program outstripping the current supply of services.
Finally, the Governance Committee approved an executive pay item for Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, to be paid by the US Dept. of Energy. (Governance was originally scheduled for the morning but the open session component occurred in the afternoon.)
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As always, we preserve recordings of Regents meetings since the Regents have no policy on duration of retention.
The morning board meeting including public comments is available at https://ia801500.us.archive.org/18/items/regents-board-am-3-18-2026/Regents%20Board%20AM%203-18-2026.mp4.
The Governance Committee segment can be seen at https://ia801500.us.archive.org/18/items/regents-board-am-3-18-2026/Regents%20Governance%20Committee%203-18-2026.mp4.
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*https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2026/03/watch-regents-meeting-of-march-17-2026.html.
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