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If there was ever any doubt that the results of the UCOP audit and the University's response has damaged UC's political standing, the 2017-2018 budget  should put those to rest. The Budget displays a remarkable suspicion of UC.  In this post, I want to indicate 3 of the crucial indications of that suspicion.  I hope to discuss some larger questions about the state of UC governance and ways to overcome its evident difficulties in a follow-up post soon. The bottom line is that the new budget provides less state money directly to campuses while increasing the demands that the State is placing on the system. Let me explain. 1.  The 2017-2018 budget provides an additional $132.2 million increase to the university's base funding.( 21 )   But at the same time, and contrary to previous practice, the State has declared that $296.4 million of the General Fund support will be used to support the Office of the President. (An additional 52.4 million will go to the ever incre...

On June 2, following the negative state audit of budget practices at UC's Office of the President (UCOP) and then  regental partygate , the governor's office announced four  new appointments  to the UC Board of Regents. This rekindled some press interest in the conflict between the sudden announcement of completed appointments and the process described in the state constitution.  Yesterday, the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) has written a  letter to state Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León asking that  "the California Constitution  be followed when nominating Regents to the University of California." I'll discuss the letter and why we would need it in the first place. Brown's new appointments are: a Hollywood studio executive (Peter Guber, 75, joining Regents Sherry Lansing and Richard Sherman from that industry);  a former politician who serves on the Governor's Military Council (Ellen Tauscher, 65, joining Regent Jo...