Reform the UC!
Senators Yee and Ashburn, Assmemblymembers Portantino and Nestande, have authored Constitutional Amendments to reform the University of California. These two proposals are SCA 21 and ACA24 and are the first real reform of the UC System since 1879.
SCA 21 and ACA 24 make certain that the people of Californian will have proper public oversight of the UC System. Currently, the University of California is autonomous from the State, meaning that executives at the UC System get to decide what laws that they want to obey. These proposed Constitutional Amendments simply make sure that the UC System has to comply with state law like every other person, family, business and government agency in California.
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UC's Autonomy Hurts California!
Students and Patients: Over the past few years there has been a dramatic deterioration in the accessibility of the UC System. This year the Regents increased student fees another 9%, making it harder and harder for the average California family to send their children to UC for their college education. UC is now proposing serious layoffs and service cuts which will impact a student?s ability to graduate and will hurt the quality of patient care at UC hospitals.
Working Families: With no real public oversight of the UC System, UC?s leadership have continued to give UC executives excessive pay and benefit increases. UC boasts that 30 of its top executives took a 5% wage cut. UC fails to mention that at least seven of those executives had already received an average of 22% more pay than their predecessors in the past few years. UC hospital CEOs and CNOs also received up to 35% increases between Fall 07 and 08. While UC continues their practice of excessive pay for executives, it has continued to exempt itself from many state wage and hour laws. To make matters worse, UC is currently calling for 8% wagecuts, and/or furloughs for the average University employee, many of whom are still living in poverty.
Our State and Our Community: For too long UC and its governing board of Regents have been out of touch with ordinary Californians. As a result, UC executives continue with misplaced spending priorities that hurt the University and those that rely on it Their recent proposal for across the board cuts will only make it harder for our state economy to recover. UC Leaders should be working with President Obama to stimulate our economy, not stagnate it!
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Subject:
Reform the University of California
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Dear [ Decision Maker ],
As a member of the UC Community, I am writing to urge your support of SCA 21 (Yee/Ashburn) and ACA24 (Portantino/Nestande).
For too long UC and its governing board of Regents have been out of touch with ordinary Californians. Currently, the University of California is autonomous from the State, meaning that executives at the UC System get to decide what laws that they want to obey. As a result, UC executives continue with their misplaced spending priorities that hurt the University and those that rely on it.
SCA 21 and ACA 24 would:
- Make certain that the people of Californian will have proper public oversight of the UC System.
- Ensure that the UC System has to comply with state law like every other person, family, business and government agency in California.
- Hold the UC Regents and UC executives accountable to the people of California and their representatives.
- Restore public faith in leadership the University of California
- Protect taxpayers from lining the pockets of university bureaucrats
- Allow voters to decide if the UC Board of Regents deserves to keep their autonomy and ability to ignore laws passed in response to their egregious actions.
Californians are tired of a UC System which is inaccessible, elitist, and out of touch with the wants and needs of California. Please support this common sense reform of UC.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]
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