California lawmakers move to take control of UC president's budget
SACRAMENTO California lawmakers are proposing a change to the state Constitution and a new budget measure that would help them wrest control of spending by University of California President Janet Napolitanos office.
The moves come after state Auditor Elaine Howle advised the Legislature to establish oversight of the UC presidents office in light of her discovery of problems there, including hidden funds and misleading accounting practices.
State Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-Azusa (Los Angeles County), introduced a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would, if passed by the Legislature, ask voters whether Napolitanos office should keep its full budget autonomy.
The Assembly, meanwhile, is pushing a budget measure that adopts Howles oversight recommendation by requiring the Legislature to directly fund the UC presidents office. The funding would give lawmakers oversight and control over how the UC presidents office spends those funds. The office would no longer collect campus fees, which give it exclusive control over how to spend that money.
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