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Audios of Regents Meetings of March 27-29, 2012

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Meeting of the Regents of the University of California: March 27-29, 2012

Prior posts have included excerpts from the Regents meetings dealing with the proposed UCLA hotel/conference center and the sale by UCLA of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden.  Below you will find complete recordings of the three days of the Regent meeting with the exception of the third day for which a defective audio file was received.
Tuesday March 27, 2012: Day 1
3:00 pm Committee on Health Services (includes public comment)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012: Day 2
8:30 am Committee of the Whole (public comment) Includes comments on proposed UCLA hotel/conference center project and on proposed sale by UCLA of Japanese Garden
9:30 am Committee on Finance (open session)
10:15 am Committee on Compliance and Audit (open session)
10:45 am Committee on Oversight of the DOE Laboratories (open session)
11:00 am Committee on Governance (open session)
11:15 am Committee on Compensation (closed session)
11:30 am Committee on Compensation (Regents only session)
12:00 Lunch
1:00 pm Committee on Governance (Regents only session)
1:05 pm Committee on Finance (Regents only session)
2:00 pm Board (Regents only session)
2:15 pm Committee on Grounds and Buildings (open session) Includes refusal to endorse proposed UCLA hotel/conference center project.
Thursday, March 29, 2012: Day 3
8:30 am Committee of the Whole (public comment)
8:50 am Committee on Compensation (open session)
9:30 am Committee on Educational Policy (open session)
10:00 am Committee on Finance (open session)
12:15 pm Board (open session)
Due to a defective recording received from Regents, only part of the session after the public comments is available.  Included is the repeal of the request for exemption of pension from the IRS cap at about 8:30.  (A request will be made for a complete audio.) 
Click on link below.

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