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If you’re telling them about the UCLA hotel, could you let us in on the secret?
Byadmin March 17, 2012

The Regents agenda is now posted and includes the proposed UCLA hotel/conference center. But no plan is attached to the agenda item. No plan has yet been received by the UCLA Faculty Association although a public documents request was filed by the Association and others some time back. Below is the agenda of the Regents’ Committee on Grounds and Buildings which contains the so-far-secret plan. The full Regents’ agenda is also reproduced below. ==== NOTICE OF MEETING The Regents of the University of California COMMITTEE ON GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS Date: March 28, 2012 Time: 2:15 p.m. Location: UCSF–Mission Bay Community…

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UC-Davis

Hold (Some of) the Pepper
Byadmin March 16, 2012

Yesterday, there was a news report that the UC-Davis pepper spray report was likely to be released unredacted, based on remarks made by the judge in the case. Today, however, it is being reported that the judge OK’ d only a redacted report and it is unclear exactly when even that will be released. Was there a judicial change of mind? Or did the news report get it wrong? Yours truly has no special insight. But you can read the latest report at:http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/16/4343670/much-of-uc-davis-pepper-spray.html Sometimes it’s hard to know what was said:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UE-OK7aY2I&w=320&h=195]

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Video on New Santa Monica-UCLA Hospital
Byadmin March 16, 2012

The Santa Monica Mirror carried a video about the new Santa Monica-UCLA Hospital that evidently was produced by UCLA, although I could not find the original source. It’s a PR piece but provides internal views of the new facility. The Mirror article is athttp://www.smmirror.com/#mode=single&view=34267 That link could disappear so here is the video:

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UC Berkeley

Faculty Concern Expressed About Limited Discipline for UC-Berkeley Administrator
Byadmin March 16, 2012

An earlier post on this blog noted that a UC-Berkeley administrator who granted large pay increases to a boyfriend/subordinate seemed to have received slap-on-the-wrist discipline for the action when it came to light. The drama is apparently continuing:A growing chorus of voices is calling for the firing of a UC Berkeley administrator who helped triple her secret sex partner’s pay over five years. Calling Diane Leite’s punishment “an affront” to the university, several UC Berkeley professors have asked the school’s provost to investigate how the matter was handled. They are aghast that, instead of firing her, the university reassigned Leite from…

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Judea Pearl Wins ACM Turing Award for Artificial Intelligence Work
Byadmin March 16, 2012

The commercial news media picked up a story that appeared online in yesterday’s UCLA Today:UCLA professor Judea Pearl has been awarded one of the highest honors in the field of computer science. Pearl was named winner of the 2011 A.M. (sic – should be ACM) Turing Award, which carries a $250,000 prize, for his work in artificial intelligence. Pearl, 75, contributed to the field by developing mathematical formulas that factor in uncertainty. That allows computers to find connections between millions of pieces of data, even when the information is incomplete or vague. His work has made it possible for computers to think more…

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Westside Hotel Market Expanding
Byadmin March 16, 2012

We still don’t have a business plan for the proposed UCLA hotel/conference center. But it is important to note that as the economy recovers, private hotel developers may add competitive capacity to the Westside market. For example, a 285-room hotel is planned in Santa Monica at 7th Street and Wilshire, essentially a conversion of an existing office building. Details of the project are at:http://www01.smgov.net/cityclerk/council/agendas/2012/20120320/s2012%200320%207-A.pdf http://www01.smgov.net/cityclerk/council/agendas/2012/20120320/s2012%200320%207-A-1.pdf http://www01.smgov.net/cityclerk/council/agendas/2012/20120320/s2012%200320%207-A-2.pdf Some guests at UCLA events might even prefer to stay in Santa Monica:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6CtZ4VkvgQ&w=320&h=195]

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UC-Davis

UC-Davis Pepper Report Likely to Be Released by April 2
Byadmin March 16, 2012

The Sacramento Bee is reporting that the judge hearing arguments why the official UC-Davis report on the pepper-spray incident should be redacted has signaled that the report can likely be released April 2 without redaction: The judge in Friday’s UC Davis pepper-spray hearing issued a tentative ruling late this afternoon indicating that he plans to deny efforts to stop release of a report into the Nov. 18 incident and will not agree to seal portions of the report. The ruling by Alameda Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo is not final and will be the subject of a hearing in court…

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Building Boom Raises Questions, Especially for Proposed UCLA Hotel/Conference Center
Byadmin March 15, 2012

Every time a construction crane is sighted on the UCLA campus, questions are raised such as those appearing in an article in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. (See the italicized text below.) All the more reason why – if there is a sound financial plan for the proposed UCLA hotel/ conference center – it needs to be released now. California has slashed public university budgets, yet construction is booming at campuses statewide. The University of California system has $8.9 billion in building projects under way at its 10 campuses and five medical centers, including about $2 billion at UCSF, which is…

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Governor Agrees to New Tax Initiative to Limit Competition Between Initiatives
Byadmin March 15, 2012

The governor apparently has negotiated a deal with groups pushing for an alternative to his tax initiative slated for this coming November. A new initiative has been filed and signatures must now be gathered within a limited time frame since we are already in mid-March. The chart above – which was apparently drawn up hastily for release – indicates that the sales tax increase proposed by the governor has been cut from a half cent to a quarter cent for four years. The offset is more of an increase in the upper brackets of the state income tax with the…

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UC-Davis

Arguments on Pepper Spray Incident at UC-Davis to Be Heard in Court on Friday
Byadmin March 14, 2012

The Sacramento Bee carries a report on the upcoming (Friday) court hearing on whether the report on the UC-Davis pepper spray incident can be made public as written or whether redaction of elements regarding the individual police officers must be made. UC takes the position that the full report is a public document. The story is athttp://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/14/4335491/pepper-spray-report-puts-spotlight.html

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If you’re telling them about the UCLA hotel, could you let us in on the secret?

Hold (Some of) the Pepper

Video on New Santa Monica-UCLA Hospital

Faculty Concern Expressed About Limited Discipline for UC-Berkeley Administrator

Judea Pearl Wins ACM Turing Award for Artificial Intelligence Work

Westside Hotel Market Expanding

UC-Davis Pepper Report Likely to Be Released by April 2

Building Boom Raises Questions, Especially for Proposed UCLA Hotel/Conference Center

Governor Agrees to New Tax Initiative to Limit Competition Between Initiatives

Arguments on Pepper Spray Incident at UC-Davis to Be Heard in Court on Friday

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