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Preview of Coming Campaign for Prop 30: Governor’s Tax Initiative

Byuclafaculty

Here is a preview of what the coming campaign for Prop 30 – the governor’s tax initiative – will look like.  The YouTube video (scene at right; link below) runs over one and a half minutes so it probably won’t air in full on TV (where 30 second and 60 second ads are the norm).  But similar themes are likely to be struck in the pro-Prop 30 campaign. We have not yet seen what the anti campaign will look like. The Regents are likely to endorse Prop 30 at their upcoming meeting. You can see the video below:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtO1xsnWsw4&w=320&h=195]

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UCLA Med Center Rated #1 in California; 5 in U.S.

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From the LA Times: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center nabbed top honors among California hospitals in the latest U.S. News & World Report annual rankings.  The Los Angeles medical center ranked No. 5 nationally in the publisher’s annual honor roll of best hospitals. Only one other hospital in the state, UC San Francisco Medical Center, made the national honor roll of 17 hospitals. It ranked No. 13.   The online magazine said it analyzed patient survival rates, infection rates, safety measures, staffing ratios and other data… Full story at http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-hospital-rankings-20120717,0,4972814.story The listing is at http://health.usnews.com/health-news/best-hospitals/articles/2012/07/16/best-hospitals-2012-13-the-honor-roll

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Regents to Discuss UCLA Hotel Legal Issues Behind Closed Doors

Byuclafaculty

Yesterday, we posted a listing of discussion behind-closed-doors of litigation that the full Board of Regents will be discussing.  There will also be such a closed-door session of the Committee on Grounds and Building to discuss legal matters related to the proposed UCLA hotel/conference center – which, indeed, as this blog has noted – has “issues.”  The closed-door agenda – listed as a “session added” on the Regents’ website – is below: =================  NOTICE OF MEETING The Regents of the University of California COMMITTEE ON GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS Date:   July 17, 2012 Time:   2:25 p.m. Location:  UCSF–Mission Bay Community Center…

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Regents’ Litigation Agenda: Behind Closed Doors

Byuclafaculty

Behind closed doors on July 18th, the Regents will be discussing various items of litigation.  The doors are locked but we do know the items: AUTHORS GUILD, et al. v. HATHITRUST, et al. – The case has to do with digitalization of “orphan” works at university libraries, not just UC, a project generally supported by university libraries around the U.S.  “Orphan” works are older books that are out of print and either out of copyright or whose copyright holders cannot be determined.  BAKER, et al. v. KATEHI, et. al. – Mediation Scheduled – Constitutional and State Law Claims Arising from…

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Riverside and Merced say take our meds

Byuclafaculty

From the LA Times, Larry Gordon 7/16/12 (excerpt):…UC Riverside‘s long-held dream to have a full medical school was badly battered last year when the state refused to pay for it and then national accreditors wouldn’t allow it to open. Those denials were a blow to the UC system’s proud tradition of adding campuses and programs to serve a growing state. Now, UC Riverside is making what national experts say is a rare second attempt to gain approval for a medical school. Campus officials say they have obtained alternative financial backing, worth about $10 million a year for a decade, from private…

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The UCLA Hotel Did Not Happen That Way

Byuclafaculty

In a TV interview dated 7/13/12, UC President Mark Yudof talked about donations to UC.  He agrees with the interviewer, Conan Nolan of KNBC, that it is hard to explain to the public why in budgetary hard times, buildings are going up on campuses.  But he offers various explanations, none of which justify the proposed UCLA hotel/conference center. One explanation is that the projects have been in the pipeline 5-10 years and the bonds have already been floated.  That is not true for the proposed UCLA hotel/conference center.  Bonds have not been floated.  And although the planning timeline is fuzzy…

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Who’s in Charge? Lessons from the Penn State Scandal for UCLA and Its Hotel Proposal

Byuclafaculty

The news has been full of the Penn State University scandal in which a serial child abuser was protected by high university officials until suddenly the matter became public.  A report by a former FBI director was commissioned and put the blame on all involved in running the university including the trustees (equivalents of the Regents) for not asking questions and not doing the right thing.  Much ink was devoted to the scandal at Penn State in the LA Times and other newspapers.  But the most compelling analysis came on July 12 from the Times sports columnist Bill Plaschke.  Here…

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More Reason for UCLA Late Nighters to Worry

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Night-only closure of Sepulveda Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and Montana Avenue. Night-only closure of I-405 Montana Avenue off-ramp  Where: Sepulveda Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and Montana Avenue  When: Thursday, July 12th through Monday, August 6th. Sepulveda will be closed from 10pm until 6am nightly. The Montana off-ramp will be closed from 7pm until 6am nightly. Closures of Sunset and Church will be in place from 10pm until 6am each night. Closures will take place both during the week and on weekends.