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The Regents met in Sacramento on May 16, 2012.  Sacramento was chosen so they could lobby legislators after the meeting.  The morning session was interrupted by a demonstration.  At that point, the Regents went to another location and moved to the closed sessions listed on the agenda below, presumably while the room was cleared.  The intent was to resume the open part of the meeting after the room was cleared. Below is a link to the audio up to the demonstration.  The demonstration that interrupted the meeting consisted of yelling from an individual followed by singing from the audience about…

Unlike Day 1, there was a demonstration during the public comment session during Day 2.  The room was cleared by the police.  Subsequently the Regents continued the meeting but apparently could not exit.  During Part 3 it was announced that the demonstrators had left the UC-Riverside building in which the Regents were meeting. There are remarks in the record in Part 3 in which the governor is praised for giving UC permission to use general fund allocations for the pension system.  As noted previously on this blog, UC did not need permission and so the governor’s action meant little.  Indeed,…

The Regents met on January 18 at UC-Riverside.  Day 1 was relatively calm.  The agenda is below.  (An angry demonstration occurred in the second day.)  You can hear Day 1 at the link below. As usual, we raise the issue of why – since the Regents live-stream the audio of their meetings – they do not archive the audio.  The UCLA Faculty Association has to request the audio files and post them – which inevitably means a significant lag in availability. The full agenda with links to relevant documents is at: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/regmeet/jan12.html Click on the links to listen: Part 1…