[Facnet-l] *****SPAM*****CFA SPECIAL HEADLINES: CSU GOVERNANCE REFORM ACT AB 1413 PASSES CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE

[John Sarraille]

Hi Faculty --

I'm including below for your information a special edition of  
California Faculty Association "Headlines" that came out today -  
Monday, Sept 10, 2007.

AB 1413 - the CSU Governance Reform Bill - was passed by the  
California State Senate on Friday, Sept 7.

It will soon be on Governor Schwarzenegger's desk to sign, to veto,  
or to do nothing and allow the bill to become law after thirty days.   
CFA asks faculty and other concerned citizens to write letters in  
support of AB 1413 to newspaper editors and to the governor.

-- js

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John Sarraillé, CFA Tenure Track Faculty Rep || (209) 667-3345
john at ishi.csustan.edu
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> From: CFA Calfac List <calfac-l at lists.calfac.net>
> Date: September 10, 2007 15:25:58 PDT
> To: <calfac-l at calfac.net>
> Subject: [Headlines] CFA SPECIAL HEADLINES: CSU GOVERNANCE REFORM  
> ACT AB 1413 PASSES CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
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> FROM: THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION
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> CFA HEADLINES
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> September 10, 2007 - SPECIAL EDITION FROM CFA
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> CSU GOVERNANCE REFORM ACT AB 1413 PASSES CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
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> * Bill on its way to governor's desk
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> * Calls and letters may be needed to gain governor's signature
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> Despite stiff opposition by the CSU Chancellor's Office and campus
> presidents, the state Senate on Friday approved CFA's sponsored CSU
> governance reform and executive compensation bill by a 25-13 vote.
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> The bill returns this week to the Assembly, which will consider  
> changes
> made by the Senate after it was approved by the Assembly 73 to 1.
> Observers expect the changes to be accepted easily, after which the  
> bill
> goes to the governor's desk. The governor will sign it, veto it or
> simply allow it to become law without action by the 30-day deadline.
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> AB 1413 is jointly authored by Assembly Higher Education Committee  
> Chair
> Anthony Portantino (D - Pasadena) and Julia Brownley (D - Santa  
> Monica),
> who chairs the Assembly budget subcommittee that develops the CSU
> budget. State Sen. Gloria Romero was a principal co-author. State Sen.
> Leland Yee, a co-author, provided key assistance in helping to move  
> the
> bill through the Senate.
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> "I am extremely pleased the Senate took the action it did to instill
> some meaningful reforms at the CSU Board of Trustees," said  
> Portantino.
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> "I was disappointed to see the CSU leadership work so aggressively to
> defeat this legislation," he added. "Given that the proposed changes
> contained in AB 1413 will finally bring transparency and  
> accountability
> at the upper echelons of the CSU, this left one of our nation's finest
> public universities defending the indefensible. As Chair of the  
> Assembly
> Higher Education Committee, I look forward to working with the CSU,
> faculty, students and other stakeholders to keep our universities  
> at the
> forefront of higher learning."
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> Assembly Bill 1413 will improve the public dialogue, accountability  
> and
> oversight of the CSU administration and Board of Trustees by placing
> restrictions on executive compensation payments, ensuring that  
> executive
> contracts are made public, and allowing Board ex officios - the
> Governor, Lt. Governor, Supt. Of Public Instruction and Assembly  
> Speaker
> - to designate a staff person to attend Trustee meetings to ask
> questions and give input if the ex officio is unable to attend.
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> "Our faculty's determination and advocacy have made CFA a stronger  
> voice
> for California's state university," said CFA President Lillian  
> Taiz. "In
> the case of AB 1413, our hard work was instrumental in gaining the
> legislature's approval of our priority bill."
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> She adds, "We had to overcome the top CSU executives' persistent
> lobbying efforts against this bill. Now our focus must be on the
> governor's office so that he signs AB 1413 into law and improves  
> the CSU
> leadership's public accountability".
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> As action becomes needed, CFA will send alerts to the CSU faculty,
> students and supporters requesting hand-written letters to the  
> governor
> and letters to local newspapers stressing the need for AB 1413 to  
> become
> law and its reforms to be enacted.
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> "It is imperative that the CSU faculty, students, staff and community
> supporters step up our advocacy efforts on behalf of AB 1413 to  
> show the
> governor the importance of this bill and to win his support," added
> Taiz.
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