[Facnet-l] CFA Special Headlines: CSU Governance Reform Act AB 1413 Passes California State Senate

[John Sarraille]

Hi All --

I'm resending this because maybe some of you didn't get it.  It came  
to me marked as spam - perhaps because a filter somewhere in the  
pipeline thought it had too many upper-case letter in the subject line.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: John Sarraille <john at alcyone.csustan.edu>
> Date: September 10, 2007 19:40:53 PDT
> To: FACNET <facnet-l at csustan.edu>
> Subject: [Facnet-l] *****SPAM*****CFA SPECIAL HEADLINES: CSU  
> GOVERNANCE REFORM ACT AB	1413 PASSES CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
>
> 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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> Unity
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>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> 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
>> Reply-To: cfa at calfac.org, calfac-l at lists.calfac.net
>>
>> FROM: THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION
>>
>> cfa at calfac.org - http://www.calfac.org <http://www.calfac.org/>
>>
>>
>>
>> CFA HEADLINES
>>
>> September 10, 2007 - SPECIAL EDITION FROM CFA
>>
>>
>>
>> CSU GOVERNANCE REFORM ACT AB 1413 PASSES CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
>>
>>
>>
>> * Bill on its way to governor's desk
>>
>> * Calls and letters may be needed to gain governor's signature
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> "I am extremely pleased the Senate took the action it did to instill
>> some meaningful reforms at the CSU Board of Trustees," said
>> Portantino.
>>
>>
>>
>> "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."
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> "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."
>>
>>
>>
>> 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".
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> "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.
>>
>>
>>
>> * * *