While University
of California President Robert Dynes announced his 'resignation' in
August '07, it looks as though his management style and actions led to
his departure. UC Board of Regents Chair Richard C. Blum is demanding
change. Stay tuned to see if UC really cleans up its act as an employer, a health care provider, a research institution and a world-class university system or stays with its 'family ways.'
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| Here is the Press Release from UCOP announcing Dynes' departure on 8-13-07. |
| And here are 3 reports from the following days analyzing why Dynes left and what Regent Blum wants for UC: |
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| SF Chronicle - Dynes Forced Out 8-15-07. |
LA Times - Blum Overhaul 8-23-07. |
SF Chronicle - Blum Bashes UC 8-23-07. |
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UC: Are They All Mobbed Up?
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...or is it just really
bad management?
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| More of UC's
Ethics in Action: |
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| 7-5-07!
The San Diego Reader
chronicles one UC San Diego employee's 11 years of mental, emotional
and physical violence suffered under a supervisor who has yet to be
punished. Read her story in "River of Tears." |
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| 5-25-07!
The San
Francisco Chronicle reports
that after the 15 months following the UC Executives Pay Scandal,
another $1 million went out to 70 executives. Both Dynes and the
UC Regents were able to work around their own new rules. State Senate
Majority Leader, Gloria Romero said "This is pathetic. I have no
confidence in the honesty of President Dynes." |
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| 5-23-07!
The
East Bay Express follows up on the "Parsky's Party" story on May 9 with
the State Senators pushing the Regents to give UC workers a say in
managing their pensions. The story can be found here. |
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| 5-18-07!
The
President of UC, Robert Dynes, while not taking his 4% raise last
November, was still given a vote of confidence from the UC Regents at
their meeting at UCSF. But while many executives were disciplined for
the pay scandal, Dynes received a mere slap on the wrist.
According to the San
Francisco Chronicle, State
Senator Gloria Romero, who is on the Senate Education Committee,
said "We expected them (UC) to come clean. I expected some heads
to roll..." But in terms of the discipline and promises of changes in
the future "...that is laughable. This is not acceptable." |
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| 5-9-07!
The
penisons every California State employee are now in jeopardy of falling
under the hands of UC Regent Gerald Parsky, whose firm took management
away from the (very successful) UCOP Treasurer's office to his private
business. Read all about it in the cover story "Parsky's Party" of the May 9, 2007 East Bay Express. UC put out a response and a fact sheet answering the charges, enjoy. |
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5-7-07!
Two Updates:
5-4-07 First, the San
Francisco Chronicle reports
that the several of the unpaid UC Regents have a vested interest in the
pension issue, as well as at least two of the seven members on the
pension adivory committee have some sort of connection in managing the
funds. Representatives from AFSCME Local 3299 was interviewed for the story.
4-20-07 Second,
while in contract talks with the university, the nurses (CNA) told UC
that some 2,500 nurses were being overcharged for their health care due
to the possibility
that if they work a night shift, their pay would go up, therefore they
would have to pay higher costs. UC's response: we know it's
happening but we're not going to do anything to fix it at this time.
See the latest CNA bargaining report for more information. |
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3-16-07!
The San
Francisco Chronicle reports
that the UC Regents are demanding that the big exit payments stop to
upper management. No more 'extra' vacation time, no more
car allowances to those who are not eligible, and no more ridiculous
'relocation' expenses.
While at least showing they will become more accountable, the regents
then awarded EVP Bruce Darling a $46,000 raise (for a $111,000 increase
over the last 18 months) plus another $38,000 stipend to temporarily
fill some other duties. This puts his salary over the UC Provost,
every campus chancellor and very close to Godfather (UC President)
Dynes' salary. Guess who will want raises next? |
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| 3-14-07!
The San
Francisco Chronicle reports
that while the UC Regents today gave the annual financial disclosure
report now required, it was mentioned that the report did not come out
in previous years in part because of staffing issues! UC employees across the state deal with staffing issues
daily. Another tidbit included that "John Garamendi II, the vice
chancellor of university relations at UC Merced and son of Lt. Gov.
John Garamendi, now a regent by virtue of his position. The younger
Garamendi earned $195,000 in base salary, plus 5 percent in deferred
compensation and an $8,916 auto allowance." On the same day, UC voted to increase tuition fees by 7% to 10%. The story can be found here. |
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| 3-8-07!
The Los Angeles Times
reports that a deal between the UC Irvine Medical Center and a
private Orthopedics practice is costing the medical school
millions in lost revenue. An independent auditor has been hired to look
into Dr. Bernard Reimer and his office-manager spouse.
The original deal was signed by then UCIMC Medical School Dean Dr.
Thomas Cesario, who left in disgrace in 2006 and took early
retirement. The story can be found here. |
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| 3-8-07!
The San
Francisco Chronicle reports
that the Governor's
task force to work on the public retirement plans across the state
include 2 people who's companies make investments (and receive fees
from) CalPERS. One of them, UC Regent Gerald Parsky, forced UC to have
his financial firm take over the management of the UC Retirement Plan
once he took his throne as one of the regents. The story can be found here. |
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| 3-7-07! The Los Angeles Times
reports that arrests have been made from the UCLA Medical Center Body Parts scandal. The story can be found here. |
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| 2-27-07! The Oakland Tribune (along with The San Jose Mercury News and other Bay Area media), reports that the University of California's management of nuclear materials at the Los Alamos National Labs
in New Mexico was so bad that UC was fined $1.1 million. The fine was
for putting workers (including UPTE represented employees) at
risk and scattering radioactivity across two states. This marks the
largest nuclear fine ever from the federal governement. It gets
better. The violations occurred when UC was running the lab as a
non-profit, and therefore were not subject to civil penalities at the
time. UC does not have to pay a cent. The story can be found here. |
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| 1-20-07! The California Nurses Association (CNA),
the union that represents nurses at the UC Hospitals, reports that many
nurses are paying higher health insurance rates due to the fact UC is
basing their contribution on any extra wages a nurse MAY earn by
working different (evening or night) shifts. The
story can be found here. |
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| 1-14-07!
The San
Francisco Chronicle reports
that EVERY one of UC's 230,000 employees (including the
regents, and the governor) must take an ethics test. The
story can be found here. The test is on-line and takes about 30
minutes to complete. And to quote the article: "There
is no real score, and answers are not monitored." |
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| 11-14-06!
The Los Angeles Times
reports that UCLA is so far behind in its consrtuction of
the new Medical Centers in Westwood and Santa Monica that
it needs over $300 Million MORE!
It seems one of the problems is some of the medical
equipment already installed is already out of date; and
of course the hospital rated "Best in the West"
has to have the newest and best equipment when it opens.
There was also a report on the following day in the Daily Bruin. |
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| 10-19-06! The San Francisco Chronicle
reports that at the UC Regents Meeting on the Santa Cruz campus, protesters (both students and
employees) were met with the mob's greatest and most
effective tool, violence. |
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| 10-15-06! The
Los Angeles Times reports, just as the
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is attempting to take over
operations at King/Drew Hospital due to its
mismanagement, a Harbor-UCLA
employee has to sue the hospital over the harassment he
has received due to his actions uncovering the funds he
has seen embezzled by the hospital's administrators.
Paying for things such as home improvements and a Fish
Pond! An Associated Press report from the following day
was posted by many other media sources including the Daily
Bruin and the San Francisco
Chronicle. |
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| 7-3-06! The
Daily Bruin reports that there
will be a Bill
targets UC pay sessions asthe state legislature wants
the entire compensation process to be public. On the same
day, the Daily Bruin reports on
the latest news in terms of the construction of the new
hospital at UCLA. We're looking at an opening over 3
years late, in the summer of 2007 instead of 2004. |
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NEW!
Read the complete UC Task Force Report on
Executive Pay at: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/compensation/taskforce.html
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| 5-23-06!
The Los Angeles Times reports
even more problems as "Lawmakers
Reprimand UCIrvine." Even the
FBI and US Department of Health and Human Services are
investigating UCIMC. |
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| 5-18-06! Despite
the many warnings and outcries from the State Senate, at
the recent UC Regents meeting at UCSF, a recent audit
shows even more secret pay deals have been made, as the San
Francisco Chronicle reports. |
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| 5-17-06!
Attorneys for former UC Irvine Medical Center Director Dr.
Ralph Cygan by trying to block any depositions over UCI's
defunct liver transplant program. From the Orange
County Register . |
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| 5-7-06! Dynes
is featured (and not in a complimentary way) in the San
Francisco Chronicle's editorial cartoon by George
Russell. |
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| 5-7-06! Dynes
fights back with "Embattled
UC President Defiant Over Recruitment Policy"
from the San Francisco Chronicle
saying right away: "I'm not ashamed of anything I
did." As they say: Power corrupts and absolute
power... |
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| 5-4-06! Three
State Senators want Dynes to resign. Is the Godfather
about to receive the 'kiss of death' or is it just
political posturing? From The Daily Bruin
"Three senators want Dynes out of office"
and from the San Francisco Chronicle
"3
lawmakers want UC chief out of office." |
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| 4-18-06! More
UC
task force report analysis from The Daily
Bruin "Report
stresses lack of accountability"
and The Sacramento Bee "UC
chief vows new exec pay vigilance" and
a list of other Task
Force news stories. |
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| 4-14-06! The
UC
task force report on executive pay, while late, is
issued. Our friends at the San Francisco
Chronicle had this story. |
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| 4-10-06! Where
do UC students go for low or no-interest loans? Why to
the 'National Bank of Dad' of course. But if you
are the primary administrative and policy adviser to UC
President Dynes; why you can have an $800,000 loan from
UC coffers just for taking the job. The story appeared in
The Daily Bruin and The
Contra Costa Times through Associated
Press reports. P.S.: Dynes didn't feel he had
to tell UC's Regents about the loan in the first place. |
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| 3-30-06! We are constantly asked "Where does
the grant money go?" by our researchers who know
that raises, healthcare and administrative costs are
factored into the grants their bosses are awarded. The Los
Angeles Times recently ran this story: "UCLA
Professor Is Focus of Probe." and this is one
way the money is dispensed, to friends and
famiglia, oops, we mean family. |
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| 3-23-06! The San Diego Reader shows
just how a Canadian scientist can work his position in
the academic community, then marry into the family
of old California money, and eventually run the
University of California, Inc. The article is titled "Buddied Up."
and it is about current UC President Robert Dynes and his
rise to the top, exposing many of the financial
arrangements UC's administration and its regents
makes with its partners. |
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| 3-16-06! The San Francisco Chronicle
reports that during this UC executive pay
scandal, the UC Regents gave "President Dynes ultimate power over
salaries." |
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| 3-16-06! The San Francisco Chronicle
reports some good news
for a change; there will be "New Controls on Spending" when it comes to
the homes and offices of UC Chancellors. |
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| 2-28-06! The San Francisco Chronicle
reports the corruption just doesn't end as "UC failed to give the Regents financial
reports"
and that "A faculty group asked UC to rethink the
plan for raises for top executives." |
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| 2-22-06! The Sacramento Bee published
a commentary from a Berkeley professor outlining the
agreement he helped write with the Regents to limit
excessive payouts in 1992 in "UC
regents skip faculty's lesson." |
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| 2-16-06! As the LA Times
reports on UC's record fundraising while UCLA continues cutbacks (and
increases pay of the top execs), UCLA takes out a full-page
ad in that issue patting itself on the back for the great
job it has done fundraising. A full-page ad in the Main
Section can cost over $100,000! And the Times
reports on UCIrvine's rampant nepotism
and problems with kidney transplants at UCIMC. Included in the day's
issue is George Skelton's opinion piece on UC's
mismanagement of the tax money it receives. |
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| 2-9-06! The Daily Bruin
reports "UC
pledges compensation reform" as
University of California President Robert Dynes was
questioned by the CA State Senate about UC's hidden
compensation practices. |
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| 1-18-06! The Daily Bruin
reports the "State
to Audit UC Spending Practices"
and in regards to the misdeeds and trickery going on with
the UC employees retirement plan (UCRP) that "UC
automatically puts wages into student-employees’
retirement funds." |
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| 12-23-05! The San Francisco Chronicle
reports that at UC, just like in the mob, you
never really leave the organization.
Despite an 11-year old edict from the UC Regents, which
was reaffirmed in September of 2005, no long-term PAID
leaves were to be granted to top administrators, but the
paper cites 3 recent incidents in "UC'S
PAID LEAVES CALLED 'BETRAYAL' REGENTS' EDICT IGNORED." |
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| 12-19-05! The San Francisco Chronicle
reports "UC
Davis cuts deal to avoid bias suit, Ex-vice chancellor
gets $205,000 job -- regents didn't know"
as someone who was supposed to be fired is paid off with
a higher-paying job with no real duties for two years and
receives an extra $50,000 as 'transition pay" to
find a new job. |
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| 12-6-05! The San Francisco Chronicle
reports on the recent "Legislative
hearing into UC compensation" |
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| 11-30-05! The San Francisco Chronicle
reports "State
senator calls for hearings on UC pay" and
the report in the Daily Bruin
on the irregularities in regards to who was appointed to
the UC
Task Force overseeing this problem. |
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| 11-26-05! The San Francisco Chronicle
reports "UC
still paying ex-No. 2 official $25,000 a month"
as the recently resigned UC Provost could receive a $25,000.00
MONTHLY stipend for up to a year! After
she resigned over her actions in regards to hirings. |
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| 11-17-05! The San Francisco Chronicle
reports "UC
president promises increased disclosure about pay
packages" but Dynes will not
commit to releasing all information to the public! And
then the UC Regents vote to raise student fees followed
by giving the top administrators a raise in "UC
regents boost next year's student fees Assembly speaker's
budget advice ignored" There is
a Nov. 18 report in the Daily Bruin
on the raises
as well. |
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| 11-16-05! The San Francisco Chronicle
reports on the "Outrage In Capitol at UC" as Sacramento
speaks up on the UC money issues. |
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| 11-15-05! The San
Francisco Chronicle reports
"Other
perks include parties, gifts, travel" and reports "Services
cut for students as high-pay jobs boom"
as 2,275 university employees earned more than $200,000!
While the Daily
Bruin reports
"UCOP
payments raise concerns" as the
corruption, payouts and 'tributes' continue. |
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| 11-7-05! UC Provost Resigns Amid Charges
of Hiring Son and Close Friend "No.2
Official at UC Quits Suddenly" SF
Chronicle, Nov. 5, 2005
and "Provost
Resigns in Inquiry" Daily Bruin,
Nov. 7, 2005." |
