State Joint Legislative Audit Committee Approves Audit of UC
With other UC unions, the California Labor Federation, and UC-AFT , State Senator Leeland Yee requested that the Joint Legislative Audit Committee(JLAC) approve a comprehensive financial audit of the University of California. This audit was unanimously approved by JLAC on February 17. To achieve budget transparency for the people of California, we believe it is critical that the Legislature examine UC's funding streams, distribution and use of resources, and systemwide compensation practices. UC-AFT thanks Senator Yee for his work on this important issue, and we applaud JLAC for recognizing the importance of this step for the people of California and for the integrity of the UC system.
UC-AFT President, Bob Samuels, worked closely with Sara Flocks of CalFed to draft the audit language. Bob and Axel Borg, UC-AFT's V.P. of Legislation, then worked with other UC unions to gather support for the final text of the audit request. Axel was one of two people to speak during a brief public comment period. During Axel's presentation he pointed to a UC Davis publication on indirect cost recovery for research funds where UC chose an image of a black box to represent the co-mingling of funding streams. It would appear that a UC document ultimately made the case for the audit.
Click here to see the indirect cost recovery report complete with its black box on page 3.
Click here for a copy of the audit request submitted to by Senator Leland Yee to Assemblymember Alyson Huber, Chair of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
Click here for the State Auditor's analysis on the the UC audit.
Below is contact information for all members of the audit committee. Please contact the member closest to your district and thank them for voting in favor of transparency and accountability at UC.
California State Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Phone (916) 319-3300
Fax (916) 319-2352
Alyson Huber - Chair
Roy Ashburn, Vice Chair
Assembly
Alyson Huber – Chair
Democrat District 10
(916) 319-2010
Assemblymember.huber@assembly.ca.gov
Joe Coto
Democrat District 23
(916) 319-2023
Assemblymember.coto@assembly.ca.gov
Chuck DeVore
Republican District 70
(916) 319-2070
Assemblymember.devore@assembly.ca.gov
Noreen Evans
Democrat District 7
(916) 319-2007
Assemblymember.Evans@assembly.ca.gov
Martin Garrick
Republican District 74
(916) 319-2074
Assemblymember.Garrick@assembly.ca.gov
Curt Hagman
Republican District 60
(916) 319-2060
Assemblymember.Hagman@assembly.ca.gov
William W. Monning
Democrat District 27
(916) 319-2027
Assemblymember.Monning@assembly.ca.gov
Senate (note: many Senators do not have public e-mail addresses, however by going to the Senate roster page at http://www.senate.ca.gov/~newsen/senators/senators.htp you can connect to each senator’s webpage and under the ‘Contact’ button you can send them an e-mail urging their support of the UC Audit request.
Roy Ashburn - Vice Chair
Republican District 18
(916) 651-4018
Dave Cogdill
Republican District 14
(916) 651-4014
Denise Ducheny
Democrat District 40
(916) 651-4040
Robert Dutton
Republican District 31
(916) 651-4031
Alex Padilla
Democrat District 20
(916) 651-4020
Patricia Wiggins
Democrat District 2
(916) 651-4002