A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 9 of Article IX thereof, relating to the University of California.

The California Constitution establishes the University of California as a public trust, administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes. These provisions require that the board be composed of 7 ex officio members and 18 appointive members appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate, a majority of the membership concurring. This measure would authorize the Legislature to suspend or expel a regent by resolution adopted by rollcall vote entered in the journal, 23 of the membership of each house concurring. The measure would require that the resolution contain findings and declarations setting forth the basis for the suspension or expulsion. The measure would prohibit a regent who has been suspended pursuant to these provisions from exercising any of the rights, privileges, duties, or powers of his or her office, or utilizing any resources of the Regents of the University of California, during the period the suspension is in effect. The measure would provide that a suspension shall remain in effect until the date specified in the resolution or, if no date is specified, the date a subsequent resolution terminating the suspension is adopted.