The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires that all meetings of a state body, as defined, be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate in a meeting of a state body, subject to certain conditions and exceptions. This bill would specify that the definition of "state body" includes an advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, advisory subcommittee, or similar multimember advisory body of a state body that consists of 3 or more individuals, as prescribed, except a board, commission, committee, or similar multimember body on which a member of a body serves in their official capacity as a representative of that state body and that is supported, in whole or in part, by funds provided by the state body, whether the multimember body is organized and operated by the state body or by a private corporation. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Board of Trustees of the California State University, as one of the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in California. Existing law requires the trustees to take action in open session on an executive compensation proposal concerning the Chancellor of the California State University, the president of an individual campus, a vice chancellor, the treasurer, the assistant treasurer, the general counsel, or the trustees' secretary. This bill would require, for any proposed increase to the compensation of the specified executive officers, or change to policies and procedures relating to the compensation of those executive officers, that the board include the proposed increase, or change to policies and procedures, and related information as an informational item on a meeting agenda, with a public vote at the subsequent, consecutive, quarterly meeting. The bill would prohibit an increase of compensation for an executive officer in a year in which tuition is increased. Existing law requires the California State University to report biennially to the Legislature and the Department of Finance on the total costs of education at the university on a systemwide and campus-by-campus basis, as specified. This bill would require the chancellor's office to require each campus to annually prepare a comparison of the campus' budget to its actual spending levels, including a summary report of its expenditures of state appropriations received for the academic year and to submit 2 years of comparisons and summary reports to the chancellor's office on or before January 15, 2022, and biennially thereafter. The bill would require the chancellor's office to compile the campus-based reports into a systemwide report submitted to the Legislature and Department of Finance on or before March 31, 2022, and biennially thereafter.
This measure would recognize June 27, 2019, as the anniversary of the commencement of the University Council-American Federation of Teachers' representation of librarians, and commend the librarians represented by the University Council-American Federation of Teachers for their contributions to the University of California.
This measure would recognize June 12, 2019, as the 121st Anniversary of Philippine Independence and would call upon the people of the state to observe the month of June with appropriate ceremonies, programs, and activities.
This measure would declare August 7, 2019, as Purple Heart Day in California.