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What's it like being a red dot in a blue state? I call us the the creamy goodness

that is in the middle of the ding-dong that is the state--that's actually how I

describe us. I'm driving north through California on the state's major artery

the Five. This is the Central Valley.

Hidden away from California's big progressive cities, Kern County grows

more crops than any other single county in the U.S. It's also one of the most

oil-rich places in the country and oil drilling has been a way of life here for

generations. Although California is known for its liberal politics,

environmentalism, and solid blue voting record, this valley stands out as a deep

red dot in an otherwise blue state. Here they voted decisively for Donald Trump

in 2016. And nothing illustrates this paradox more than the city of

Bakersfield, the seat of Kern County. I'm on my way to find out what life is like

for people in one of the most conservative cities in one of the most

progressive states in our nation. KNZR Bakersfield's talk-radio leader,

Inga Barks. "Tomorrow, the gas tax starts and this money's not going toward roads and if anybody

believes that, they're nuts. It's going to cover their social welfare programs. How

can you have free breakfast, lunch, and dinner at schools? How can you have every

single person on Medi-Cal that wants to be, citizen or no? They're, they're

thieves and they're liars and in the last couple of days we've learned a lot

of them are kind of pervy." Known around here as Bakersfield's

hometown girl, Inga Barks is in many ways the quintessential California Central

Valley conservative. Although she parted ways with the radio

station shortly after we filmed this piece, Inga was an omnipresent voice for

years, broadcasting her thoughts for three hours daily into thousands of

homes, cubicles, and cars in Kern County.

I was born here. It's my home. Yeah, born at Mercy Hospital, almost died at Mercy

Hospital, but mostly lived. Oh, I miss Bakersfield from back then, I do, 'cause you

know what, you drive down the street nowadays and you'll see places that used

to pass all the time that aren't open anymore. That's always kind of sad.

I think conservatives in Bakersfield are ignored. We can feed everybody in this valley. Ninety percent of the

tomatoes are grown here. Pistachios are number one in the world right here. Yeah,

there's nothing you can't grow here. And they, they reward us by ignoring us.

Recent state-imposed environmental regulations, like the new gas tax and

water rationing during California's historic drought, have been largely taken

as hostile acts by industrial farmers in the Central Valley.

"Like, people always smell like air fresheners and stuff like that, think

it's the best smell. The best smell in the world to me is

fresh-cut alfalfa or when, or when, when is the first shot of rain on a dry, on

dry ground. I don't know how to explain it to people, it's just, it's the best,

it's just the best feeling in the world.

A lot of people think, think it's Silicon

Valley, but the two industries that really build this state is agriculture

and oil. We don't just feed, feed the United States, we feed the world.

I think there's a big disconnect between people in the, in the cities and, and out

here on the farm. I don't think anything that we do as human beings can affect

the climate. Where we're at right now used to be ice millions of billions of

years ago. The earth changes because it's Mother Nature and Mother Nature's bigger

than us. Those type of regulations take a toll.

That doesn't affect just us, but it affects our employees' families, it

affects the truckers, it trickles down all the way back to the grocery store

and I don't think a lot of people recognize that. The reason our country is,

is so independent, it's because we have the greatest agriculture, the greatest

oil, we have, we have the greatest military and that's what makes us the

greatest superpower.

We keep losing jobs in the private sector, as the public

sector grows and grows, so why should I feel bad about the public sector

shrinking? I'm kind of tired of us all losing our jobs out here.

It was a lot of fun growing up here, it was an easy place to grow up. You could walk to school and back.

You know, that really was when people all knew their neighbors and sat

out and talked, it was that total America, that Norman Rockwell kind of stuff, you

know, mom stayed home, dads worked. I can't remember disliking anybody or

fearing anything other than strangers, which I still fear strangers.

I'm Inga, this is the Inga Barks show. Sheriff Donny Youngblood with us. Donny, you

know we're in a sanctuary state...It's, it's absurd that they're afraid to report.

They aren't afraid to report, they're not afraid of law enforcement, they may be

afraid of ICE 'cause they don't really know, and, and the more the applicants the, the

liberal side of this issue spreads the rumor that law enforcement will deport

you, they'll stop you, they'll break up your family, they'll call ICE, they'll do

this, they'll do that, it instills fear. We haven't deported anyone in 40 years.

I grew up pretty colorblind because everybody was white. No, that's not true,

that's not true. I have friends of every. of every group. It's just, I do think that

the racial makeup of Kern County has absolutely changed. When I bought my

house, my goal was to live somewhere where everybody there was better than me,

and put my kids in schools where everybody was better than them. But it

wasn't long before my neighborhood was suddenly all renters that didn't care about

their, their house, they didn't care about mine, and next thing you know I'm seeing

dishwashers on the front lawns of my neighborhood that I moved into to be

with people better than me. I won't attribute that to, to ethnicity,

just to a different group of people. We have witnesses who say that the driver

of the truck in Manhattan yelled "Allahu Akbar." I don't know what to say.

If somebody yelled that in Bakersfield, I don't think that'd go over well. And I assure you, and

I hate to be political, but I assure you the conversation tonight on MSNBC and

CNN will not be about banning pellet guns. We'll be right back, I'm Inga.

I got you, kind of. Look at that, you wanna see your picture? That's you.

While I was filling up at a gas station, I met Freddy, who was curious about my

camera. Turns out, he's a shooter as well. Everybody who is a good citizen, they

should have a CCW, a concealed carry weapon. To protect the family, to protect

yourself in situations. It's too much bad people around. This is a Smith & Wesson

revolver. We have to check all the time if it's unloaded.

Far away from here in El Salvador and then I got married and we had, we have two children,

boy and girl. They went to college and now they are producing for the country.

You know, like, making America great again.

From the perspective of people like me, there seems to be a lot of frustration

with liberals from the working classes. Why, why do you think that?

Liberals don't, you know what they do, they, they have, they push laws that don't

affect them. Come to America, just live in Bakersfield. They don't care about the

poor people that they say they're doing things for because they seem to remain

well-off. I don't deny that the climate changes. I deny that taking more of my

money will fan away the fog. It keeps people poor. It, it keeps people poor, it

keeps them out of work and the guys who are pitching it are flying around in

airplanes all the time telling us not to drive. And so, I, I wouldn't call them

hypocrites, I think that they actually believe that they're very noble and that

they're very, very right, but I just think we need to be kinder to each other, I

mean why is everybody looking out to be offended? Right? That sounds like a bummer.

All day. You're a woman, you know, then you're in a special group.

You're gay, you're in a special group. You're a woman who's not gay but

you want to be a man, you're in a special group. I don't care. I just want to wake

up, go to work, pay my bills, and go home and watch Modern Family. And I, and I want

that for everybody.

And kids, you, uh, be safe out there

'cause we're about to hit the roads. Hug your babies, love one another!

I look forward to talking to you tomorrow. I'm Inga, this is KNZR.

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What You Need To Know: New California Labor Code Section 218.7 - Duration: 11:31.

Ernest C. Brown: Last October, California Governor Jerry Brown approved a major new

change to California's labor code.

It's Section 218.7.

For all California construction contracts signed after January 1, 2018, general contractors

will be directly responsible for the wages owed to workers of their subcontractors at

any tier.

This is a substantial change to California labor law.

In the past, only a first-tier subcontractor had contract rights of action against the

general.

The mechanic's lien stopped notice and bond laws only provided indirect rights of action

against the property, the amounts owed the contractor or surety.

And those rights have pretty quick time limits and rigorous procedural protections.

The new law was designed to crack down on subs who pay workers off the books, withhold

benefits and properly categorized employees as independent contractors, or otherwise,

shortchange their paychecks.

My name is Ernest Brown, and for the last 38 years, I've been a construction lawyer

in California and a licensed professional civil engineer.

I've worked on a lot of the largest projects in California including Santa Ana's John Wayne

Airport, which is about 300 million at that time, and the Carquinez Bridge, which connects

Highway 80 between San Francisco and Sacramento.

Joining me today is Paul Rodriguez.

Paul is the regional managing director of Aon Corporation based in Los Angeles, heading

up their construction group.

Aon is a leading global professional firm providing a broad range of risk, health and

retirement solutions, but they have particular strengths in the construction industry.

And Paul, thank you for being here today.

Paul Rodriguez: Thanks, Ernest.

Ernest C. Brown: I wanted to start with a brief overview of the changes to Section 218.7,

this new section of the labor code.

The California Labor Commissioner is empowered now to bring an action under specified statute

or a civil action to enforce the liability of a contractor to pay their subcontractors,

employees.

The third party owed fringe or other benefits of a joint labor-management cooperation committee,

can also bring a civil action to enforce the liability against the direct contractor under

these provisions.

Generally, the contractor will not be liable for penalties, but they will generally for

interest, and in some instances, they also are reliable for attorney's fees or expert

witnesses.

Unfortunately, if they win, they don't get theirs.

It's not supposed to be enforced for a political subdivision of the state of California or

their employees.

We interpret this to mean it applies to private, not public works.

However, the language of the statute is not especially clear.

We think it may also exempt, or I should say in this case, apply to federal projects.

It follows the use of the term direct contractor, which is used in mechanic's lien law, Section

8018 and 8046, in place of what most contractors call the general contractor.

So it applies to a contractor in direct privity with the owner.

There's also a substantial new burden on private work subcontractors.

The subcontractor must now provide specific information regarding the subcontractors and

the third party's work on the project including payroll records.

Under Section I, the subcontractor needs to provide the project name, subcontractor's

address, the lower-tier subcontractor's information, the direct contractor they're working for,

and the start date duration of the project as well as the expected labor hours for the

job.

If there's a dispute about getting these records, it allows the general contractor to withhold

payment under certain circumstances.

This is well beyond the current requirement that a subcontractor provide information on

any unpaid labors, which is required under mechanic's lien law Section 8104.

This is similar to certified payrolls on state and local public works and federal jobs.

The bill would provide that these obligations and remedies are an addition to any other

remedy provided by law.

Perhaps the most important and frightening aspect of this new law is the statute of limitations.

The general contractor can be sued for up to a year after completion of the project

or cessation of labor.

The law does allow contractors to insert indemnity contract into their agreements with sub contracts,

and they can also require a bond of subcontractors for these obligations at any tier.

So Labor Code 2018.7 provides a great deal of financial risk to their contractors and

their sureties that we did not have before January 1st of this year.

Paul, what are the sureties in the insurance industry saying about this bill?

Paul Rodriguez: Well, Ernest, that you're exactly right.

There's certainly a watchful eye and concern around the ramifications of this new law to

not only their construction and general construction clients but their subcontract clients.

And this bill extends into the developer and home builder industries as well.

So, it touches a number of areas where the surety industry as well as the insurance industry

has exposure.

To begin with, they look at this law and trying to mitigate the risk as best as you can, because

ultimately, what was intended for a smaller group of constituents, with a specific set

of concerns, has broader ramifications and unintended consequences.

So the sureties and the insurance companies have put together good guidance for the contractor

clients and have collaborated with them really again, because it's early days around this

new law looking at three specific areas where there is control to be able to get ahead of

these issues.

At the end of the day, the insurance companies and the sureties, first word of advice is,

you work with legal counsel whether inside or outside to make sure that your contracts

are right.

Ernest C. Brown: I think there's going to be a lot of work for lawyers and sureties

from this law without question.

Paul Rodriguez: Absolutely.

If you look at the areas within a contract that have to be reviewed and potentially modified,

you look at things like set-off rights, indemnity and defense provisions within a contract,

performance security requirements, and the bond forms potentially that are already required,

and making sure that they align with the statute of limitations.

In many cases, you see a 90-day period on a traditional bond form around claimant issues.

This goes out a year.

So things like that where a contractor can look at their contracts and try to make sure

that they're trying to really quantify the risk that they have and work to put good language

out there that protects their interests.

Secondly, it's around subcontractor pre-qualification and then processes around payroll verification,

whether making sure that certified payroll, or looking at things, like, what sort of documentation

you're acquiring from a union standpoint to make sure that you do have validation, that

payment has been made, and all benefits have been applied around a certain project.

This only heightens the need, and as we've seen in the construction industry over the

last 10 years, the need to ensure that you're properly pre-qualifying your subcontractors,

making sure you're using best-in-class subs, and really, not so much the first-tier subs

that in many cases are very large organizations, but as you go down a level or three levels,

making sure that you're dealing with reputable firms with good processes in place.

So, we expect that the questions that come in during a tender period or an RFQ, an RFP

about a potential firm, well, the questions around subcontractor usage and the quality

of the subs are going to be heightened, and frankly, their financial strength.

Because ultimately, many of these issues ultimately come down to the paying power of that subcontractor

with their employees.

Lastly, using tools such as surety bonds or other performance security mechanisms, whether

it's liquid to security and letters of credit or cash, looking at retention, and using those

as ways to potentially mitigate a potential concern, or other vehicles such as subcontractor

to fault insurance.

Again, a product that wasn't really intended to cover this type of risk, and looking, is

there a way to potentially modify the terms and conditions of that policy to provide some

coverage or some oversight and protection, again, in a catastrophic situation.

Lastly, around traditional risk transfer mechanisms in the insurance industry, a very challenging

solution to try to put together, because a traditional insurance product was not intended

to cover these types of obligations.

And frankly, because of the frequency or lack thereof and having scale around a specific

event, the ability to aggregate the risk properly and apply premium becomes a challenge.

And truly, to quantify what that risk looks like from an insurance perspective makes it

very difficult to "insure."

Ernest C. Brown: So, then, the underwriters are going to have a bit of a challenge as

well.

Paul Rodriguez: Absolutely.

Ernest C. Brown: It's great.

Well from the legal standpoint, what we see is it will take a while to develop a law in

this area.

We don't have any cases yet.

We don't have regulations.

But things like the extent of the fringe benefits, what does that cover?

How broadly does that go?

That has been a question.

As well as the extent that subcontractors employees, how about those offsite or manufacturing

facilities that may be creating something for this project or for others?

And finally, the issue of whether or not you can have just a completely new type of risk

emerge from this, because it's such a new statute.

Did you really know what may occur, what we'll call the unknowns with regard to the statute?

But I do conclude with something I've said to Paul and his company over the years and

our clients, just a very simple little list of things to think about in this area, write

a good contract that it takes into account this new risk of employee defaults on wages

and fringe benefits.

Handle problems promptly when you think that the subcontractors, the wages are not being

paid properly, or fringes are looking a little bit different than what you expect.

Handle it at the time it comes up.

Ensure the major risks, and that includes getting surety bonds where you think you need

them.

Certainly, the most important thing is, probably, select the best subcontractors and of any

tier as well, making sure that they're financially viable, solvent, and are going to obey the

law with regard to labor and employment rules.

Keep good records, which are going to be essential to basically be able to indemnify yourself

from these subcontractors as they evolve.

And frankly, the final one is, yell for help, and you've got a great surety opportunity

here to call Aon and our firm if you do have questions in this area.

So again, Paul, thanks for coming today and sitting down with us to talk about this new

issue.

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State of the California State University - January 30, 2018 - Duration: 38:36.

>> GOOD MORNING.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE FIRST

ITEM IN OPEN SESSION WHICH IS THE CHANCELLOR'S 2017 STATE OF

THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND I AM REMINDED HAVING WATCHED

THE GOVERNOR'S STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS RECENTLY

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR NEWSOM INTRODUCED GOVERNOR BROWN AND I

KNOW YOU'RE NOT HERE TO LISTEN TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SO I

KNOW YOU'RE NOT HERE TO LISTEN TO THE BOARD CHAIR BUT I DO HAVE

A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING HERE

FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR ENTIRE

COMMUNITY AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE I

THINK ABOUT CHANCELLOR WHITE'S ANALOGY ABOUT CENTRIFUGAL FORCES

AND WHILE I WISHED HE USED A METAPHOR THAT WAS EASIER TO

ANNOUNCE I AM TOLD YOU CAN TAKE THE CHANCELLOR OUT OF THE

SCIENCE LAB BUT NOT TAKE THE SCIENCE LAB OUT OF THE

CHANCELLOR SO THESE WORDS RESONATE WITH ME IN THESE

UNCERTAIN TIMES CERTAINLY AND THE FORCES THAT SEEK TO DIVIDE

US IN OUR NATION AND FORCES OF HATE AND IGNORANCE AND OF

PHOBIAS THEY REQUIRE AND EQUALLY IF NOT DOUBLY LONG CENTRIFUGAL

FORCE -- DID I GET THAT?

-- TO BRING US TOGETHER TO MEND FENCES

AND NOT TO BUILD WALLS AND TO CELEBRATE OUR SIMILARITIES AND

OUR DIFFERENCES AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY IS

JUST SUCH A CENTRIFUGAL FORCE SO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER I WISH TO

SHARE ON BEHALF OF THIS BOARD OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO

CHANCELLOR WHITE FOR HIS ROBUST LEADERSHIP AND FOR HIS WORK EACH

DAY TO FOSTER INCLUSIVITY, QUALITY, OPPORTUNITY AND

EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY.

IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TIMOTHY WHITE.

[APPLAUSE] >> WELL THANK YOU CHAIR EISEN

AND TO THE BOARD, AND TO PRESIDENTS ALL GATHERED HERE

TODAY.

LAST MONTH I CELEBRATED MY [INAUDIBLE] AS YOUR

CHANCELLOR AND I LOOK BACK AND RECOUNT MY NUMEROUS VISITS TO

THE 23 CAMPUSES AND LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH

STUDENTS AND ALUMNI, FACULTY, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEE

AND THE TALENT HERE IN THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AND MANY

MEETINGS WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAWMAKERS AND THE

COUNTLESS DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR FOUNDATION AND ADVISORY BOARDS

ALONG WITH BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, THE NON-PROFIT, THE

EDUCATIONAL AND THE COMMUNITY LEADERS.

I KEEP COMING BACK TO THE REMARKABLE BREADTH OF

REASONS WHY THE CSU MATTERS SO MUCH TO SO MANY PEOPLE.

WHAT ARE THE PROFOUND REASONS THAT

THE CSU MATTERS, FOR WHAT CAUSE, FOR WHAT PURPOSE?

I ANSWER BY FIRST LOOKING AT OUR LEGACY AS A

TRANSFORMATIVE CONSEQUENTIAL UNIVERSITY.

SINCE THE FIRST CAMPUS WAS FOUNDED IN 1857 AS A

SCHOOL AND NOW AN EXCEPTIONAL UNIVERSITY ALL THE WAY THROUGH

TODAY AND I LOOK WHERE THE CSU STANDS TODAY, WHAT WE ACHIEVED

OVER THE PAST YEARS, AND WHERE OPPORTUNITIES LIE FOR 2018 AND

BEYOND.

HOW OUR LEGACY AND THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE IN

THE PRESENT MUST STRENGTHEN AND EMPOWER OUR VISION FOR THE

FUTURE.

I'M ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE, TO OUR VISION

WHAT A CONSEQUENTIAL UNIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA WILL EMERGE AS IN

THE COMING DECADES AND WHAT NEED TO DO TO GET THERE, SO LET'S

START WITH LEGACY.

NOW, WHETHER YOU TRACE OUR FOUNDING BACK SIX

OR 16 DECADES THE LEGACY CAN'T BE TOLD BY LOOKING AT A MAP OF

CALIFORNIA OR THE FACT BOOK.

OUR LEGACY IS OVER 4 MILLION CALIFORNIANS, ALUMNI, STUDENTS

AND FACULTY AND STAFF AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND HISTORIC WORK

THAT WE CELEBRATE TODAY.

OUR LEGACY IS A CAMPUS RISING FROM

THE WATTS REBELLION IN 1965 AND SOLIDIFIED IN THE 1968 SUMMER

OLYMPICS IN MEXICO CITY.

OUR LEGACY IS THE SUCCESSFUL CAREERS

OF ALUMNI LIKE FILM EXECUTIVE KATHLEEN KENNEDY, BASEBALL STAR

JUSTIN TURNER, THE HONORABLE SOIS AND ASTRONAUT CAGEEL AND

NEW INNOVATIVE WAYS AND TECHNIQUES AND AGRICULTURE AND

SCIENCE AND BLUETOOTH AND THE MICRO PROCESSOR.

OUR LEGACY IS THE WANG FAMILY EXCELLENCE

AWARDS WHO YOU WILL CELEBRATE LATER TODAY AND FACULTY AND

STAFF MEMBER AND THEIR DEDICATED COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE SYSTEM.

OUR LEGACY IS A STORY OF SACRAMENTO STATE WHICH ON

OCTOBER 16, 1967 HAD THE COURAGE TO STAND UP TO HATRED AND

DIVISION BY INVITING DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

TO SPEAK AT A TIME WHEN FEW OTHERS WOULD.

ON THAT DAY IN 1967 DR.

KING'S WELCOME AT THE AIRPORT BY A

YOUNG SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR AND ANTHONY RENDON AND RECOMMENDED

HIM TELLING HIM IN THE SHORT RIDE TO THE CAMPUS STADIUM "KEEP

UP OUR HOPE AND OUR STRUGGLE AND DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE EVEN

WHEN WE NEVER REACH THE DESTINATION."

A VISIONARY STATEMENT.

A TIMELESS STATEMENT.

A PROFOUND STATEMENT THAT WE CAN ALL BENEFIT FROM

TODAY.

INDEED OUR LEGACY AT THE CSU IS THE STORY OF TWO SISTERS,

NATALIIA AND ISABELLE WITH THEIR FAMILY FLED THEIR HOME COUNTRY

TO ESCAPE DEATH THREATS FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF COLUMN WE A ON

ARRIVING IN CALIFORNIA THEY DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND

STRUGGLED TO FIT INTO THEIR SCHOOL.

THEIR PARENTS, A DOCTOR AND ACCOUNTANT BACK HOME TOOK

LOW WAGE JOBS TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND AFTER THE FAMILY'S VISA

EXPIRED THEY WORRIED THEY COULDN'T ATTEND COLLEGE OR

GETTING FINANCIAL AID BY EXCELLING IN HIGH SCHOOL.

NOW LUCKILY BECAUSE OF CAL STATE SAN

BERNARDINO'S PRIVATELY FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE HIGHEST

ACHIEVING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN THE COUNTY REGARDLESS OF THE

STATUS THE GIRLS WERE ABLE TO REACH THEIR DREAM GOALS AND

GRADUATE WITH HONORS FROM CSU SAN BERNARDINO.

BOTH HAVE SINCE EARNED ADVANCED DEGREES AND

STARTED A COMPANY IN LOS ANGELES PROVIDING LIFE CHANGING THERAPY

TO INFANTS WITH DISABILITIES.

NOT SURPRISINGLY OVER THREE QUARTERS OF THE COMPANY'S WORK

FORCE ARE CSU ALUMNI.

AND BECAUSE OF THE LEGACY OF THE

SCHOLARSHIP FUND STARTED BY THE LEAT PRESIDENT AL CARNEY AND

STRENGTHENED BY PRESIDENT THOMAS MORALES THE GIRLS ESTABLISHED A

DREAMER SCHOLARSHIP IN SAN BERNARDINO LAST FALL AND OUR

LEGACY IS MY OWN STORY.

AS AN IMMIGRANT, STUDENT ATHLETE AND

THE FIRST IN MY FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE, BUT I HAVE PERSONAL

INSIGHT AND GRATITUDE TO CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC HIGHER

EDUCATION THROUGH SCHOOL.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW I'M A PRODUCT

OF THIS UNIVERSITY TWICE, EAST BAY FRESNO AND YOU HEARD MY

COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CSU AND UC STORY BEFORE AND I LOVE TO TELL

IT TO THOSE THAT WANT TO LISTEN AND THOSE THAT DON'T AND WHAT

YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THAT LEGACY OF OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN

CALIFORNIA IS ALSO IN THE STORY OF MY FATHER.

MY DAD -- EXCUSE ME, MY DAD WAS 39 WHEN WE

IMMIGRATED TOGETHER FROM ARGENTINA TO THE U.S. HE GOT HIS

FIRST AND LAST JOB IN THE U.S. WITH THE HEXYL CORPORATION AND

AFTER 20 YEARS HE REALIZED HE COULD NO LONGER COMPETED WITHOUT

HIGHER EDUCATION, SO DID HIS BOSS.

THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS OF JOB LOSS AROUND THE AGE OF 60, A

FRIGHTENING PROPOSITION.

THE BOSS OFFERED HIM A POSITION OF

INTERNAL AUDITING BUT MY DAD WOULD NEED TRAINING SO AROUND 60

HE WENT TO COLLEGE FOR THE FIRST TIME, TOOK NIGHT COURSES IN

AUDITING AND GOT THE NEEDED KNOWLEDGE AND WORKED TO RETIRE

AT 65 SO THINK ABOUT THIS.

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION LAUNCHED ME EARLY IN

LIFE AND SAVED MY DAD LATER IN LIFE.

I WOULD SAY THAT IS REMARKABLE BOOK ENDS.

THAT'S THE LEGACY AND VISION OF THE CSU

ALONGSIDE THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND OUR COMMUNITY

COLLEGES AND COMBINED THESE STORIES OF COURAGE AND

FORESIGHT, OF GENEROSITY, OPPORTUNITY, INCLUSIVITY AND

EXCELLENCE FURTHER SHAPE THE PROFOUND VISION FOR THE FUTURE.

LET'S REFLECT NOW ON THE PRESENT.

I WILL START AS I ALWAYS DO WITH STUDENT

ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS.

ONE OF MY PERSONAL MANTRAS AS YOU KNOW

FOR MORE STUDENTS FROM CALIFORNIA DIVERSELY DYNAMIC TO

EARN A HIGH QUALITY DEGREE IN EDUCATION SOONER AND OVER THE

LAST FIVE YEARS THE CSU COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LASER FOCUSED

ON RAISING COMPLETION RATES RESULTING IN A 25% IMPROVEMENT

IN FIRST TIME FRESHMEN GRADUATING IN FOUR YEARS AS WELL

AS A 28% IMPROVEMENT IN THE RATE OF TRANSFER STUDENTS GRATING --

GRADUATING IN TWO YEARS AND BANNER INCREASESES FOR ANY

UNIVERSITY FOR FOR OUR STUDENTS THE HOLISTIC STUDENT SUCCESS

EFFORTS ARE TRULY AMAZING.

LAST YEAR WE REACHED A HISTORIC

MILESTONE IN DEGREE COMPLETION.

99,000 STUDENTS EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN 2016-17.

IF WE HELD A COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY FOR THE ENTIRE CSU IN

2017 WE WOULD FILL SAN JOSE STATE FOOTBALL STADIUM MANY

TIMES OVER AND FILLING ANOTHER STADIUM AND THAT'S

TRANSFORMATIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL SO TO THE FACULTY AND STAFF AND

STUDENTS AND LAPISES ALL LEVELS OF THE CSU I SAY THANK YOU AND

TO THE BACCALAUREATE AND ALL OF THE GRADS ARE ABLE TO JOIN THE

WORK FORCE IN 2018 WITH PROFESSIONAL OR GRADUATE SCHOOL.

THEY'RE OPPOSEDDED TO EARN 66% HIGHER INCOME THAN THOSE ONLY

WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND FAR FACED UNLIKELY TO FACE

UNEMPLOYMENT IN ANY ECONOMY AND THE MEDIAN SALARY FOR CSU ALUMNI

IS ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AT $47,000 A YEAR.

THEREFORE 7,000 ADDITIONAL GRADUATES LAST YEAR

ALONE COULD HAVE COLLECTIVELY EARNED $328 MILLION THEIR FIRST

YEAR IN THE WORK FORCE AND JUST THINK OF THE STATE TAXES OF THAT

$328 MILLION WOULD GENERATE.

IF WE KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING WE

CAN OVERCOME CALIFORNIA'S LIVING DEGREE DROUGHT AND POWER OUR

SOCIETY AND ECONOMY FOR DECADES TO COME.

WE KNOW OF COURSE THAT THE VALUE AND QUALITY OF A

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION CANNOT BE MEASURED SIMPLY WITH THE

GRADUATION RATES.

IT'S ALSO DEFINED AND FOUND IN THE

CHALLENGING AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING AND

DISCOVERY THAT EMBOLDENS OUR STUDENT WITH DISCIPLINARY

KNOWLEDGE AND THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE TO

PROFOUNDLY ADVANCE AS PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS AS A MULTI-CULTURAL

GLOBAL SOCIETY.

WE KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE IF WE ALLOW OUR DREAM

DRIVEN HARD FOUGHT PROGRESS TO STAGGATE.

CALIFORNIA'S INDUSTRIES CANNOT SURVIVE IN THE

GLOBAL ECONOMY IF WE FAIL TO PRODUCE THE ENGINEERS AND

PROGRAMMERS AND INNOVATORS AND EDUCATORS AND LEADERS OF

TOMORROW AND CALIFORNIA'S DIVERSELY DYNAMIC SOCIETY, THE

ENVY OF THIS COUNTRY AND WORLD WILL NOT THRIVE IF WE PULL BACK

FROM THE PUBLIC MISSION, OUR PUBLIC MISSION TO SERVE, EDUCATE

AND GRADUATE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS FROM THE GOLDEN

STATE BUT TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD ON OUR PROGRESS AND INCREASE

MOMENTUM TOWARDS THESE GOALS.

INDEED LAST YEAR THE CSU BROUGHT IN MORE THAN 700 TENURE TRACK

FACULTY, THE LARGEST COHORT IN A DECADE.

AND THE SEARCH FOR AN ADDITIONAL 700 IS UNDER WAY NOW

AND 400 NEW POSITIONS WHEN YOU ACCOUNT FOR THOSE THAT WE LOST

WITH RETIREMENT.

WE'RE BRINGING MORE STAFF AND PEER ADVISERS AND

REVOLUTIONIZING THE CURRICULUM AND TOOLS AND POST DEVELOPMENT

AND THE SKILLS GAP AND REVITALIZING RESEARCH AND

LEARNING SPACES.

IN NOVEMBER 2016 I AM VERY GRATEFUL

TO THIS BOARD FOR APPROVING A MULTI-YEAR PLAN AUTHORIZING THE

ISSUANCE OF UP TO $1 BILLION IN FINANCING FOR ACADEMIC PROJECTS

AND INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING LIFE SAFETY AND SEISMIC NEEDS.

IMPORTANTLY THIS PLAN DID NOT REQUIRE NEW FUNDING FROM THE

STATE OR FROM OUR STUDENTS NOR DID IT REQUIRE THE BOARD OF

TRUSTEES TO PULL RESOURCES FROM OTHER NON CAPITAL AREAS OF THE

OPERATING BUDGET.

INSTEAD EXISTING RESOURCES DESIGNATED

FOR CAPITAL NEEDS WERE RESTRUCTURED AND UTILIZED TO

SUPPORT THIS PLAN AND LAST FEBRUARY WE ISSUED THE FIRST

SEIZE OF BONDS UNDER THIS PLAN PROVIDING CAPITAL FUNDING WITH

APPROXIMATELY $204 MILLION FOR PROJECTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM.

WE'RE MAKING THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH

THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

AS YOU WILL HEAR LATER TODAY THE CSU HAS

DOZENS OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS IN VARIOUS

STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.

WITH THESE PARTNERSHIPS ALONGSIDE

BOTH PURCHASING AND CONSOLIDATION AND

REVOLUTIONATION AND A PROGRAM WE JUST ANNOUNCED WITH THE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THE CSU HAS 23 OF THE MOST EFFICIENTLY

EFFECTIVE UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THE CSU IS

ROUTINELY CITED AS A NATIONAL LEADER BECAUSE AS YOU WE ALL

KNOW EFFICIENCIES AND COST REDUCTIONS CAN ONLY GO SO FAR.

ONCE YOU BEGIN CUTTING INTO CORE FUNCTIONS CRITICAL SUPPORT

AREAS, QUALITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, VITAL FACULTY OR STAFF THEN THE

DRIVE FOR EFFICIENCY BECOMES A DEATH SPIRAL OF LOST QUALITY AND

LOST CONFIDENCE.

WE CANNOT LET OUR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SUFFER

THAT FATE.

THIS GETS TO WHY A PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION MATTERS.

IT'S ABOUT OPPORTUNITY AND PROSPERITY, ABOUT SOCIAL ASCENT

AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

IT'S ABOUT A STUDENT REACHING AND LIKELY

EXCEEDING THEIR LONG HELD DREAM DRIVEN GOALS.

IT'S ABOUT SELF ACTUALIZATION AND THE BENEFITS

THAT TRANSCEND SELF.

IT'S ABOUT EMPOWERING CALIFORNIANS TO BE

THE MOST SUCCESS VERSION OF WHO THEY ARE SO CALIFORNIA AS A

WHOLE SUCCEEDS.

WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US.

HECK WE'RE ONLY TWO YEARS INTO THE

TEN YEAR PLAN TO ELIMINATE EQUITY GAPS AND DECREASE TIME TO

EARN A DEGREE.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US BECAUSE WE KNOW

WHAT IS AT STAKE.

CERTAINLY THE STATUS QUO WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT

THIS WAY THINKING CAN BE EASY TO FALL BACK ON IF WE'RE NOT

CAREFUL OR COURAGEOUS SO HERE'S MY VIEW OF THE OLD STATUS QUO.

IT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND WITHOUT CHANGE THE 25,000 STUDENTS WHO

ARRIVE AT A CSU CAMPUS IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC

PREPARATION IN MATH ONE IN FOUR WOULD NOT RETURN FOR THEIR

SECOND YEAR.

ONE IN FOUR.

AND OF THAT ONLY 10% WILL GRADUATE

IN FOUR YEARS AND ONLY 35% IN FIVE YEARS AND LESS THAN HALF

WILL GRADUATE AFTER SIX YEARS.

WE CAN ALL AGREE REGARDLESS OF YOUR VIEWS ON SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE ESPECIALLY FOR OUR

UNDERSERVED STUDENTS MATTERS FOR THEIR CHANCES OF EARNING A

EDUCATION AND A DEGREE, SO I ASK WHO ARE WE HELPING?

WHO ARE WE PROTECTING IF WE WERE TO

CONTINUE THE STATUS QUO WHEN BOTH INDIVIDUAL ANECDOTES AND

COMPELLING AGGREGATE DATA INDICATE IT'S NOT WORKING FOR SO

MANY OF OUR STUDENTS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT CESAR.

LAST MONTH CAPITAL WEEKLY PUBLISHED A

PIECE BY GRADUATE STUDENT AT SACRAMENTO STATE CESAR TORRES.

CESAR WHO SUFFERS FROM DYSLEXIA WROTE ABOUT BEING RAILROADED

INTO A YEAR OF REMEDIAL MATH IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE BEFORE HE

COULD START THE REQUIREMENT FOR HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN

COMMUNICATIONS.

WHEN HE GOT TO COLLEGE HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT

STATISTICS ABOUT STUDENTS OF COLOR AND MATH REMEDIATION THAT

THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE CLASSIFIED AS UNPREPARED AND

OFTEN REQUIRED TO TAKE THREE OR MORE REMEDIAL MATH CLASSES

BEFORE THEY CAN EARN CREDIT FOR COLLEGE LEVEL MATH NOR DID HE

KNOW THAT LESS ONE IN TEN STUDENTS PLACED IN THESE CLASSES

WILL ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE MATH REQUIREMENT FOR A BACHELOR'S

DEGREE, LESS THAN ONE IN TEN, BUT LUCKILY FOR CESAR HIS

COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AMERICAN RIVER, OFFERED AN INNOVATIVE TWO

SEMESTER PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

MAJORS TO MEET COLLEGE LEVEL QUANTITATIVE REASONING

REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT GETTING STUCK IN THE SEEMING AND

SOMETIMES ACTUALLY CYCLE OF WORK WITHOUT PROGRESS AND BECAUSE OF

THE INNOVATIVE PROGRAM AND HIS DETERMINATION CESAR WAS ABLE TO

ENROLL IN STATISTICS AT AMERICAN RIVER AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO

AND GRADUATED FROM SAC STATE AND NOW HE'S WELL ON THE WAY TO

EARNING HIS PH.D AND BECOMING A COLLEGE PROFESSOR SO LET'S

IMPROVE THE THOUSAND S OF STORIES LIKE THIS AND INTO DEVELOPMENTAL

EDUCATION AND EVERYTHING WE DO WITH INNOVATION AND COURAGE TO

ENABLE -- TO TRULY ENABLE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS.

LET'S MAKE CESAR'S SUCCESS STORY THE NEW STATUS QUO.

NOW THIS INCREDIBLE TRUTH ABOUT OUR

PROGRESS IS THAT WE'RE MAKING GAINS BY ADDING MORE PROFESSORS,

MORE VISIERS AND COURSES AND WHILE KEEPING COSTS FOR STUDENTS

AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LOW AND MANY FACULTY AND STAFF

ACROSS THE CSU ARE HARD AT WORK DESIGNING COURSES TO MAKE SURE

STUDENTS CAN EARN COLLEGE CREDIT BY RECEIVING THE SUPPORT THEY

NEED.

INDEED WE'RE CONSTANTLY PRAISED FOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT

NATIONALLY AND ON EDUCATION AND POLLING AND INCLUDING THE RECENT

STUDY OF CALIFORNIAN'S VIEW THAT SHOWED SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT

OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS AND VERY FAVORABLE IMPRESSIONS OF THE CSU

AND DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE KEPT FOCUS ON AN

AFFORDABLE COLLEGE DEGREE, THE TUITION RAISING 4.9% WHILE

CREATING ACCESS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 35,000 PELL GRANT

RECIPIENTS, 35,000 STUDENTS WE ADDED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS

THAT ARE PELL STUDENTS IS EQUAL TO THE TOTAL COMBINED ENROLLMENT

OF PELL GRANT STUDENTS AT THE EIGHT IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITIES

PLUS UCLA, UC BERKELEY AND USC.

THAT TOO IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PROUD LEGACY.

IN BETWEEN PELL GRANT, CAL GRANT AND CSU

STATE UNIVERSITY GRANTS SOME 2/3 OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE THEIR

TUITION COVERED COMPLETELY WITHOUT LOANS.

LET ME REPEAT THAT.

2/3 OF THE STUDENTS DON'T PAY TUITION AFTER FINANCIAL AID.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT STUDENTS NOT JUST PAY TUITION.

THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND

CALIFORNIA IS INDEED EXPENSIVE.

THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT IN LINE WITH THE LEGACY TO KEEP

COSTS LOW FOR THE STUDENTS WHILE UNDERSTANDING THE REALITY THAT A

QUALITY EDUCATION DOES TAKE RESOURCES, AND IN TODAY'S NEW

NORMAL HERE IN CALIFORNIA THE DAYS OF FULLY SUBSIDIZED TUITION

ARE IN THE PAST.

THE SIMPLE TRUTH THAT SOMEONE ALWAYS PAYS.

IT'S WHO PAYS HAS CHANGED OVER TIME AND MAKE NO MISTAKE WE'RE

THANKFUL FOR INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN THE STATE

APPROPRIATION IN RECENT YEARS YET THE INCREASES AND SUPPORT

FROM THE STATE ARE GOING IN LARGE PART TO HEALTH CARE AND

OTHER MANDATED AND INFLATIONARY COSTS AND EITHER WAY IT'S

PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE.

WE'RE ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO WALK UP A DOWN ESCALATOR.

EVEN WITH THE REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN

EFFICIENCY AND COST REDUCTION WE HAVE DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO

DO AND DESCRIBED LATER IN THE MEETING IN THE BUDGET AND

FINANCE REPORT BY STEVE RELYEA.

WE CAN'T PROGRESS TO MEET CALIFORNIA'S NEEDS AND OUR

STUDENT'S EXPECTATIONS OF US.

INDEED WE'RE ON AN UNSUSTAINABLE PATH WAY.

THIS CONCERNS AND SADDENS ME AS A CALIFORNIAN, AS

AN EDUCATOR AND AS YOUR CHANCELLOR AND WHILE THE IDEAIST

SAYS THAT THE STATE WILL TAKE US BACK TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AS A

PUBLIC INVESTMENT THE REALIST SAYS IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN

OUR LIFETIME AND STILL WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I WILL SAY TO THE

ELECTED LEADERS THE MOMENT TO PROPERLY VEST IN THE CSU IS

OVERDEE AND AS THE TRUSTEES REQUESTED YEAR IN AND YEAR ODD.

WE ARE ALL CALIFORNIANS . IT'S SHOULDN'T BE THE CSU VERSUS THE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR RESOURCES.

IT SHOULD BE ALL OF US WORKING UTILITIES FOR

CALIFORNIANS WITH A STRONG ECONOMY AND ROBUST STATE COFFERS

AND NEW INDUSTRIES GENERATING BILLIONS IN ADDITIONAL TAXES AND

FEES, ALL DEVELOPMENTS RESULTING IN THE GROWING NEED FOR AN

UNIVERSITY EDUCATED POPULOUS IT'S IMPERATIVE TO INVEST

ADEQUATELYLET FUEL FOR TOMORROW SO THAT THEN LEADS TO OUR VISION

AND IT IS BASED ON SHARED PRIORITIES AND I TRUST IN THE

YEAR AHEAD WE CAN BUILD ON THE PROGRESS MADE IN 2017 TOWARDS

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS MAKING SURE THAT MORE STUDENTS

REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND OR STATUS OR EARNING DEGREES AND

ACHIEVE THE CAREER GOALS AND LIFE'S TRAJECTORY.

ENROLLMENT.

STAYING TRUE TO THE MISSION AND GRADUATING EVERY QUALIFIED

CALIFORNIAN AND NOT TURNING THEM AWAY FROM THE CAMPUSES.

FACILITIES AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.

WORKING TO REPAIR THE LEARNING AND WORKING

ENVIRONMENTS AND SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATING FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY

AND AUTHORITY TO BETTER MEET OUR BACKLOGS AND OUR NEEDS AND FAIR

COMPENSATION.

I AM PROUD WE WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER WITH

OUR UNION PARTNERS LAST YEAR ON NEW AGREEMENTS THAT BETTER

REFLECT OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO BUT OUR VOICES

ARE LOUDEST AND STRONGEST WHEN IN UNISON AND TELL THE PROFOUND

CSU STORY IN OUR THOUSANDS OF VOICES, SO HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT

THE SHARED PRIORITIES CONTINUES IN 2018 AND THE NEXT DECADE AND

BEYOND?

I BELIEVE THAT THE OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITY FACING

THE CSU AHEAD WILL REQUIRE THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ALONG

STAKEHOLDERS, ALLIES, FRIENDS AND PARTNERS TO SPEAK AS ONE

VOICE FOR OUR VALUES AND MISSION IN SERVICE TO CALIFORNIA AND FOR

CALIFORNIA.

NOVEMBER 2017 I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK AT THE

CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT ANNUAL PROGRAM, A THEME WAS AND

IS INSTRUCTIVE FOR TODAY "THE ROAD MAP TO SHARED PROSPERITY."

I JOINED WITH UC PRESIDENT JANET NAPOLITANO AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

PRESIDENT CHANCELLOR OAKLEY AND I WAS ASKED WHAT MY PREDICTIONS

FOR 2018?

AND THE FIRST WAS FOR A ALL FINAL FOUR IN BASKETBALL

AND SO FAR SO GOOD BUT IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT THERE WILL BE

DISAPPOINTMENT FOR PLAYERS AND FANS AND COACHES.

MY SECOND PREDICTION FOR 2018 THERE WOULD

BE A FIGHT, A FIGHT FOR RESOURCES, FOR OUR VALUES AND

OUR AS THE MOST DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL

UNIVERSITY IN THE NATION.

I DON'T SAY A FIGHT TOWARDS

DISRESPECT WITH THE ELECTED LEADERS AT ALL.

I KNOW THEY HAVE A TOUGH JOB WITH

CALIFORNIA'S COMPETING PRIORITY.

WHEN I SAY FIGHT WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER

INSTITUTIONS AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY OF

CALIFORNIAS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO AFFIRM THE BELIEF

THAT THE BEST INVESTMENT CALIFORNIA CAN MAKE FOR ITS

PEOPLE IS PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION.

INDEED LIKE SPORTS HOPE IS ETERNAL IN FUNDING

REQUESTS BUT HERE THE CONSEQUENCE OF NOT SUCCEEDING IS

MUCH MORE PROFOUND THAN MERE DISAPPOINTMENT.

IT MEANS LIVE REDIRECTED WITH THE POWER OF

PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY AND SOCIAL

ASCENT LIFTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

IT MEANS LOST HUMAN POTENTIAL.

OUR MISSION THEN HAS BOTH ECONOMIC

AND SOCIAL AND MORAL IMPERATIVE AT ITS ROOTS AND LET'S WORK

TOGETHER TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.

WHEN I SAY FIGHT WE NEED TO STAND AGAINST THE FORCES OF HATE

AND BIGOTRY AND THAT DIVIDE THE SOCIETIES AND YESTERDAY I ISSUED

THE CSU'S STATEMENT OF EXCELLENCE FOR ALL TO PERUSE ON

OUR WEBSITE.

WHEN I SAY FIGHT I MEAN WE NEED TO STAND IN

SOLIDARITY WITH OUR VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND IT'S BEEN AN

INTEGRAL PART OF OUR LEGACY ANDAL ALL TIMES AND

UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE STUDENTS INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY

FACING UNDUE HARDSHIPS AND OBSTACLES AND DISCRIMINATION AND

AS A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY THE CSU IS OUR WAY TO PROTECT THE MOST

VULNERABLE STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE.

A DECADE AGO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTED

HONORARY DEGREES TO STUDENTS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY WHOSE COLLEGE

EDUCATION WAS STOPPED DURING WORLD WAR II WITH FORCED REMOVAL

AND SOME WERE GIVEN POSTHUMOUSLY AND THE CHANCELLOR SAID WE HOPE

TO DO RIGHT IN IN LIGHT OF ALL THE WRONGS AND TODAY WE ARE

WORKING FOR WOMENS' RIGHTS AND FIGHTING AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE ON

CAMPUS AND WE'RE THE FIRST GROUP TO HAVE A TITLE NINE COMPLIANCE

OFFICER TO ACTIVELY ADDRESS ISSUES OF SEX DISCRIMINATION AND

VIOLENCE.

NOW EVERY CSU CAMPUS HAS A DEDICATED TITLE NINE

OFFICER COMMITTED TO GIVE WRAP AROUND SERVICES AND PROMPT

RESPONSES AND A HEARING.

FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY EVERY CAMPUS

HAS RESOURCES AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY FOR THOSE AND SAFE

ZONES AND INCLUSIVITY CENTERS AND MORE AND FOR THE DREAMERS

AND EMPLOYEES WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL

AND WITH THE UC AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND COMPANIES BIG AND

SMALL AND NATIONAL GROUPS LIKE -- [INAUDIBLE] EVERYONE IN

HIGHER EDUCATION ACROSS THIS COUNTRY CONTINUE TO PUSH

CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE TO PROTECT OUR DREAMER STUDENTS AND

EMPLOYEES.

REGRETTABLY THE NO RESOLUTION ON DACA IS LARGE AND

HAS UNCERTAINTY AND WILL BE A STAIN ON AMERICANS AND FUTURE

GENERATIONS WILL JUDGE US UNKINDLY AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE

CALLING FOR A PASSIONATE DREAM ACT WITHOUT DELAY AND SENATOR

CAMALA HARRIS HAS IT RIGHT "EVERYDAY WE DON'T PASS THE

DREAM ACT THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR DESPITE THEY DID EVERYTHING

RIGHT" AND I AGREE.

WE KNOW OUR SUCCESS WILL BE WHO WE

INCLUDE AND COMMITMENT TO SHARED PRIORITIES AND VALUES AND

ABILITY TO HAVE SOCIAL ASCENT FOR OUR GRADUATES THIS.

IS OUR VISION AND YET TODAY IT IS

VULNERABLE.

IT IS AT RISK.

WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN COST

AVOIDANCE AND FINDING EFFICIENCIES AT EVERY POSSIBLE

TURN BUT WITHOUT SUFFICIENT SUSTAINED AND PREDICTABLE

RESOURCES WE DO FACE AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE AND AS A PUBLIC

UNIVERSITY WE BELIEVE RIGHTLY THAT THE ONEROUS FOR NEW

INVESTMENT RESIDES IN THE PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA.

THE CURRENT TREND IN FUNDING PERSISTS I FEAR MUCH

OF THE PROGRESS WE MADE ALREADY ON THE STUDENT SUCCESS GOALS

WILL STAGNATE AND SLIP.

THE CURRENTLY PROPOSED AUGMENTATION

TO THE STATE APPROPRIATION OF $92 MILLION FOR THE 2018-19 YEAR

IS 1/3 OF THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO FUND THE TOP TIER NEEDS OF THE

CSU AS REFLECTED IN THIS BOARD'S BUDGET REQUESTS OF $283 MILLION

KNEAD JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AGO IN NOVEMBER.

AS WE WILL DISCUSS LATER IN THE MEETING THAT

SUGGESTED INCREASE REFLECTS ABOUT 1.4% OF OUR OPERATING

BUDGET, HALF THE RATE OF INFLATIONARY RATE INCREASES

WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER.

DURING THE RECESSION THE STATE WAS FORCED TO CUT

$908 MILLION FROM OUR TRUE RECURRING OPERATING BUDGETS,

$908 MILLION.

AND IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT THE STATE SAID

THAT WE WILL RECEIVE 1.6 BILLION DOLLARS.

WE HAVE RECEIVED 1.6 BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE PAST

SEVEN YEARS AND FOR CONTEXT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT

NUMBER.

$700 MILLION IS EITHER REFUNDS OR PASS-THROUGH COSTS

AND LEAVING THE REST FOR ACTUAL STATE INVESTMENT FOR RECURRING

OPERATION COSTS SINCE THE RECESSIONARY CUTS OF NEARLY AN

IDENTICAL AMOUNT.

MAKE NO BONES WITH IT WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL

FOR THAT INCREASE, BUT IT ONLY GETS US EVEN TO WHERE WE WERE

BEFORE THE RECESSION, AND THAT'S WITHOUT CORRECTING ANYTHING OR

INFLATION OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

LET'S PUT THAT 900 MILLION OVER THE PAST YEARS

IN FURTHER CONTEXT.

IN 2011 IN 2018 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S

GENERAL FUND INCREASED 59% FROM 84.$8 BILLION TO ONE 35.

$1 BILLION.

THAT MEANS OUR SHARE, THE CSU OF THAT

50.$3 BILLION INCREASE IN NEW SPENDING OVER THE LAST SEVEN

YEARS OUR SHARE WAS LESS THAN 2%.

THIS INVESTMENT BY THE STATE OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS

AND IT WAS BUILDING ON A DOWNWARD TREND OF INVESTMENT

OVER THE LAST DECADES WON'T GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO SERVE

CALIFORNIA AND CALIFORNIANS AND WON'T ALLOW US TO BE INCLUSIVE

AND DYNAMIC FORCE FOR PROSPERITY AND JUSTICE AND INSTILLED AND

THE FINDINGS BY THE LATE GOVERNOR EDMOND G BROKEN AND

NEVER LOSE TRACK.

WE'RE AN INSTITUTION WHO PRIDES ITSELF ON

WHO IT ADMITS AND GRADUATES RATHER THAN WHO WE TURN AWAY.

WE'RE AN INSTITUTION OF EQUITY AND DISCOVERY AND A SEPT AND

WE'RE KNOWN FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT.

A UNIVERSITY KNOWN FOR THE CONSEQUENTIAL IMPACT IN

CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE TEACHING AND LEARNING AND RESEARCH AND

DIRECTED ACTIVITY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS

AND INDUSTRY, ALL ACCOMPLISHED BY OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF

AND ALUMNI.

I AM CONFIDENT REALLY STUBBORNLY OPTIMISTIC

BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION OF ALL OF THESE GROUPS AND STAKEHOLDERS

AND PARTNERS IT IS VITAL TO THE MISSION OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA PRESENT AND FUTURE AND WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN

ACHIEVING OUR VISION AND CHANGE THE FUNDING DYNAMIC OF STATE

SUPPORT AND CONTINUE TO BEND OUR OWN COST CURVE.

IN REGARD LET ME CLOSE THIS MORNING AND LEAVE

YOU WITH A THOUGHT FROM YESTERDAY'S "NEW YORK TIMES" AND

AARON CAROL AN ACADEMIC PHYSICIAN FROM INDIANA HAD THE

QUESTION PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE, IS IT WORTH IT?

DOES IT SAVE MONEY?

AND IN OUR CONTEXT LET'S CHANGE THE WORDS "PREVENTIVE

HEALTH CARE" WITH THE WORDS "CSU EDUCATION."

NOW THIS ARTICLE THAT AARON WROTE WAS

INFLUENCED BY PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES AND FEDERAL POLICY

MAKERS, OPINION PIECES AND IN CONCLUSION PREVENTIVE HEALTH

CARE DOES NOT SAVE MONEY.

LET ME QUOTE "MONEY DOESN'T HAVE TO

BE SAVED TO MAKE SOMETHING WORTHWHILE.

PREVENTION IMPROVES OUTCOMES.

IT MAKES PEOPLE HEALTHIER.

IT IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE.

IT OFTEN DOES SO FOR A VERY REASONABLE PRICE.

THERE ARE MANY GOOD ARGUMENTS FOR

FOCUSING THE EFFORTS ON PREVENTION AND ALMOST HAVE TO DO

WITH IMPROVING QUALITY WHILE NOT REDUCING SPENDING.

WE WOULD DO WELL TO ADMIT THAT AND MOVE

FORWARD.

SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS COST MONEY" AND ONE OF THE

READERS IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES" BROUGHT A SMILE TO ME "THIS IS

TRULY AN INSTANCE OF KNOWING THE COST OF EVERYTHING AND THE VALUE

OF NOTHING."

NOW WITH THE WORD EXCHANGE I SUGGEST AND

EXCHANGING CSU EDUCATION FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE.

A CSU EDUCATION IMPROVE OUTCOMES.

IT MAKES PEOPLE ABLE TO ASCEND

SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY.

IT IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE.

IT OFTEN DOES SO FOR A VERY

REASONABLE PRICE.

THERE ARE MANY GOOD ARGUMENT% INCREASING

OUR FOCUS ON A CSU EDUCATION.

ALMOST HAVE TO DO WITH IMPROVING QUALITY THOUGH NOT REDUCING

STENDING.

WE WOULD DO WELL TO ADMIT THAT AND MOVE FORWARD.

SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS COST MONEY.

THE CSU IS A GOOD THING.

IT IS A VERY GOOD THING.

IT IS A PRIVILEGE.

IT IS A CALLING TO BE A PART OF.

AMAZING PEOPLE DOING AMAZING THINGS THAT TRULY

HAPPENS AND WIOA THE STATE OF THE CSU IS STRONG.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]

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THANK YOU.

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