My name is Steve Leitch, I'm the Chairman and
Overseas Development Director for the California Superbike School.
We have been running for
approximately 20 years in the UK and
worldwide we've been going for 35 years.
It was set up originally by Keith Code in the United States.
Back in the early 1980's.
The whole concept is a development program
whereby you start at Level One and work your way through to Level Four.
It works because we go to
all the International circuits, not just in the UK,
but abroad as well. We run at Silverstone, Brands Hatch
and Cadwell Park.
Well we've been offering photos for
probably the entirety of the last 20 years.
and so the idea and the concept of offering a video
package as well on top of that was
almost a natural extension.
We chose MACH Photography specifically
because they were not only willing to take on the video packages
and develop them through our schools
but also they were incredibly flexible as to how they operated within
our organization. We
get very, very good feedback from our
customers about the quality of the videos
that are being produced. 14% of our clients will come back and
buy a second video because they felt it was worthwhile
the first time around.
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BREAKING NEWS Out Of California… WHAT JUST HAPPENED WILL MAKE YOUR BLOOD BOIL!!! - Duration: 5:57.
BREAKING NEWS Out Of California…
WHAT JUST HAPPENED WILL MAKE YOUR BLOOD BOIL!!!
A video in which a Southern California high school teacher is heard slamming members of
the military as "the frickin' lowest of the low" in a classroom rant to students
has gone viral, FOX NEWS reports.Gregory Salcido, previous Mayor, previous councilman for Pico
Rivera City and now a High School teacher for a History class, slanders the United States
Military and every soldier who ever served.
"Think about the people you know who are over there, Your freakin' stupid Uncle Louie
or whatever.
They're dumb s – – – s.
They're not high-level bankers.
They're not academic people.
They're not intellectual people.
They're the freakin' lowest of our low."The Pentagon fired back Monday at a Southern California
high school teacher who was recorded apparently ranting to students that members of the military
were "dumb s—s" and "not intellectual people."
Pentagon spokeswoman Amber Smith said the remarks by Gregory Salcido, the El Rancho
High teacher who's also a Pico Rivera city councilman and former mayor, were "very
uninformed."
Before we continue with this clowns temper tantrum and mental breakdown, I believe blunt
truth is needed to "Educate" Salcido and his ilk.
I find it hilarious that the 1st thing Mr. Salcido did was hide behind the 1st Amendment
to defend his hate speech.
According to CBS Los Angeles:
Salcido could not be reached for comment, but on a Facebook post stamped New York he
wrote: "I don't think it's wise for me to make any specific comments, but I want
my friends, family and students to know we are fine and we respect the rights of free
expression for all individuals."
How can he educate today's youth on "American History" when he obviously has no idea how
America was founded and who protects his precious rights?
Salcido does have the right to his own opinions and he has the right to express said opinions,
so long as it is done on his personal time and in such a manner that is considered legally
peaceful.
He does not have the right to use his classroom as his personal pulpit to attempt to indoctrinate
the students on his anti-American hate speeches and his obvious hate of the United States
Military and those who serve.
Salcido also questioned why military recruiters were permitted to visit the school, comparing
them to pimps.
"We don't allow pimps to come into the school."
The student who recorded the rant, said he did so because he was angry with the teacher
for what he was saying to another student who was wearing a "Marine Corps" sweatshirt.
"I was very angry, It was so disrespectful to my dad and my uncles and all veterans and
those still in the military."
The student went on to say that his father and uncles fought in Vietnam, Afghanistan
and Desert Storm as United States Marines.
The student recorded the Salcido from his phone which he hid under his desk, because
he wanted his mom to hear it, but really did not intend for anyone else to hear it.I served
8 years in the Army as a Combat Medic, 6 years as a civilian EMT I/D and am a husband and
father.
I did not go to some IVY league college, life did not serve me with a silver spoon and I
certainly never claim to be the smartest man in the room, though my IQ is in the 120 range,
per the MENSA Test which I participated in a Community College classroom to take.
The class just happened to be Anatomy and Physiology.
I can say without a doubt that a huge part of me desires to provide Mr. Salcido with
some blunt force trauma over his comments about those of us who served and those who
currently do and those that gave all.
However, I believe the best form of education for Mr. Salcido would be for him to go and
see what soldiers on the front line do and what they live on a daily.
In all walks of life you have those who excel in education, those who excel in street smarts
and those who have a balance of both.
Salcido crossed the line in his rant and made it extremely personal in his slander and then
as such cowards do, he screamed for protection under the 1st Amendment.
I have read countless comments from civilians who are defending our Soldiers and our military
as well as veterans who have very colorful feelings about Mr. Salcido.
My message to Salcido is that he has his rights to express his opinions, but does not have
the right to do so in a classroom.
Because he chose to do so in his classroom and he singled out a student, he showed he
is far from an educated person.
His choice and his actions show a cowardly individual who lacks respect, honor, integrity
and valor as well as humility and gratitude for his rights and opportunities that life
has provided him.
He does not have to like the military, soldiers or the warriors ethos, he does however need
to respect them.
If it was not for our military, we would not have the rights and freedoms in the United
States that provide the Democrats and scumbags to run their mouths and let stupid flow out.
These ungrateful maggots that hate the military, generally do so because they are cowardly
little individuals that are scared of their own shadows.
Individuals that lack the strength and fortitude to lace up, disgraceful and filled with hate,
they live lives controlled by fear.
I suggest if Mr. Salcido feels so strongly about his opinions and right to express his
hate, then man up and go confront soldiers and our military leaders and have the intestinal
fortitude to say it directly to us.
Stop bullying the youth and attempting to indoctrinate them with your hate and cowardly
views.
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California Trump Voters Reflect on the State of the Nation | NBC Left Field - Duration: 11:05.
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.
Thanks for watching! If you enjoyed this video, click over here to see another
video about Arizona teens devoted to President Trump, as well as their own
dreams of running for office in 2036.
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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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