"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will have to determine whether to sign off
on a bill this week that would bring UC and CSU foundations under the
authority of public record requests, though UC officials say the bill
could end up costing the cash-strapped university millions of dollars in
anonymous donations.
The bill, authored by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo,
was unanimously approved by the state Assembly last week and narrowly
cleared the state Senate Thursday morning. If approved, the bill would
expand the definition of a state agency to include state university
auxiliaries, bringing them under the California Public Records Act
(CPRA).
UC officials are opposing the bill, saying expanded access to
records could mean a loss of anonymous donors at a time when the
university is growing more reliant on donor funds. University
foundations provided over $500 million to the UC in the 2008-09 fiscal
year, according to a UC officials.
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