State Senator Ted Lieu has taken action to protect vital CSU funding. He is speaking out against a possible change to the CSU’s executive pay policy that would put more money in executives’ pockets and less money in the classroom.
The CSU Trustees will vote on a proposed revision to the executive pay policy at their meeting next week. The policy has already been criticized by the Legislative Analyst’s Office and members of the media.
After reviewing the policy, Lieu was angry enough with the Chancellor’s flawed logic to personally write a white paper that goes through the proposed policy line by line, debunking the Chancellor’s arguments.
In a letter accompanying the white paper, Lieu urged the Trustees to abandon the flawed policy.
Lieu wrote, “CSU leadership has utterly failed to ask the first and relevant question, which is whether CSU’s budget and California could afford—both in substance and in symbolism—gigantic raises for CSU executives. The proposed policy unfortunately continues to focus on the wrong question.”
“….It does not have to be this way. For the reasons set forth in the attached white paper, I urge you in the strongest possible terms to withdraw your proposal. I believe that by working with all stakeholders, you can come up with a common-sense policy in which the interests of students, faculty and taxpayers are prioritized over unsustainable compensation packages for CSU presidents.”
