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Brennan Robbins, who identified himself as a UAW member and leader at UC Berkeley, said he is enrolled in a professional degree program that carries a PDST and argued that a proposed item in the Academic and Student Affairs Committee (A2) would let programs raise fees without requiring programs to justify increases to students. \"It would remove any transparency that currently exists,\" Robbins said, and he asked the regents to oppose the proposal so students would retain a mechanism to hold programs accountable for fee increases.
Robbins delivered his comments in the Investments Committee's public-comment period; the A2 item is on the Academic and Student Affairs Committee agenda. Regents did not act on that Academic and Student Affairs item during the Investments Committee meeting; Robbins's remarks were entered as public comment and will be referred to the appropriate committee and staff for consideration.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Investments Committee","oneSentenceSummary","A student and union leader told regents that proposed delegation of authority for program-based PDST multiyear fee plans would remove transparency and student oversight and urged the board to oppose the item in Academic and Student Affairs.","taxTitle","University of California, Boards and Commissions, Executive, California","taxId",76757,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6155777,"Workers at Apollo-owned Cardenas tell regents of heat stroke, harassment and call for unionization",362,2006000,2368000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5473615-c1b977411b912ac659b227deeb3adc49&start=2006&end=2368","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5473615-c1b977411b912ac659b227deeb3adc49/thumbnail_2006000.jpg","/articles/6155777/California/Workers-at-Apollo-owned-Cardenas-tell-regents-of-heat-stroke-harassment-and-call-for-unionization","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6155777-b9df22ef1666dea3ad28c5e2163a5100/orig.mp4?Expires=1770432689&Signature=RQr6x0990cA2PYxfEuTkuhYbxGbMAkFzeFBzeXdD~vM~6KrtAARdHbtBLcbiyi0bAqmqNKFGd0efkuBZ7KrIcnYgyoXBJWDE8zMknuU7O9pzkyAwRV66GnCMZxybUQFFd6UHmo~7bTf3Y83b3jMs1KMwTdNd4HqPIbkgZckrGNyPmVRYwamPwDoD-6sxQLD4rpFV524LwuHoaMbI4jN7KY1we4FwTIUSOwOouzGhfwdXvjuA8gsy~0vUAJDcEH1lUhd0qawh4i4OMiM~qelzBokFnJp4XghdhD4-5~pAmpOhOwyAm68IDvyhNbUCu0OpbH8i3HC7CWdzdkDnDGJFFQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Two employees who identified themselves as workers at Cardenas stores owned by Apollo spoke during the University of California Investments Committee public-comment period on July 15, describing on-the-job heat illness, alleged harassment and reprisals for reporting concerns, and urging investor accountability.
Ginger Fernandez said she works in a closed room at a Cardenas store in Las Vegas and described suffering a heat stroke on June 13 when the air conditioning stopped and temperatures exceeded 110 degrees Fahrenheit. She said managers did not call an ambulance or send her home and asked her to finish her shift despite dizziness, headache and nosebleed.
Jose Oliveros, who said he works at a Cardenas store in San Jacinto, said human-resources staff dismissed his complaint about alleged inappropriate remarks by a supervisor and that management had not remedied long-running air-conditioning failures that left staff working in temperatures he estimated around 38 degrees Celsius. Oliveros also said he was accused of theft after reporting harassment and that he believes the accusation was retaliation for supporting a union push.
Both speakers linked working conditions at Cardenas to Apollo, an investment firm named by the commenters as an investor with ties to the University of California; they urged that investors consider worker safety and respect the right to organize. Their remarks were delivered as public comment and did not result in immediate board action.","Two workers at Cardenas stores owned by Apollo testified during the UC Investments Committee public comment period that they suffered heat-related illness and harassment and urged the regents, as investors in Apollo, to consider worker conditions and support unions.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6155782,"Disabled students tell UC mask ban excludes and risks participants; cite ADA and lawsuit",122,1230000,1352000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5473615-c1b977411b912ac659b227deeb3adc49&start=1230&end=1352","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5473615-c1b977411b912ac659b227deeb3adc49/thumbnail_1230000.jpg","/articles/6155782/California/Disabled-students-tell-UC-mask-ban-excludes-and-risks-participants-cite-ADA-and-lawsuit","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6155782-2573d30807b72f8523b9bf0e72bba960/orig.mp4?Expires=1770432689&Signature=CL6qPQk2XrPEkLr4oDaS817ATA8PLYWrK2FpTDZaAEekb0jsZmGVa7L~mNlOBWSxNEoNnyoICCnLwYR7e0OX2RhwYvohz7ZRraYBvhw7dhPfmvRfsChIAlg9EpsXSOzGrog9DXq-hFqDNVA5VaLeRB0uHNbiT7DVGRYLQD7XsZtHtLN5eRWIR8RmsNnpNH4MRcPuYb9knOHL2-FqZJ4dFPl6TxGSN~1WLXCu-PzJdOzAD3d4f60X3abVKa0f9Q0CJvaUjk6WfsR0hl-WGDI8mOcBQ1Jvzo1buLOp4ibRYXe4R-O-vZUBrkTbLBaP3Oq06~fJ~LBH9GM6wjrueaF3kQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Two disabled students who spoke during the University of California Investments Committee public-comment period on July 15 said a UC policy banning non-transparent masks at region meetings discriminates against people who rely on high-filtration masks and violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Roxas Hayes, a rising senior and disabled undergraduate at UCLA, said the policy bars high-filtration nontransparent masks that protect against COVID-19 and other airborne harms, and that designating disabled people to an overflow room or requiring them to call in \"is segregation.\" \"Banning high-filtration masks puts disabled people at risk barring them from meaningful participation in the public comment process,\" Hayes said.
Jennifer Miyake, a recent UCLA graduate who said she is disabled, described months of student protest against the regional mask ban and said that segregating or requiring disabled community members to call in or sit in designated rooms is discriminatory. She said the university is already subject to a disability-discrimination lawsuit and urged regents to include students with disabilities in policy discussions.
Both speakers cited the Americans with Disabilities Act and said that the masking policy lacks reasonable accommodations. Their remarks were part of the public-comment period; regents did not act on the policy during the Investments Committee session.","Speakers said a UC Regions masking policy banning non-transparent high-filtration masks discriminates against disabled people, risks their health and amounts to segregation; callers cited the Americans with Disabilities Act and an ongoing disability lawsuit.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6155787,"Lecturers, resident physicians and union members press UC regents over layoffs, wages and staffing",862,142000,1004000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5473615-c1b977411b912ac659b227deeb3adc49&start=142&end=1004","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5473615-c1b977411b912ac659b227deeb3adc49/thumbnail_142000.jpg","/articles/6155787/California/Lecturers-resident-physicians-and-union-members-press-UC-regents-over-layoffs-wages-and-staffing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6155787-927ebaaed87429eaa535060e1015a240/orig.mp4?Expires=1770432689&Signature=O88V~eCTDm5BNaO8SKh9NQov~6LL5VoxaBcAlR0gEgf-7lL7pWfM-SmJRef8bENQS9WmhE2~OlEvqhD6cDydHcxkxixcUwQVFuKWJe76A-owBNPEJoc0F3RNBxvviOrooFIJ0adRZPe444ccdDxnQwqJKD84AMZ5m0G3Pq5vNsnTDA~K5MSS~jerOEN~vF8JLXEwGj7vmtk1P1Ag096UKY0WuMuQplaK6zyse5CdveQbOkJPPkpnAXHsid4tXetp6aZrpfef9YYtzZKpz27t0DX2SPSN7B~ESeHAUb8IpyjNqca3uF3AbPLht9-8leMiFRw2dWS8Dmc~oZqE0w0~zw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dozens of lecturers, resident physicians and union representatives used the public-comment period at the University of California Investments Committee meeting on July 15 to urge the regents to address layoffs, restore courses and raise wages for frontline health-care workers.
Lecturers and unit-18 employees described recent notices of layoffs that they said were issued based on budget scenarios that had since changed. \"We were given off notices in late June,\" said Peter Sebulia, a lecturer and member of the UC community, describing contradictory information he and colleagues received about benefit cut-off dates. Josh Burhinski, a lecturer at UC Santa Cruz who identified himself as vice president for organizing of a lecturers union, said his campus and others had seen program eliminations and that \"80 lecturers\" have been laid off across the state as a result of a plan prepared when cuts were expected.
Resident physicians and workers at UC hospitals told the regents they face low pay and staffing pressures. Dr. Victoria Fleming, a neurology resident at UC Irvine, said residents are \"the frontline doctors\" and described housing costs that leave wages insufficient to cover basic living expenses in some counties. Dr. Diana Dayal, an emergency-medicine resident at UCLA, said residents make about $22 an hour based on median pay and work shifts that can reach 30 to 80 hours without overtime; she urged the board to deliver a \"fair wage increase now and not later.\" Several other resident physicians (Dr. Austin Wei, Dr. Joseph Gerlach and others) echoed that demand and linked pay to recruitment and care for underserved communities.
Union leaders and bargaining-team members told the regents they believe the system is giving raises to nonrepresented executives while laying off represented lecturers, librarians and service staff. Trevor Griffey, vice president of legislation for UCAFT speaking on behalf of his union president, said raises to nonrepresented employees without commensurate increases in state allocations had created campus shortfalls that chancellors responded to by cutting teaching and temporary staff. Max Belasco, an IT worker representing UPTE, said staffing losses have hit clinical research and patient care and warned unions were prepared to escalate job actions if bargaining did not proceed in good faith.
Several public commenters requested that regents prioritize protecting courses, programs and campus services funded by tuition and asked the board to intervene or adopt progressive salary policies. Commenters said some chancellors are implementing layoffs and hiring freezes despite restored budget allocations. \"If classes disappear, if lecturers no longer have jobs, where will this extra tuition money go?\" said Loretta Gaffney, a lecturer in labor studies and co-chair of UCLA's UCAFT chapter.
These remarks came during the committee's public comment period and did not result in immediate board action, although regents and staff acknowledged the concerns and said written questions would be referred to the appropriate staff and bargaining teams for follow-up.","Dozens of public commenters at the University of California Investments Committee meeting urged regents to address recent lecturer layoffs, to pay resident physicians higher wages now and to negotiate in good faith with unions representing health-care and campus workers.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6155792,"UC Investments Committee approves shift from hedge funds to public equities and sets 5% endowment payout",1286,2544000,3830000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5473615-c1b977411b912ac659b227deeb3adc49&start=2544&end=3830","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5473615-c1b977411b912ac659b227deeb3adc49/thumbnail_2544000.jpg","/articles/6155792/California/UC-Investments-Committee-approves-shift-from-hedge-funds-to-public-equities-and-sets-5-endowment-payout","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6155792-6ed688947e2386ec67873095cde1d70a/orig.mp4?Expires=1770432689&Signature=AVxIIvpNohOj~rhguUVOO6kzsEfor6mAd64F2Qg-RFkaZtACeuSYlhlImLDFY2QrGGS4nKQQktMDNfVBGFxcLMbTpLZMUu0DRYgGtg4FkILmve5W~cToaKdsMfiVL-MugT-MuyExNlfPdD69W8rHHbyCvy4lEicZ5w7NseNdxevzDbiJLyZ3O4PPVdoomdVPQq4ipDSWuGgZvcQolBMkN49M-COBw9p6erECi~~Sf~qPiDSk1aO6Lx-ueWGBrlWT7vUeawX88K5ueoeYS15oNKSwp~IV74mOZVkdBWF7XBQJ~AgTmGpVisogY~apwAjHnn47spaQn4Yii2nutLpFww__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Investments Committee of the Regents of the University of California on July 15 approved changes to asset-allocation targets across the system's endowment, pension and working-capital pools, moving funds out of hedge funds into public equities and formally adopting a 5% payout for endowment pools.
The vote followed a presentation by committee staff explaining that the proposed adjustments reflect five years of implementation and recent shifts in the interest-rate and market environment.
Committee staff said the general endowment allocation would change modestly by eliminating a roughly 10% allocation previously labeled as absolute-return/hedge funds and reallocating that weight to public equities. In staff's presentation, the general endowment was described prior to the change as roughly 40% public equities, 8% fixed income, 50% private assets and 2% cash; the committee was asked to codify the shift already being implemented and to broaden range bands for individual asset classes. Staff also asked the committee to memorialize that the endowment payout rate was set to 5%, a practice the office said it had already been following.
Staff presented similar, smaller shifts for the pension pool: hedge-fund allocations described at about 3.5% would be reduced to zero while public-equity exposure would increase, and a 1% cash allocation would be added for frictional needs. For working-capital (TRIP) the committee approved expanding the allowable private-asset allocation from 10% up to 40% to provide tactical flexibility.
Explaining the rationale, the staff member leading the presentation said public fixed-income yields are higher than in the past decade and thus provide an alternative to higher-fee, less-liquid private strategies. \"Hedge funds are a fantastic business if you're in Wall Street,\" the staff member said, arguing the funds had not consistently hedged public-market dislocations and that lower-fee public allocations would simplify the portfolio.
Committee members pressed for historical data on hedge-fund performance, implementation details for private-credit exposure and the effect of the changes on long-term risk and returns. The staff said the office would provide additional historical performance data and that private-credit exposures would be implemented via third-party managers rather than in-house underwriting.
Regent Park moved approval of the asset-allocation and policy changes for the endowment, the Blue and Gold pool, the pension and the total-return pool; a second was recorded but not named in the transcript. A roll-call vote recorded ayes from Regents Aguayano, Cohen, Drake, Kamamoto, Lee, Liebe, Makarachian, Montesantos Park, Park, Riley Robinson and Wang; the item was approved.
Committee members and staff also discussed the university's long-term pension funding position during the meeting and asked for a fuller actuarial presentation at a later date. One regent emphasized that although asset values have grown substantially, liabilities and projected benefit costs have also increased and that contributions remain a key part of any long-term funding solution.
The committee also approved minor name and housekeeping changes to the investment policy materials, including updating the office name to \"UC Investments,\" and directed staff to provide additional data on historical hedge-fund performance and the mechanics of implementing private-credit and other allocations.
The committee's action was procedural and binding for the university's investment office to implement under the delegated authorities the board grants to staff.","The University of California Investments Committee voted July 15 to change asset allocation targets, eliminate hedge-fund allocations and formalize a 5% payout for endowment pools after discussion about performance, fees and funding risks.","actionData","errors"]

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