The University of California Board of Regents will hold its regular business meeting on Wednesday, Sep. 20, and Thursday, Sep. 21, at the UC San Francisco-Mission Bay campus’ community center, 1675 Owens St., in San Francisco. [Please register in advance.]

Wednesday's meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. with public comment, followed by open session. On Wednesday morning, the regents will consider action to authorize the University to submit a proposal for the new Livermore laboratory management contract and an approval process for the use of management fees at LLC-operated laboratories. Discussion topics include a report of the student mental health committee, the UC Score for admissions eligibility, a proposed UC Irvine law school, research funding from tobacco-related companies, and an update on establishing a group to study the impact of Proposition 209.

On Wednesday afternoon, the regents will meet in closed session to consider personnel matters, including compensation for certain senior officials and a discussion of restructuring the UC Office of the President.

Thursday’s meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. with public comment, followed by an open session of the regents’ committee on compensation. The regents will consider action on recommendations by the Task Force on UC Compensation, Accountability and Transparency and from audits of senior executive compensation, as well as UCOP reorganization matters. As part of the management transition at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the compensation committee will also consider an amendment to transfer existing assets from the UC Retirement Plan to the Los Alamos National Security, LLC Defined Benefit Plan.

The regents’ investment committee will also consider action on UC’s real estate and absolute returns investment guidelines and the regents’ investment policy for campus foundations.

ACCOMMODATIONS:

Media interested in attending are encouraged to register in advance with Alfred White (alfred.white@ucop.edu), or Maria Barros-Lee (maria.barros-lee@ucop.edu), UCOP Strategic Communications, before Monday, Sep. 18, 5 p.m.

Reporters and members of the public will enter at the same point at the building. Reporters with visible press identification [business card or other identification from your media organization with photo ID] and have registered in advance with UCOP Strategic Communications may enter without going through the screening process with the public.

The press room is Room 311-312, across the hall from the meeting auditorium. Please sign up for a meeting credential once you have arrived. The press room telephone number is (415) 476-0619, and the fax number is (415) 476-0618.

Directions to the Mission Bay Community Center (1675 Owens St.):
http://pub.ucsf.edu/missionbay/directions/#transit

Parking is available in the community center parking garage.

UCSF shuttles run regularly from the 16th St./Mission BART Station to the community center. For shuttle timetables: www.campuslifeservices.ucsf.edu/transportation/shuttles [red line]

NOTES:

-- The full agenda for the meeting can be viewed at www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/regmeet/sept06.html

-- Live audio broadcasts of the meeting’s open sessions will be available via the Internet. Please click on the above agenda link for more information.

-- University officials will be available during the meeting to speak with reporters.

This notice is issued to comply with the state's pertinent open-meeting laws.

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