Bonnie Reiss

Usually, there are only two vacancies, which are due to regents reaching the end of their terms, according to Student Regent Devon Graves, and this year was former regents William De La Peña and Bruce Varner’s turn.

There are currently five vacancies on the 26-member UC Board of Regents, after UC Regent Bonnie Reiss died Tuesday. Last June, Gov. Jerry Brown announced the appointment of four new regents.

Bonnie Reiss, a UC regent and senior adviser to former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, died from cancer at 62 in her home in Malibu on Tuesday morning.

Norman Pattiz has already shown himself to be bereft of a moral compass — of the values UC stakeholders such as students, faculty, staff and taxpayers would hope their own governing body would defend.

Former California Supreme Court Justice Carlos R. Moreno and law firm Hueston Hennigan LLP were announced as the parties responsible to conduct a “fact-finding review of actions undertaken by the Office of the President,” according to the statement.

At a special meeting Thursday afternoon, the UC Board of Regents unanimously approved a motion to authorize the appointment of an independent consultant, who will assess whether the UC Office of the President interfered with a state audit.

Outside the UC Board of Regents' second day of meetings at UCSF Mission Bay on Thursday, students from across the UC system railed against potential tuition hikes in protest and during public comment.

The UC Board of Regents convened Wednesday at UCSF Mission Bay to discuss potential tuition increases and approved a three-year financial sustainability plan for the university.

The UC Board of Regents unanimously approved a policy change Wednesday requiring that board members comply with ethical conduct and sexual harassment policy in private as well as public life.

At its Thursday meeting, the UC Board of Regents revised policy relating to senior management personnel in the UC system engaging in outside professional activities and approved increases in salaries for certain personnel, including UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks along with eight other UC chancellors.