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May 1, 2017
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C A L I F O R N I A S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y, L O S A N G E L E S
Issue 214.14
2017 ASI Election Results
The Associated Students have a new president Erron Franklin Copy Editor On Thursday afternoon in the University-Student Union plaza, the elections results for Associated Students Incorporated were announced and students applauded the new and returning campus leaders. The student body now has a new spokesperson, President Elect David Zitser. The presidential race garnered the most votes with approximately 1100 students casting ballots for two hopefuls for the top spot. Zitser will finish his term as College Representative for the Natural & Social Sciences before being sworn in as the new President of ASI. He will now be representing and speaking on behalf
of a diverse student body
with differing views but he is
excited nonetheless.
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State Finds Overcompensation of CSU Managers 15 percent, while the number of non-faculty support staff grew by six percent and the number of faculty grew by seven percent. Similarly, the rate of total compensation for management exceeded the rate of total compensation for other employees – compensation for management increased by 24 percent over the nine years. This rate surpasses the compensation for executives which has increased by 14 percent, for non-faculty support staff which increased by 13 percent, and for faculty which increased by 10 percent.
State audit reveals high rates of hiring and compensation of CSU management officials Mimi Li Staff Reporter A state audit released last week examined the increasing rates of the hiring and compensation of management personnel at six CSU campuses, including Cal State LA. The findings of the report showed that between fiscal years 2007-08 and 2015-16, the CSU hired new managers at over double the rate of other employees within the decade. CSU managers are also receiving the highest increases in compensation, with rates greater than executives, nonfaculty support staff, and faculty. The audit also called CSU for their lack of budget oversight and accountability. The audit, titled “California State University: Stronger Oversight is Needed for Hiring and Compensating Management Personnel and
Cara Gonzales
The Cal State LA sign in front of the entrance to the Administration Building
for Monitoring Campus Budgets,” was prompted by the CSU Employees Union and requested by Assemblywoman Shirley N. Weber (D-San Diego), who backed the audit due to “a huge growth in middle management and increase in executive compensation.”
In a letter to the Governor and legislative leaders, California State Auditor Elaine Howle expressed concern for the growing numbers of CSU management officials, as well as the increase in compensation for CSU executives, specifically for their relocation and home
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sale expenses. According to Howle, the audit found that all six CSU campuses visited, “frequently could not justify the growth in the number of new management personnel.” Over the nine year period of the audit, the number of management grew by nearly
Additionally, none of the six campuses had written policies that included the “extent and timing of their budget oversight,” the audit states. Cal State LA was the only campus to provide auditors with documents from their campus budget office, which entailed policies and procedures for the performance of budget reviews. However, this did not satisfy the auditors, who stated in the report that these documents did not describe the (Continued to Page 2)
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