SCA 12: University of California: California residents.

Existing provisions of the California Constitution provide that the University of California constitutes a public trust, and require that the university be administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes. These provisions require that corporation to have all the powers necessary or convenient for the effective administration of its trust.

This measure would require the regents to act in the best interests of the people of California and to honor a their fiduciary duty to California residents who aspire to attend the University of California. The measure would require the regents to ensure that specified data about in-state students, out-of-state students, and international students is reported, as specified, no later than July 1, 2017, by all University of California campuses on their Internet Web sites or using a successor technology. The measure would require the average statistical profiles of out-of-state and international freshman students enrolled at each campus of the university to be no lower than the average statistical profiles of in-state freshman students. The measure would authorize statutory implementation of the duty of the regents to report information to the public under this measure to maximize transparency and ensure compliance. California by ensuring that priority in admissions is given to applicants who are California residents.