...Report 2007-116 CALIFORNIA S TAT E A U D I T O R The first five copies of each California State Auditor report are free. Additional copies are $3 each, payable by check or money order. You can obtain reports by contacting the Bureau of State Audits at the following address: California State Auditor Bureau of State Audits 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 300 Sacramento, California 95814 916.445.0255 or TTY 916.445.0033 OR This report is also available on the World Wide Web http://www.bsa.ca.gov The California State Auditor is pleased to announce the availability of an on-line subscription service. For information on how to subscribe, please contact the Information Technology Unit at 916.445.0255, ext. 456, or visit our Web site at www.bsa.ca.gov. Alternate format reports available upon request. Permission is granted to reproduce reports. For questions regarding the contents of this report, please contact Margarita Fernández, Chief of Public Affairs, at 916.445.0255. Elaine M. Howle State Auditor Doug Cordiner Chief Deputy 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 300 CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR Bureau of State Audits S a c r a m e n t o, C A 9 5 8 1 4 916.445.0255 916.327.0019 fax w w w. b s a . c a . g o v August 12, 2008 The Governor of California President pro Tempore of the Senate Speaker of the Assembly State Capitol Sacramento, California 95814 Dear Governor and Legislative Leaders: 2007-116 As requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, the Bureau of State Audits presents...
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...5 RUNNING HEAD: FINAL EXAM Tamara Kailany ! 4407 Vivien Way Rocklin, CA 95765 (916) 276-6338 Tamarakailany@yahoo.com December 15, 2014 Governor Jerry Brown CA State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 ! Dear Governor Jerry Brown, As an undergraduate student at CSU, Sacramento, I am aware of the budget crisis that California faced. The budget cuts in 2011, dramatically reduced access and services in Counties, and I am particularly concerned about the millions of Californians who have been negatively affected. From poverty, to health care issues, to the falling unemployment rates, and much more; but today I would like to focus specifically on our educational systems. When you were elected in 2010, many students hoped that your election would take in a new era for public higher education in California and reverse the approach taken by your “predecessor”. Thus far, things have not improved, and in fact, in many ways they have worsened. You cut over $1.5 billion from state higher education funding, and you have proposed more "trigger cuts" and devastating cuts to the Cal Grant program. Because of the repeated cuts in past years, fees at the UC, CSU and Community Colleges have roughly doubled. During that time, courses, departments, and services have all been slashed to the point of being unrecognizable. Students support your call for new taxes to fund education and essential services. The previous version of your tax initiative would not have restored...
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...For service learning students at California State University, Los Angeles, learning does not begin and end in the classroom. It takes place in the community, where students are making a difference, helping individuals, serving agencies, and addressing social issues. We’d like to know more about the many ways students are contributing to the community and putting academics into action. We’re looking for a brief, engaging narrative about your service learning experience. You might consider some of the following questions, which are meant to provide inspiration for your reflection. How did you put your academics into action? How did you serve individuals, agencies, and/or the community? What did you learn about the community? How did the experience change you? How did it change your understanding of social issues? How did it make your coursework meaningful? What did you learn about your role in the community? If you have any photos or images you’d like to attach please include them as well. Reflections will be reviewed by a committee. The strongest reflections will be awarded with coupons from the CSULA bookstore: • • • First place: $50 CSULA bookstore coupon for an educational item. Second place: $25 CSULA bookstore coupon for an educational item. Third place: $10 CSULA bookstore coupon for an educational item Entering the contest is easy! Just share your story with us. You’ve probably already written reflections and final papers for your service-learning course. Feel free...
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...Chad Lopez-Placencia 81 Mission Plaza Drive Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 444-4403 Education: Graduated from Centennial High School (Bakersfield, CA), June 2007 Currently attending California State University Channel Islands as a Mathematics major. Currently working towards my Bachelor’s degree. Classes I’ve taken include: Computer use, Calculus, Logic, Physics, Biology, Economics, Anthropology, Psychology, and various advanced math courses. Certified fingerprint roller. Previous Employment: Worked as a math tutor at CSUCI Learning Resource Center for two semesters (Supervisor Jennifer Bonsangue (805) 437-8921). Ventura County Elections Division – Worked the June 2012 Election and the November 2012 Election as a Voters Registrar. Part-time Mathematics tutor for A Tree Of Knowledge Educational Services (Director Brandon Edwards (866)-698-6537) from January 2013 to January 2014. Currently a part-time Test Proctor for PSI as of March 2013 (Regional Manager Cecilia Stevens (818) 614-6964). I am writing to express interest in a position with your company. I have solid communication skills and strong work ethics and enthusiasm to learn. As a Math Tutor at the California State University of Channel Islands and with Tree of Knowledge, I maintained a positive and professional approach with the students by demonstrating efficient solutions with confidence. I am confident I can make an immediate...
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...Student Should Voice to the Elected Officials for California State University (CSU) Do you know California State is facing a severe budget crisis? On May 14, 2012, Governor Jerry Brown released the Governor's Budget May Revision 2012-13. It reveals that a budget deficit is projected to reach $15.7 billion in 2012-13 fiscal year. To combat the budget deficit, the Governor’s proposed 2012‑13 budget includes $8.3billion budget cuts across the state. It contains General Fund reductions for the state’s university systems about $250 million even though state support for the CSU had 750million reduction in 2011-12 fiscal year. (Brown JR.) On December 2, 2011, a message about budget cuts and fee rising at California State University, East Bay was posted on the CSUEB website by the President, Leroy Morishita. In this message, president point out the campus community faces reducing administrative overhead, consolidating operations, not filling vacated positions, and the students are affect to get a quality education at an affordable cost. (Morishita) So he encouraged students to voice their concerns to the State legislators and to the President’s office for the CSU budget cuts and fee rising. In my opinion, students should follow President’s suggestion because this is their civil rights, social responsibility, and their voices can change the policy determines. Students should take action to make their voices hear in the elected officials for the CSU because this is their...
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...Running head: CALIFORNIA PRISON COSTS 1 California Prison Health Care Costs CALIFORNIA PRISON COSTS Health care is defined as (CDC, 2013) the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention 2 of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Everyone has to deal with it in one way or another. Once a person becomes an adult they are responsible for their own health. Within the state of California, in looking at the stats from the Center for Disease and Control (CDC, 2013) adults from the ages of 18-64, 21.3%, do not have any type of health insurance. 64.2% have private insurance and 15.9% have public insurance. Specifically looking at the California Department of Corrections 100% of all inmates are 100% covered with health care requirements. Currently there are approximately (Onishi, 2013) 120,000 inmates in the 33 California Prisons and the average cost is $16,000 a year per inmate with a state budget of $2 billion dollars. It is absolutely unbelievable to comprehend the situation. In a recent article by KPBS (Faryon, 2010) they identified that Richard Lauranzano an inmate at California Medical Facility, Vacaville, one of 35,000 inmates serving a life sentence learned he had stage 4 non-hodgkins lymphoma. Richard Lauranzano now states "The prison system saved my life. They sent me to outside hospitals, they never hesitated. I went through extreme chemo. And I beat it," said Lauranzano. (Faryon, 2010) stated last year, the state spent $500 million...
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...in 2008, and was an unqualified success. Karma Cola expanded its operations to cover the entire state of California in 2010. The firm currently has two bottling plants: San Carlos and Inglewood. The colas are dispatched from the bottling plants to four distribution centers: Emeryville, Anaheim, Fresno, and Redding, which then serve their allocated markets in California. June Hwang, CEO of Karma Cola, had been looking at the recent sales figures. She realized that the firm would soon run out of capacity. She sent for Jeff Horen, VP of Supply Chain Operations. "Jeff," she said, "It seems to me that our bottling plants are running close to capacity. We will have to add capacity at our existing plants a couple of years down the road. Why don't you get back to me with forecasts of demand for the next five years?" Jeff was back a week later. "I can tell you what karma has in store for us, June," he said. "I expect demand to grow rapidly for the next four years, and then level off after that. I've given the matter some thought. Rather than expanding capacity at our existing plants, I suggest that we consider opening a new plant at a third location. Our existing plants in San Carlos and Inglewood can focus on our major markets in the San Francisco Bay area and the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. A third plant in, say, Roseville or Turlock could cater to the other California markets. By spreading our bottling capacity around, we can reduce our distribution costs. Besides...
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...[pic] University College Cork & University of California Undergraduate Exchange Programme 2016-2017 Academic Year (1) Last name: _______________________________________________________ (2) First Name: _______________________________________________________ (3) Student Number:___________________________________________________ (4) Date of Birth:___________________ (5) Address for correspondence__________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (6) Telephone No:_____________________________________________________ (7) Email Address:_____________________________________________________ (8) State Academic Record: (a) Degree course currently registered for:____________________________ (b) State Examination Results to date (e.g. 2nd Class Honours in First Year etc.): ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (9) Name of Head of Department or lecturer from whom you have requested a statement of support: ___________________________________________________________________ Signature: _______________________________________ Date:____________________________________________ When completed, please return this form to: Marita Foster International Office Roseleigh UCC ...
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...Defined Contribution Plan Summary Plan Description Defined Contribution Plan Summary Plan Description Listed below are telephone numbers and website and correspondence addresses for some of the resources UC employees routinely use. RetiRement savings pRogRam ReCoRdkeepeR Fidelity Retirement Services Fidelity Retirement Services website: ucfocusonyourfuture.com 866-682-7787 UC employee website atyourservice.ucop.edu investment oveRsigHt University of California Treasurer’s Office Treasurer’s Office website: ucop.edu/treasurer Written correspondence should be sent to: Office of the Treasurer of The Regents 1111 Broadway, Suite 1400 Oakland, CA 94607-4026 UC HUman ResoURCes UC Retirement Administration Service Center 800-888-8267 Hours: 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday Written correspondence should be sent to: UC Human Resources P.O. Box 24570 Oakland, CA 94623-1570 if yoU move Notify Fidelity Retirement Services of an address change by calling their Retirement Services Center at 866-682-7787. loCal benefits offiCes Your local Benefits Office is often the best and most convenient resource for answers to questions about your benefits and for benefits publications and forms. The following is a contact list for local campus and lab Benefits Offices. UC Berkeley: 510-642-7053 UC Davis: 530-752-1774 UC Davis Medical Center: 916-734-8099 UC Irvine: 949-824-5210 UC Irvine Medical Center: 714-456-5736 UCLA: 310-794-0830 UCLA Medical Center: 310-794-0500 UC Merced:...
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...The Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California case involves the family of Tatiana Tarasoff and the team of professionals who was taking care of Prosenijit Poddar’s mental health. Tarasoff and Poddar were just friends but Poddar wanted more than that. Tarasoff let Poddar know she was not interested in him. Poddar did not like that and started to stalk Tarasoff. Poddar had made threats about hurting Tarasoff but the professionals taking care of him did not alert the right authorities, Tarasoff, or her family. From withholding that information Poddar did act on his threat and murdered Tarasoff. Poddar was convicted on second degree murder but that trial was overturned. Poddar was released and was expedited out the country and went back to live in India. Tarasoff family went after the four psychiatrists who were taking care of Poddar for failure to protect their daughter. The Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California case has made huge impact in the human service field. As human service professionals we have to protect our clients as well as others. With this ruling we now have to take in the consideration of our clients as well as people who are close to client and the general public. Human service providers have always been taught to protect and help our clients. Now with the Tarasoff ruling human service professionals need to make sure that those closes with the client are not any danger and if they are they need to be alerted. As human services...
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...Cal State San Marcos Essay On Tuesday, September 29, myself and a large group of AVID students went to San Marcos for a tour. The tour we went on was a college tour of Cal State San Marcos. I actually found it very intriguing. The bus ride was not too bad for I slept through most of it. When I got off the bus, I immediately went to find my friend, Corbin Loyaa. After I found Corbin, we went Craven Hall which was the first building at Cal State San Marcos programmed to house all of the administrative functions for the whole campus. Craven Hall is, basically, the first place you will see after you climb the first set of stairs. Craven Hall was named after one of it’s founders. His name was Senator William Craven. After we all met up at Craven Hall, we got into groups and began our tour. We first went around the store and bookstore. After that, we went to the student lounge. We also went to the food court. After that we went to the Founders’ Seal. To conclude our tour,we visited the Kellogg Library. I loved the library. That thing was huge. It was five stories tall if you include the dungeon. The dungeon is the bottom floor that happens to be underground. After the tour was over, they let us walk around the campus a little bit. The first thing I did was go get food. After that I just explored the campus. Overall, it was a great trip, and I had a lot of...
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...Top Dog Hotdogs Project Proposal Proj592 Professor Grover Siriporn Sarah Goodwin C: 707-334-9089 E: ssbgoodwin@yahoo.com Executive Summary Due to the lack of fast food hotdog restaurants nearby college campuses in San Jose and San Francisco, this project aims to fill that void and succeed in attracting customers who seek fast, unique, authentic, and high quality affordable sausages to choose from. The project will be executed by acquiring a small building approximately 700 Sq. Ft within walking distance from San Jose State University and San Francisco State University. The restaurant will be open from 11am to 2am on most nights except Sunday with the business will be closed. The restaurant location and hours open are design to accommodate college students. The milestones of the project include: * Research Phase * Procurement Phase * Renovation & Styling * Advertising * Staff * Grand Opening Project Scope Statement Product or Service Description The scope of the project is to plan the launch of another Top Dog franchise nearby college campuses in San Francisco and San Jose. This will be beneficial for the company as it will generate more revenue and profits amongst college students and tourists. Top Dog started out in Berkeley, CA and has already created a brand for themselves within the East Bay with locations throughout Oakland and Berkeley. With the expansion of its franchise, it will give the company more opportunities to show...
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...SYLLABUS COMM 1004 Interpersonal Communication Instructor: Dr. (Doreen) Kandy Simmons Phone: 925-726 9178 Office: Meiklejohn 3007 Office Hours: 11:30-12 or after class or by appointment Course description: Study of principles of oral communication in different interpersonal contexts. Listening and speaking intended to develop competence in oral communication, using different interpersonal contexts. Required Text: Beebe, S.A., Beebe. S.J. & Redmond, M.V.(2011). Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others. 6th ed. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. Additionally, students are required to check into Blackboard at least once a week for assignments and announcements. Also check your CSU East Bay email at least once a week. Course Objectives 1. To introduce students to the theories and application of effective interpersonal communication. 2. To provide a constructive environment for students to apply those skills. 3. To assess students understanding of theories of interpersonal communication. 4. To coach students to their interpersonal basic skills use. 5. To help students understand that they have choices in trying to address interpersonal communication issues. Student Learning Outcomes At the end of the course, students will 1. Demonstrate understanding of interpersonal communication theories and models as applied to a variety of interpersonal communication situations. 2. Plan and execute strategies...
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...Have you ever heard the saying , “education is a right”. State universities enforce the democracy of learning but not the Private universities. Why is that? State schools like CSU Dominguez Hills gives the entitlement of people should have the chance to pursue a degree no matter what your background is. Unlike private schools or Ivy Leagues such as USC, they believe that only the wealthy deserve high quality education. When choosing a college we look at many things, for example faculty,programs, and most importantly the cost. Depending on a persons economic status, it helps you decide which university would best accommodate you. first Faculty is critical resources, your professor plays a major role in your academic career. Professors are the core of your academic excellence, they decide the grade you deserve. Its important to have a lot of one on one time with your professor so he can help you with your studies. At CSU Dominguez Hills the student/faculty ratio is 27:1, but at USC the ratio is 9:1. With a smaller class room size, it’ll be easier to seek more attention from a professor for the help you need. And that is a partial role of faculty. second Private universities or Ivy Leagues like USC are a more of a corporation, they sell their academic programs to wealthy students. Then you're no longer a student, just a consumer. State colleges and universities treat you differently. They see you as a student and want to give you the best education care about your education...
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...UCI Student ID: 21961446 To Whom It May Concern, My name is Bao Khanh Lam Dang. I was accepted to University of California, Irvine as a freshman for the 2014-2015 school year. Initially, I submitted my SIR as I wanted to become a student at one of the most premier universities in the nation; however, due to the overwhelming tuition fees that my family cannot afford and limited access to many financial counseling programs, I reluctantly revoked my SIR. I planned to enroll in community college, then transfer to UC Irvine at the junior level. After much consideration, I realized that I had taken a great opportunity to succeed for granted. My parents and I recently immigrated to the United States on August 08, 2013. To be offered college admission was a true honor for a new immigrant like me; therefore, I accepted the offer immediately without noticing that I am not yet eligible to be a California resident. Nevertheless, when I informed my mother and father about the estimated expenses to attend UC Irvine, which were nearly $55,000, they asked me to defer my dream of becoming an Anteater for another two years to have my residency established. The extremely enormous out-of-state resident tuition fees along with my Cal-Grant ineligibility tampered my enthusiasm for continuing my college path. I then changed my SIR status. However, I have recently contacted an Anteater alumni and she informed me that I could amend my financial problems by taking out loans. This essential information...
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