California state universities have opened the door to transparency for campus foundations with a compromise with state Senator Leland Yee of San Francisco. The agreement will protect the privacy of most donors but allow disclosure of other financial details. The foundations and operations such as campus bookstores would operate under the California Public Records Act.
The agreement came after last year’s dispute between Yee and other open government advocates with the foundation at the CSU Stanislaus who refused to reveal how much they were paying former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to speak at a fundraiser until a judge ordered the disclosure. -db
From the San Francisco Chronicle, May 26, 2011, by Nanette Asimov.