Elaine Howle

The California State University system kept $1.5 billion in discretionary reserves while it raised tuition and lobbied the Legislature for more state funding, according to a report released Thursday by the state auditor.

The California State University system kept $1.5 billion in discretionary reserves while it raised tuition and lobbied the Legislature for more state funding, according to a report released Thursday by the state auditor. Melissa Colorado reports.

Increased efforts by California to change the behavior of prison inmates have not reduced the rate at which ex-convicts commit new crimes, state auditors reported Thursday. The assessment relied on five-year-old data, prompting state corrections officials to say auditors may be drawing conclusions too soon.

Flawed decision-making and poor contract management contributed to billions in cost overruns and years of delays in the as-yet unbuilt California’s high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco, state auditors said Thursday.

The University of California’s governing board chastised UC President Janet Napolitano in a rare public rebuke Thursday and asked her to apologize for her office’s interference in a state audit last year.

UC San Diego is one of four popular campuses that currently exceed the 18 percent cap

The University of California Board of Regents vowed Thursday to implement recommendations to improve the budgeting practices of the president’s office following a stinging state audit even as they defended President Janet Napolitano.

After a state audit found University of California administrators hid $175 million from the public while tuition increased, university system President Janet Napolitano apologized Tuesday for the way her office handled the investigation but disputed several of the audit’s findings.

After a state audit found University of California administrators hid $175 million from the public while tuition increased, university system President Janet Napolitano apologized Tuesday for the way her office handled the investigation but disputed several of the audit’s findings.

California’s auditor says top University of California administrators hid $175 million from the public and lawmakers in a secret reserve fund even as the UC raised tuition and asked the state for more funding.

The University of California has undermined residents by admitting a growing number of nonresident students, some of whom were less qualified than in-state students, California’s auditor said in a scathing report released Tuesday.