ARTICLE 1. A Law College Affiliated with the University of California [92200 - 92215]
( Heading of Article 1 amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 478, Sec. 19. )
(a) In compliance with the process described in subdivision (c), the law college founded in the City of San Francisco in 1878 shall be designated as the College of the Law, San Francisco.
(b) As requested by the Legislature, the college engaged in a consultative process with the Round Valley Indian Tribes, a federally recognized tribal government, and its designees of the Yuki Indian Committee.
(c) (1) A name change shall require all of the following:
(A) The Legislature requests that the Board of Directors of the law college founded in the City of San Francisco in 1878 engage in consultation with representatives of the Round Valley Indian
Tribes, a federally recognized tribal government, and its designees of the Yuki Indian Committee.
(B) That full consultation with the Round Valley Indian Tribes, a federally recognized tribal government, and its designees of the Yuki Indian Committee approved by the Round Valley Tribes, has concluded.
(C) The Legislature requests that the Board of Directors of the college vote on replacement name names for the college. The Legislature requests that this vote be
pursuant to consultation described in this subdivision. The Legislature requests that the Board of Directors of the college include the final vote in its minutes for the meeting in which the final vote occurs.
(D) After the board approves the replacement name pursuant to subparagraph (C), the Legislature requests that the Board of Directors of the college make a final recommendation to the Legislature.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “consultation” means the same as that term is defined in Section 65352.4 of the Government Code.
(d) The amendments to this section by the act that added this subdivision shall only become operative if funds are appropriated in the Budget Act of 2022 to the College of the Law, San Francisco for the purpose of designating a name for the law college founded in the City of San Francisco in 1878.
(e) The Legislature requests the Board of Directors of the college to adopt all of the following:
(1) Name the college’s campus library with an appropriate Yuki name or name determined by the Round Valley Indian Tribes.
(2) Ensure that the reading of an annual statement of the history of atrocities committed by S.C. Hastings against the Yuki people occurs at the start of both the convocation and commencement ceremonies, the college’s two signature annual ceremonies.
(3) Reengage in consultation with the Round Valley Indian Tribes if there is a change in the geographical name of the location of the college.
(4) Develop opportunities for collaboration between
the college’s Moot Court and Trial Advocacy and Competition Groups programs with students of the Round Valley Indian Tribes to provide experience in debate and writing skills.
(5) Institute a moot court competition related to California’s treatment of Native Americans and atrocities committed against them.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 478, Sec. 20. (AB 1936) Effective January 1, 2023. Conditionally operative as prescribed by its own provisions.)
The college is affiliated with the University of California, and is the law department thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
The college shall afford facilities for the acquisition of legal learning in all branches of the law. To this end it shall establish a curriculum of studies and shall matriculate students who reside at the University of California or elsewhere in the state.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
The faculty of the University of California shall grant, and the president shall sign and issue, diplomas to the students of the college.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
(a) The business of the college, which includes the power to incur indebtedness, shall be managed by the board of directors. A majority of directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. The directors shall serve without compensation.
(b) (1) Directors shall serve 12-year terms.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any director in office on January 1, 2023, who was not appointed by the Governor shall be limited to a six-year term from January 1, 2023, to January 1, 2029, inclusive.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 478, Sec. 21. (AB 1936) Effective January 1, 2023.)
In the investment and management of endowment funds and properties under its jurisdiction, the Board of Directors of the college shall comply, to the extent practicable, with the endowment investment and management policies of the Regents of the University of California. Any variance from the endowment investment and management policies of the regents shall be presented to, and reviewed by, the board, which shall adopt a resolution specifying the reasons for the variance. In addition, the board shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(a) The use of funds shall be in accordance with the terms specified by the donor.
(b) Before the delegation of any authority to engage in making investments, reallocations, or reinvestments of endowment funds on its behalf, the board shall seek and review the written opinion of the general counsel regarding the propriety of the proposed action under the endowment investment and management policies of the Regents of the University of California then in effect.
(c) “Endowment fund” means a fund derived from a gift, bequest, or grant, the terms of which stipulate that the fund principal remain inviolate and that only the income may be expended.
(d) Annual audits shall be conducted by a certified public accountant firm in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 478, Sec. 22. (AB 1936) Effective January 1, 2023.)
It is the intent of the Legislature that the Regents of the University of California provide for a review of the annual audits conducted pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 92205 and annually report any violations revealed by these audits to the Board of Directors of the college to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature, and to the Legislative Analyst.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 478, Sec. 23. (AB 1936) Effective January 1, 2023.)
Vacancies occurring in the board of directors shall be filled by the Governor and approved by the Senate, a majority of the membership concurring.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 478, Sec. 24. (AB 1936) Effective January 1, 2023.)
The officers of the college are a dean, a registrar, and 11 directors. The dean and registrar shall be appointed by, and may be removed by the board of directors.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1155, Sec. 31.9.)
The dean of the college is ex officio a member of the faculty of the University of California.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
Professorships may be established in the name of any founder who pays to the college the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or such greater sum as may be determined by the directors.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1155, Sec. 31.11.)
The sum of 7 percent per annum upon one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be appropriated annually by the state and shall be paid in semiannual payments to the directors of the college.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
If the state fails to pay to the directors of the college the sum of seven thousand dollars ($7,000) annually, pursuant to Section 92211, or if the college ceases to exist, the state shall pay to the heirs or legal representatives of S. C. Hastings, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and all unexpended accumulated interest, unless the failure is caused by mistake or accident, or the omission of the Legislature to make the appropriation at any one session.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
All courses by the college at Sacramento shall be deemed to be given at the site of the college in San Francisco.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
The Director of General Services shall transfer the property located at 55 and 75 Hyde Street in the City and County of San Francisco to the University of California to be used for the benefit of the college for school purposes.
The university shall have the power to sell or lease the property to a nonprofit corporation in order to provide housing facilities for the students, faculty, and employees of the college.
If such property is sold, it shall be sold for its fair market value, with such valuation approved by the Department of Finance, and the proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the General Fund. If such property is leased, the proceeds of the lease shall be deposited in the General
Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 478, Sec. 25. (AB 1936) Effective January 1, 2023.)
The power to incur indebtedness pursuant to Section 92204 shall include, but is not limited to, the power to issue revenue bonds in the name of the Board of Directors of the college and as obligations of the Board of Directors of the college. Revenue bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 92400) of Part 57 and, for such purposes, the Board of Directors of the college shall have the same powers to issue revenue bonds for the benefit of the college as are conferred upon the Regents of the University of California for the benefit of the University of California by Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 92400) of Part 57, and shall be subject to the limitations imposed therein. Any such bonds issued for the benefit of the Hastings College of the Law, before January 1, 2023,
shall be issued in the name of Hastings College of the Law without using the name of the University of California. Any such bonds issued for the benefit of the college, on or after January 1, 2023, shall be issued in the name of the college.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 478, Sec. 26. (AB 1936) Effective January 1, 2023.)