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Robert Dynes says he has "quite a unique opportunity" to redefine the office of the president of the University of California in the wake of the executive compensation scandal. He's correct. The office of the president needs to change -- beginning with its occupant. Within the past month, a UC Regents task force and two outside audits of the university reached the same conclusion: UC violated its own policies when giving employees millions of dollars in bonuses and perks. Dynes "either knew about all of these secret compensation deals and looked the other way, or he was completely unaware of...

The audits just keep coming. The whopping revelations just keep mounting. The University of California just keeps shelling out, mired in a longtime culture that has to change. Examples from the just-released report of the state auditor illustrate the problems, past and present. Eight years ago, UC San Francisco granted the senior vice chancellor for finance and administrative services loans totaling $1.2 million on sweet terms, including buying back his house near campus for $643,000. Just two months ago – with the pay controversy roiling, UC Board of Regents in high dudgeon and UC President Bob Dynes promising reform –...

Some people want Bob Dynes' head, but the University of California president isn't about to give it to them. "Do I look like I'm crumbling?" Dynes shot back when asked during an hourlong interview Thursday whether he were more the type to harden under pressure or crumble. Dynes' comments came the day after three state senators called for him to be replaced over revelations of hidden executive compensation, and two days after the Bureau of State Audits blistered UC officials for, among other things, circumventing compensation policies set by the governing Board of Regents. Dynes answered those blasts indirectly at...

Three state senators called Wednesday for the ouster of University of California President Robert Dynes over a pay-perk controversy that has roiled the prestigious public research institution. Sens. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, and Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, called on Dynes to resign at a news conference in Sacramento. In a related move, Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Merced, called UC Regents Chairman Gerald Parsky and asked him to fire Dynes. ``Dynes still doesn't get it,'' Denham said in a statement. ``While at times, he has been a good cheerleader for the UC, he has been a horrible manager. He seems to think...