Gov. Gavin Newsom would not say whether he believed the UC should have turned over the names of 160 campus members to the federal government, a move that resulted in widespread backlash across the country.
The governor revealed that he had requested an “independent review” of the turnover from the UC Board of Regents, UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons and UC President James B. Milliken.
“I was unaware of it myself until I read about it,” Newsom said of the decision, which was first reported by The Daily Californian. “Once I have that information (from the independent review), I’ll be able to make a judgment as to whether or not it was consistent with past practices or whether or not it should be adjusted in terms of policy moving forward.”
On all other accounts, the governor was steadfast in his condemnation of President Donald Trump’s administration’s growing interference in higher education…