Schwarzenegger appoints pension critic as UC regent
Published: Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 3A
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday named his chief public employee pension critic to the University of California's governing board, which was rocked this week by a pension controversy.
David Crane, 57, was named to fill a seat vacated by Joanne Kozberg on the Board of Regents. The governor will make dozens of appointments before leaving office Sunday at midnight.
Crane has been one of Schwarzenegger's top economic advisers since 2004 and a vocal advocate for changing the state's public employee pension system.
He has criticized the California Public Employees' Retirement System for not disclosing important information to the Legislature before it voted to substantially increase pension benefits for state
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