Survey academic group expands

California Atty. General Jerry Brown said Tuesday the launch of an investigation has been extended to finance and operations from a base of Cal State Stanislaus invited former Alaska Sarah Palin for a speech, after allegations that he may have illegally disposed of documents relating to the event.

Brown was already investigating whether the Cal State Stanislaus Foundation violated the Public Records Act of California when he refused the request of State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) to hand over documents relating to the rate of speaking Palin and other aspects of his scheduled appearance on June 25.

The broader investigation will examine whether the funds raised by the foundation - which has assets of over $ 20 million, according to Brown - are used for educational purposes.

Brown said his office will also review the document, apparently part of a contract with Palin, who several students from Cal State Stanislaus say they found last week in a trash can on campus. Brown said he wanted to determine whether the documents were authentic, and how they ended up in a container near an administrative building.

None of the documents bearing the head of a company representing Palin in the negotiations, direct reference to the former governor or to say how much they pay. Brown says that the rate could be up to $ 100,000 on the basis of compensation for an appearance in Nashville in February.

The contract specifies round-trip, business class travel in the first two of Anchorage, Alaska, and the event in the city, housing, including a suite with one bedroom and two single beds in a luxury hotel, and lots of bottled water and straws flexible. "

Office of Brown recently tried several other cases of university foundations after allegations of financial irregularities.

"This is not about Sarah Palin," the Attorney General said in a statement Tuesday. "She has every right to speak at an event for the university and schools should strive to bring to school a wide range of stakeholders. The problems are the public disclosure and accountability in the institutions incorporated in the state universities.

Palin could not be reached for comment. Officials from Cal State University and the founding of Cal State Stanislaus denied any wrongdoing.

"It's a black day when the facility is the only purpose is to raise funds for student services and college programs is falsely accused of misconduct," said Foundation President Matt Swanson.

And Russ Giambelluca, vice president of business and finance at the State University Stanislaus, said no one had been charged with destroying documents related to speech Palin.

Brown's announcement was the latest twist in a dispute that has pitted supporters of open government who want to know about the rate of Palin campuses and cons of the Foundation, which refuses to disclose.

In a news conference in Sacramento, two students, said Tuesday that shortly after the request for information Yee was released, received a call from those who did not identify sources, reports that documents were destroyed.

Many students obtain a certain number of documents shredded and intact, including a contract amendment dated March 16 directed the Washington Speakers Bureau, who represents Palin.

"We are surprised that these documents that the university had in its possession would be thrown away like that," said Alice Lewis, 26, a student who found the papers. "We started to establish contacts at the time to ensure that the documents were in good hands."

Lewis said the students knew about the interest in the Yee case and has contacted his office. Palin's visit has become a test for Yee, and other advocates of open government on the transparency of foundations and other nonprofit organizations affiliated with public universities. Yee is the promotion of legislation, SB 330, would require joining the Public Records Act.

nonprofit organizations claim that state laws do not apply to access them because they are private. Swanson, the president of the foundation, said that public funds are used for the appearance of Sarah Palin and the Speakers Bureau requires that financial conditions remain confidential.

Yee said that the refusal to disclose documents which strikes at the heart of accountability and transparency of government.

"The issue is not about Palin, do not lie to try to raise money for a good end," said Yee. "These are the principles of this government. How can we make the accounts if the CSU Foundation tell us what is happening? "
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