Chancellors get 3 percent raises

Cal’s Dirks among those getting bump for a second year

University of California regents on Thursday gave raises to most of the system’s campus chancellors — and four, including UC Berkel ey ’ s leader, received Dirks their sec

ond pay bump since last July.

After back-to-back increases of 3 percent, the base pay for UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks grew to $531,939, up more than $30,000 from what it was in June 2015.

Other chancellors to receive a bump for the second consecutive year are UC San Francisco’s Sam Hawgood (new base salary: $795,675), UCLA’s Gene Block ($454,574) and UC San Diego’s Pradeep Khosla ($449,204).

The raises were discussed in a Wednesday closed-session meeting and posted online before Thursday’s meeting. The board approved the increases in open session without discussion.

The staff report says that UC chancellors’ pay falls in the bottom third of comparable institutions in the Association of American Universities and that the system’s top leaders have had few opportunities for salary increases in the past nine years, making it difficult to recruit and keep talent.

The only chancellor to not get a raise this year is Linda Katehi, of UC Davis, who is on administrative leave pending an outside investigation into allegations that she lied about her involvement in online reputation-management contracts, violating UC’s ethics policy, and that she engaged in nepotism and misspent student funds. Katehi has disputed the allegations and has hired a public relations team as she fights to keep her job.