A state legislator has requested a sweeping audit of the California State University system’s sexual harassment policies and subsequent settlements paid to alleged harassers in the wake of a recent scandal involving former Chancellor Joseph Castro.
Assemblyman Rudy Salas, D-Bakersfield, who chairs the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, said this week that 43 lawmakers have signed on in support of his request.
“The recent sexual harassment allegations involving several CSU campuses, as well as the Chancellor’s Office, is unacceptable and warrants the scrutiny and impartiality that only the State Auditor can provide,” Salas said in a statement this week. “It is unacceptable for this nation’s largest four-year public university system to have such widespread sexual harassment allegations and payouts. The discrepancy in campus-by-campus dealings and golden parachutes for top administrators reeks of inconsistencies and bias.
