UC President Janet Napolitano's aides interfered in audit of her office, investigation finds

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Top aides to University of California President Janet Napolitano interfered with a state audit of her office, suppressing campus criticism of its services and operations, according to findings of an investigation ordered by the UC Board of Regents.

Napolitano approved a plan to instruct administrators from the UC system's 10 campuses to submit responses to confidential questionnaires about her office for review by her aides before returning them to the state auditor, according to the fact-finding review obtained by the Los Angeles Times.

"Based on the foregoing review, we conclude that members of the president's executive office did interfere with the surveys," stated the investigative report, which was conducted by former state Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno and the law firm of Hueston Hennigan. It