By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | KPCC
At a meeting in Long Beach on Wednesday, California State University trustees are set to debate and vote on changes to system executives’ pay.

Pay for top university officials has been a hot button topic for a year. Cal State’s president has said he’s eager to keep compensation on par with public and some private institutions. That way the system can attract the best administrators to the largest public university system on the nation.

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California State University trustees Wednesday unanimously approved a measure to cap salaries of new executives in the face of steep funding cuts and sharply rising tuition.

The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to enact the new limitations at a meeting in Long Beach.

Trustees and Cal State Chancellor Charles B. Reed had come under criticism for recent salary decisions, including paying the new San Diego State president $400,000 -- $100,000 more than his predecessor.

State funds are capped but pay can still be supplemented by foundations

By Pat Flynn

Originally published January 25, 2012 at 9:30 a.m., updated January 25, 2012 at 1:45 p.m.

California State University trustees, who have been under fire for the pay package they granted San Diego State University President Elliot Hirshman last summer, on Wednesday adopted a new policy to limit presidential pay.

Aubrey Crosby

LONG BEACH (CBS) — Executive pay and an impasse with the teachers union were atop the agenda as Cal State University trustees began a two-day meeting in Long Beach on Tuesday.

KNX 1070′s Ron Kilgore reports the unusually high-profile summit has even drawn the attention of a state senator.

State Senator Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) leads the opposition to president’s pay and was expected to make a personal appearance at the meeting.