Twenty-eight of the highest-paid administrators, including Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez, will receive a 4 percent raise, the CSU Board of Trustees office said today.

The approval came with only one vote against the pay increase, which was cast by Lt. Gov. John Garamendi.

The salary hikes – granted to all 23 campus presidents, CSU Chancellor Charles Reed and his four deputies – come at a bad time for students and faculty. Students are on the brink of paying a 10-percent fee increase, and faculty continues labor negotiations.

Gonzalez’s salary boost will be retroactive to July 1, 2006. In 2005, Gonzalez received a $34,000 pay hike, while today’s increase gives him an additional $10,000.

As part of an ongoing CSU systemwide protest, California Faculty Association representatives will protest the salary increases and advocate labor issues Monday in the Library Quad.

For more information, see Wednesday’s State Hornet.

Gamaliel Ortiz can be reached at [email protected].