OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR

June 22, 2026

ALL ACADEMICS AND STAFF AT UC SAN DIEGO, INCLUDING UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH

The University of California is committed to maintaining the highest standards of conduct in the fulfillment of its education, research, public service and patient care mission. Every employee at the university plays a role in maintaining our ethical standards. The university’s Whistleblower Policy provides multiple avenues for employees to bring forward concerns of potential employee misconduct. The university encourages you to report concerns about possible improper governmental activity directly to the whistleblower hotline (universityofcalifornia.edu/hotline; (800) 403-4744); or your supervisor, department head, Locally Designated Official (LDO) or other appropriate university offices or officials.

The systemwide whistleblower hotline is independently operated to receive calls or web-based reporting from faculty, staff, students or members of the public. The hotline allows for anonymous reporting, forwarding reported concerns to appropriate university officials for processing. This hotline is staffed seven days a week, 24 hours per day and is capable of receiving reports in a number of different languages.

For more information about the whistleblower process, please visit the UC Whistleblower website and keep an eye out for posters displayed in various employee areas that outline reporting channels. Additionally, the university's whistleblower poster highlights other avenues for reporting improper governmental activity, such as the California State Auditor and the California Attorney General. These posters may also be viewed and printed from the UC San Diego Hotline Blink page.

The California Government Code requires every state agency, including the University of California, to annually distribute to its employees a message from the California State Auditor that provides an explanation of the California Whistleblower Protection Act. Please find the 2026 message below.

Our collective goal is to ensure that the University of California remains a highly ethical institution, adhering to our internal policies as well as external regulations and laws. Together, we can continue to foster an environment of integrity and uphold the principles that define our institution.

Pradeep K. Khosla                                                    
Chancellor
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Chancellor’s Endowed Chair

The message below from the California State Auditor may also be viewed online.

YOU CAN REPORT IMPROPER ACTS

We are your confidential avenue for reporting improper activities by state agencies or employees. It is your responsibility, as a government employee, to report any type of fraud, waste, or abuse, which ultimately protects scarce state resources. It is also your right to be free from retaliation for doing so.

In 2025, we received 1,575 whistleblower allegations. Some of the most commonly reported improper acts include waste of state funds, misuse of state resources, and hiring improprieties. Whistleblower complaints through our office have triggered investigations revealing improper activities, such as:

WE INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS

We report substantiated allegations to the head of the employing agency. In addition, we report some of the substantiated allegations to the general public, keeping confidential the identities of the state employees involved. You can view these reports on our website at: www.auditor.ca.gov/reports

We refer substantiated violations of law to law enforcement agencies, as appropriate.

WHAT TO REPORT

Pursuant to Government Code section 8547.2, subdivision (c), improper acts by a state agency or employee that should be reported to the State Auditor include:

WHAT WE CAN’T INVESTIGATE

We do not have the authority to investigate either violations of internal department policies or procedures or local government agencies and employees.

WE PROTECT YOUR IDENTITY

If you report an impropriety, you are protected by the Whistleblower Protection Act, which:

If you believe that you have been retaliated against for disclosing an improper governmental activity, you should report this immediately to one of the following agencies:

State and Court Employees
State Personnel Board
801 Capitol Mall, MS53
Sacramento, CA 95814

California State University Employees
Vice Chancellor of Human Resources
401 Golden Shore
Long Beach, CA 90802
Or contact the appointed campus administrator.

University of California (UC) Employees
Contact the locally designated official for the UC facility at which you are employed. Visit www.ucop.edu for more information.

WE PROTECT YOUR IDENTITY

You have three ways to report information to us confidentially:

HELPFUL TIPS WHEN FILING A COMPLAINT

Prepare Before Filing. Gather your thoughts before filing a complaint and prepare yourself to answer the following questions:

Support What You Allege. We are unable to investigate allegations without support for your complaint. Therefore, please remember to include the following:

Consider Providing Contact Information. You have a right to file a complaint anonymously. However, we may not be able to investigate your complaint if we cannot talk to you to confirm the information you are providing or obtain additional information. Please remember that if you identify yourself to us, we cannot reveal your identity to anyone else without your permission, except to appropriate law enforcement personnel who are conducting a criminal investigation.

Keep Your Complaint Confidential. We investigate complaints as confidentially as possible to protect both your identity as a whistleblower and our ability to gather information without interference. To protect the confidentiality of your complaint, we encourage you not to tell anyone that you filed a complaint with us.