Former chancellor charged in money scheme

SAN FRANCISCO, July 9 (UPI) -- Philip Day, once chancellor of City College of San Francisco, abused the public trust by using public funds for banned expenditures, the district attorney said.

DA Kamela Harris filed charges against the 63-yer-old former chancellor for diverting money to campaigns promoting bond measures benefiting community colleges. State law not only prohibits spending public funds on political campaigns, it also bans concealing the true source of campaign contributions, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Day resigned in 2008 to become head of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

Alleged fundraising abuses in a 2005 campaign to promote a $246.3 million bond for city college resulted in stories in the Chronicle, then the district attorney's investigation. The investigation revealed money went into a secret slush fund at the college's charitable foundation, Harris alleged.

Money allegedly went toward liquor for parties the chancellor held, his $1,800-per-year membership at the City Club of San Francisco and for parking tickets run up by rich alumni, officials said.