UC regent resigns amid criticism over offensive remark

SAN FRANCISCO >> A University of California regent who was caught on tape last year asking an employee if he could hold her breasts has decided to resign amid growing calls that he step down.
Regent Norman J. Pattiz sent a letter dated Thursday to Regents Chair George Keiffer saying that after 16 years on the board he would retire in February.
His letter, which was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, did not mention the sexual harassment accusation.
Keiffer responded in a letter