CIRM Directors to Hand Out $30 Million and Wrestle with Contracting Policies

Directors of the California stem cell agency meet next Wednesday and Thursday in the Los Angeles area to give away more than $30 million and to make undisclosed changes in its policies for outside contracting, which now run roughly $3 million annually.

CIRM, which is limited by law to only 50 employees, is heavily dependent on outside contractors for ev…