CIRM's New Chair Challenge: Directors Inched Ahead Today, Hoping to Fill Slot by January

Cooperation needed from governor and three other statewide officials

Key directors of the $12 billion California stem cell agency edged forward today on a path towards electing a new chair -- a complex and critical task that they are far from controlling.

They were warned at a meeting of the directors’ Governance Subcommittee that some of the key politicians involved, including the governor, may not place a high priority …