"Dualing" Execs at CIRM: Touchy Issues Between Klein and Hall

On the surface, the problem seemed ridiculously simple.

But at its heart lay matters of trust between two strong executives in a new, $3 billion organization hobbled by an inflexible structure virtually impossible to change.

The flap surfaced at the May 19 meeting of CIRM's Governance Subcommittee. The nominal topic was internal policy at the California …