SACRAMENTO, California, May 2 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom statement on selection of new UC President SACRAMENTO -- Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement today after the University of California Board of Regents named James Milliken the new president of the University of California: James B. ("JB") Milliken is chancellor of The University of Texas System, where he also holds the Lee Hage and Joseph D. Jamail Rege  more