Lawmakers upset after learning UC Davis spent thousands cleaning image following pepper spray incident

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Friday, April 15, 2016
This image shows a UC Davis campus police officer pepper-spraying student protesters in 2011 in Davis, Calif.
This image shows a UC Davis campus police officer pepper-spraying student protesters in 2011 in Davis, Calif.
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DAVIS, Calif. (KGO) -- The 2011 UC Davis pepper spray incident is posing problems again for the university.

Seven state lawmakers are now calling for the resignation of Chancellor Linda Katehi. The demand follows a report saying the university paid image consultants $175,000 to try to clean up the online image of the school and Katehi.

University officials say the school was trying to ensure the incident where campus police pepper-sprayed student protesters was fairly portrayed online.