Cal. Sts. & High. Code § 27149

Each member of the board shall receive the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for attending each meeting of the board and each committee meeting on different days, but no member shall receive this compensation in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) in any one year, except the president who shall not receive this compensation in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) in any one year. Each member of the board shall receive a sum equal to the necessary traveling expenses incurred by him or her in the performance of board duties.