Palin getting $75,000 for speech at campus

LOS ANGELES — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will receive $75,000 to appear at a California State University campus fundraiser next month, two sources at the university have confirmed.

The sources, who have seen the contract for the appearance — at Cal State Stanislaus, in Turlock — said it calls for $75,000 plus expenses for Palin's hotel, air fare and travel. But the former governor's travel has not been booked yet, and the exact cost of expenses is still to be determined, said the sources, who said they wished to remain anonymous.

Palin is receiving the fee in two payments of $37,500 each, one of which has already been paid, the sources said.

Meanwhile, Palin is making good on a threat to build a fence around her Wasilla home to keep her new neighbor — author Joe McGinniss — from peering in.

Work on the fence continued Thursday. Palin, wearing running shorts, a T-shirt and a visor, spoke briefly to a reporter at the gate of her lakeside home. She joked of having to build a fence to protect her family's privacy but declined to comment further, saying she was busy baby-sitting her nephews.