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"content": "\u003cp>A San Francisco judge ruled Friday that felony charges against seven activists involved in a pro-Palestinian protest that shut down the Golden Gate Bridge in April can go to trial, but over half of the charges were dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a month after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010363/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-await-judicial-ruling-on-felony-charges\">the protesters’ preliminary hearing\u003c/a> began, Judge Brendan P. Conroy threw out more than 25 counts against seven of the eight defendants — and charges against one of the defendants entirely — due to lack of evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he declined defense attorneys’ motion to downgrade the felony conspiracy charges, saying there had not been enough discussion about how the Golden Gate Bridge Authority and potential other alleged victims in the case would be compensated for their losses due to the protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The elephant in the room here is that there is a request for at least $160,000 in restitution,” Conroy said, referring to the Golden Gate Bridge Authority’s estimate of lost revenue from toll payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The eight activists face the most serious charges — including felony conspiracy — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999854/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-surrender-to-face-controversial-false-imprisonment-charges\">out of the 26 who were arrested\u003c/a> in connection with the protest that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">shut down traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge\u003c/a>. Their actions were part of a multi-city effort to disrupt local and global economies and put pressure on the U.S. government to halt support for Israel’s war in Gaza, which it launched after Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 7:30 a.m. on April 15, the protesters chained themselves to stopped vehicles and each other across the southbound lanes of the bridge, according to a statement from the California Highway Patrol. The demonstration shut down traffic in both directions for about four hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010374\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1372\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty-1920x1317.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on April 15, 2024, completely halting traffic for hours as part of a coordinated day of action against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Paul Kuroda/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Their actions affected the community in real and tangible ways,” Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze argued during the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that multiple people whose routes were blocked by the protest missed medical appointments, and one missed a day of teaching children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conroy said that he would have given greater consideration to the request to downgrade the felony conspiracy charges since the defendants’ actions were “well-intended” and didn’t appear to stem from malice, but the “considerable amount of restitution” stopped him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11821950 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64575_022_KQED_AntiochPoliceRacistTextProtest_04182023-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Wozniak, the lead attorney for the protesters, said the hearing was still a significant win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For three-quarters of the charges, there was not enough evidence — even at this stage of a preliminary hearing, where the standard of evidence is very low — for the judge to hold those clients to those charges,” Wozniak said. “This case was overcharged, and it’s been a humongous waste of resources. They have likely spent more than the bridge authority is asking for just to prosecute this case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco public defender’s office agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The court’s, and the DA’s, dismissal of the vast majority of the charges against Golden Gate Bridge protesters today is a huge vindication of our position that the DA drastically overcharged these cases,” Deputy Public Defender Nuha Abusamra, one of the attorneys defending the protesters, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office dropped 12 of its false imprisonment counts earlier in the hearing without providing evidence. An additional 11 were dismissed by Conroy, who said that the evidence provided lacked necessary information related to the time and place of the alleged imprisonment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also dropped a misdemeanor charge against all but one of the defendants who alleged they failed to comply with a peace officer, saying there was no evidence provided through law enforcement officers’ testimony that seven of the defendants were told directly to disperse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s still possible that the felony charges could be downgraded as the case plays out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defendants have been ordered to appear for an arraignment on Dec. 6, where the defense said it plans to ask the judge for a restitution hearing to get a true estimation of the money requested by any victims. The district attorney’s office could not give an exact amount for the bridge authority’s losses, which defense attorneys called speculative. The figure also does not factor in whether individuals who were allegedly falsely imprisoned will seek monetary relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After requesting the restitution hearing, defense attorneys plan to reintroduce their motion to recategorize the felony conspiracy charges to misdemeanors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not interested in continuing to utilize these court resources, city and county resources. Folks want to get back on the street and demand a ceasefire, demand an end to genocide,” Wozniak said. “The district attorney wanted a holding order today, and that’s what happened, but we’re going to continue fighting this case. We’re going to show that there is not much restitution that needs to be paid and get this case dismissed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>A Superior Court judge will decide whether \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/brooke-jenkins\">San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins\u003c/a> has enough evidence to try felony cases against eight antiwar protesters who allegedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">shut down the Golden Gate Bridge\u003c/a> on Tax Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a preliminary hearing on Tuesday at the Hall of Justice, Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze presented evidence and witness testimony the prosecution plans to use to paint a picture of trespassing, felony conspiracy and false imprisonment of early morning commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The eight activists \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999854/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-surrender-to-face-controversial-false-imprisonment-charges\">face the most significant charges of the 26 people arrested\u003c/a> for allegedly shutting down the bridge as part of a worldwide economic blockade. Around 7:30 a.m. on April 15, protesters shut down traffic across the Golden Gate Bridge, chaining themselves to stopped vehicles. Organizers said they were demanding that the U.S. stop funding Israel in the war in Gaza, which it launched after Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Brendan P. Conroy is expected to decide later this week whether the felony cases can proceed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Criminal defense attorneys and legal experts have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983413/could-protesters-who-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-be-charged-with-false-imprisonment\">questioned prosecuting the protesters\u003c/a>, especially the controversial false imprisonment charges, which defined delayed motorists as victims. In past mass prosecutions, protesters have typically faced misdemeanor charges for blocking a roadway and for disobeying the orders of law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think that there are lots of issues with their evidence from a legal standpoint and that a vast majority of the charges will be dismissed,” Jeff Wozniak, an attorney representing the defendants, told KQED after Tuesday’s hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters and friends of the protesters in the courtroom donned keffiyehs, the patterned scarves that have become symbolic of solidarity with Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution’s first witness was Officer Roger Elarua, the bridge’s captain and the first responder on the scene. Elarua described sitting in his office at the toll plaza and talking on the phone with local agencies about potential protests happening that day in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s when he looked up at the camera feed and saw traffic stopped in the southbound lanes heading toward San Francisco. The demonstration shut down traffic across the bridge in both directions for about four hours. Protesters also shut down traffic on I-880 in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000887\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240415-880GazaProtest-020-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240415-880GazaProtest-020-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240415-880GazaProtest-020-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240415-880GazaProtest-020-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240415-880GazaProtest-020-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240415-880GazaProtest-020-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240415-880GazaProtest-020-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators shut down the southbound lanes of I-880 on the morning of April 15, 2024, in West Oakland. The protesters, engaging in an economic blockade in solidarity with Palestine, marched from the West Oakland BART Station to the freeway. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Elarua, who is not a sworn law enforcement officer, can’t make arrests. He handles administrative duties, like issuing bridge permits for “expressive actions.” He noted that there was no permit request for that day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elarua’s jurisdiction includes the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District, which has control over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.goldengate.org/bridge/bridge-operations/moveable-median-barrier/\">moveable barrier\u003c/a> that separates north and southbound traffic. During cross-examination, the defense repeatedly questioned why Elarua and California Highway Patrol Officer Erik Egide, who was not present, decided not to open another lane of traffic to help break the gridlock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there was a fourth lane, the cars could have gone around the protest,” Elizabeth Camacho, the felony manager for the San Francisco Public Defender’s office, said to Elarua during questioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In theory, yes,” he responded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s becoming clear through the testimony of these officers is that they made a lot of decisions that led to the traffic jam; that there were options that they had; and that they could have taken other approaches that wouldn’t have resulted in such a long delay,” Wozniak told KQED after the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11983413 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/DSC_0201.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his testimony, Elarua said he called for support from other agencies. Capt. Taylor Carlton of the CHP testified that he had to fight intense traffic on the north side of the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After informing the group that they were part of an unlawful assembly, Carlton said he spoke to a protester who was wearing a neon pink safety vest labeled “Police Liaison.” According to Carlton, protesters had formed a human chain and some had locked their hands inside metal tubes, a tactic known as the “sleeping dragon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police liaison allegedly told Carlton that the fire department would need to cut the demonstrators free and that none of them would speak to law enforcement apart from her. Carlton arrested her and the other protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was concerned about the health and safety of everyone being impeded [on the bridge],” Carlton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the eight who face felony charges, 18 people were charged with misdemeanors. The protesters, known as the Golden Gate 26, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004860/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-plead-not-guilty-to-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges\">pleaded not guilty in September\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins has previously said that the protest compromised public safety and caused “extreme threats” to those trapped on the bridge during the morning commute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The preliminary hearing is expected to continue until Thursday. If found guilty at trial, the protesters could face years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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If the warrant isn’t voided, she is requesting that the court seal her phone until there can be a hearing about her claim that the warrant is overly broad and the phone contained communication that falls under attorney-client privilege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Hernandez Jason, a spokesperson for UC Santa Cruz, said in an email that the warrant was related to an “active investigation that began prior to the lawsuit” and could not share any additional information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last May, Irshad was among 112 protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988397/many-protesters-arrested-at-uc-santa-cruz-pro-palestinian-encampment\">who were arrested\u003c/a> after police in riot gear were deployed to a pro-Palestinian encampment in a little-used parking lot near the base of UC Santa Cruz’s hilly campus. 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The bans were issued without a hearing, which is unlawful unless the person’s presence on campus constitutes a “substantial and material threat of significant injury to persons or property,” according to the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008430 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although some students had hearings, they did not begin to take place until at least a week after the bans were issued, Lederman said in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters are asking the court for an injunction to prevent UC Santa Cruz from issuing these bans and a declaration that doing so is illegal, as well as a preliminary injunction that would halt the university’s use of the tactic until the case is ultimately decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irshad, who was a resident advisor last year as well, said she was compensated for her RA work with free campus housing and meal points — both of which she lost access to when she was barred from campus. She also said she could not access her computer, complete assignments or attend class, ultimately leading her to fail courses, according to a declaration filed in Santa Cruz Superior Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The search warrant for her phone was issued on Sept. 25, about two and a half weeks after her lawsuit was filed and five days after filing for the preliminary injunction. Thacher said the “series of events” is troubling to the attorneys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also believes that the warrant itself — which gives officers access to all data on Irshad’s phone since it first stored data — is overly broad because it does not define a time period and searches her entire digital history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If Ms. Irschad was not a plaintiff in a civil rights lawsuit against the UC Santa Cruz Police Department and others, this warrant would still be overbroad,” Thacher said. “But she is a plaintiff in a civil rights lawsuit against [UCSC], and the events here … are really troubling. It feels retaliatory. And we’re asking the court to help us understand what is going on here so that we can protect and defend Ms. Irschad’s rights to be a plaintiff in this lawsuit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, the motion for a preliminary injunction in Irshad’s civil rights suit is slated for a hearing in November, and a hearing to decide whether to void or tighten the restrictions around her search warrant is set for Dec. 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Rachel Lederman, another of the protesters’ attorneys, told KQED in September that throughout the night, officers squeezed in on the protesters and eventually detained many of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988048\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-1536x1000.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Santa Cruz academic workers represented by UAW 4811 and pro-Palestinian protesters carry signs as they demonstrate in front of the campus on May 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Irshad and others who were detained received temporary campus bans under Section 626.4 of the California Penal Code, which allows university officials to revoke consent for a person to be on campus for up to 14 days “whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that such person has willfully disrupted the orderly operation of such campus or facility.” Entering the campus while the ban is in place is a misdemeanor punishable by jail time or a fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irshad, fellow student Elio Ellutzi and professor Christine Hong joined a lawsuit over their bans in September, accusing UC Santa Cruz of illegally applying Section 626.4. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:25 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A walkout at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/uc-berkeley\">UC Berkeley\u003c/a> in support of the Palestinian people, one year into the deadly siege that followed Hamas’ surprise attacks in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/israel\">Israel\u003c/a> last October, grew tense on Tuesday afternoon amid a standoff with pro-Israel counterprotesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As hundreds of people gathered at Sproul Plaza, the site of last school year’s pro-Palestinian encampment, a group of about half a dozen counterprotesters draped in Israeli flags walked across the steps behind the speakers and started shouting things like, “Bring them home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the pro-Palestinian protesters formed a circle around them, and both sides shouted at each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the tense mood, students like Yousuf Abubakr of Students for Justice in Palestine were undeterred. He said although he doesn’t believe student protests will be enough to “free Palestine,” he believes it will help move the needle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We enjoy the fact that, you know, we piss off university officials,” Abubakr said. “The fact that they had these new encampment and new masking policies, I smile because it’s like … we have their attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008683 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students cheer at a rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a man chanted, “No Zionist racists,” Jewish transfer student Ethan Tallman said he came out to show his support for the Israeli community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[My] reasons are for the hostages, for their families, and for the world to see that they matter,” Tallman said, adding that he found the crowd overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signs carried by the protesters included messages like “No Votes for Genocide,” featuring the image of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008657 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rally attendees hold signs that read “No Votes for Genocide” at a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sameeha Ahmed, who studies cognitive science and public health at Berkeley, said Tuesday morning that she planned to take time away from the busy midterm season to participate in the walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>We’ve gotten to a point in the movement where I think people are able to sort of turn a blind eye toward the horrors that are happening in Gaza just because this has been going on for so long. People are becoming so desensitized to all of the injustice that’s been occurring,” said Ahmed, who added that she is focused on the call for the University of California to divest from Israel and its war effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that makes it all the more imperative for us to … continue showing that we are not going to stand for this any longer,” Ahmed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008655 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon on the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a social media \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1CDoLPVJa/?img_index=1\">post\u003c/a>, a group calling itself UC Berkeley Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine wrote “The university, too, has blood on its hands. The University of California system has long committed to war and destruction through research and development of nuclear weapons, drones and other military technologies — as well as investments in weapons manufacturing, fossil fuel, and settler industries profiting from this atrocity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group also cited accusations that the UC has supported the firing, arrests and investigations of professors, the approval of military surplus for UC police forces, and the chilling of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza\">free speech\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Stett Holbrook, a UC Office of the President spokesperson, said while most protests over the past year were peaceful and lawful, administrators have had to take steps to address some that were not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some instances, campuses faced significant disruptions due to protests that resulted in violence, vandalism, class and research interruption, and restricted access to public spaces,” he said. “While we provide many opportunities and venues for the expression of diverse viewpoints at UC campuses, activities that violate the law, University policy, or both, will not be tolerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holbrook added that UCPD’s equipment is not military surplus, military-grade nor designed for military use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The University’s use of this equipment provides UC police officers with non-lethal alternatives to standard-issue firearms, enabling them to de-escalate situations and respond without the use of deadly force,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008658\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008658 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Tallman (center), a pro-Israel student at Berkeley, counter-protests a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof said the campus had been planning for walkouts and other events since July. “We’re aware what moment in time we’re in,” said Mogulof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at San Francisco State University, protesters were back at the picket lines and faculty-led teachouts after a midday rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the event, a crowd of about 200 broke into chants like, “Not another penny, not another dollar, we won’t pay for Israel’s slaughter,” and “I can’t even pay my rent; still more bombs are being sent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008656\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008656 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry Singh (center), a pro-Israel student at Berkeley, counter-protests a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaker Omar Zahzah told the demonstrators that enough was enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are here because we feel the connection because we’re suffering through the connections,” Zahzah said. “So long as they keep putting money towards genocide, we say no. We are here to do a critical education project where all of us are united as students and as teachers and as people embodying multiple roles. And this work that we’re starting today on Oct. 8 is just the beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008405 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SFUSDStudentsGetty-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFSU student Rithik Hemanth came to support the Students for Gaza picket, in part because he sees conditions for Palestinians and students on campus as connected. He cited Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent signing of \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/newsom-approves-bill-to-prevent-hostile-protest-environments-on-college-campuses/article_c5316348-8217-11ef-8828-5bba697a269a.html\">SB1287\u003c/a>, the “Equity in Higher Education Act: prohibition on violence, harassment, intimidation, and discrimination,” which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001778/students-suspended-over-pro-palestinian-protests-tread-a-fine-line-as-fall-semester-begins-at-bay-area-universities\">some see\u003c/a> as an assault on free speech and student protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re out here to demand that our money, our taxpayer dollars goes to our education, towards these classrooms that are falling apart — every single one that have mold in them and everything — instead of the genocide that’s currently occurring and the war machine across the world,” Hemanth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August, pro-Palestinian student organizers announced they had worked with SFSU to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002307/san-francisco-state-divests-from-weapons-makers-after-working-with-student-activists\">identify for divestment\u003c/a> four companies tied to weapons manufacturing or the war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobby King, an SFSU spokesperson, said the university was not engaged in any unusual planning for Tuesday’s events but said he had not heard of any disruptions to operations at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SF State has a long tradition of honoring the rights of its community members to peacefully protest while preserving a safe campus environment, and we expect that will continue today,” King said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/adahlstromeckman\">\u003cem>Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and Samantha Kennedy contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the tense mood, students like Yousuf Abubakr of Students for Justice in Palestine were undeterred. He said although he doesn’t believe student protests will be enough to “free Palestine,” he believes it will help move the needle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We enjoy the fact that, you know, we piss off university officials,” Abubakr said. “The fact that they had these new encampment and new masking policies, I smile because it’s like … we have their attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008683 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students cheer at a rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a man chanted, “No Zionist racists,” Jewish transfer student Ethan Tallman said he came out to show his support for the Israeli community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[My] reasons are for the hostages, for their families, and for the world to see that they matter,” Tallman said, adding that he found the crowd overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signs carried by the protesters included messages like “No Votes for Genocide,” featuring the image of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008657 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rally attendees hold signs that read “No Votes for Genocide” at a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sameeha Ahmed, who studies cognitive science and public health at Berkeley, said Tuesday morning that she planned to take time away from the busy midterm season to participate in the walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>We’ve gotten to a point in the movement where I think people are able to sort of turn a blind eye toward the horrors that are happening in Gaza just because this has been going on for so long. People are becoming so desensitized to all of the injustice that’s been occurring,” said Ahmed, who added that she is focused on the call for the University of California to divest from Israel and its war effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that makes it all the more imperative for us to … continue showing that we are not going to stand for this any longer,” Ahmed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008655 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon on the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a social media \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1CDoLPVJa/?img_index=1\">post\u003c/a>, a group calling itself UC Berkeley Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine wrote “The university, too, has blood on its hands. The University of California system has long committed to war and destruction through research and development of nuclear weapons, drones and other military technologies — as well as investments in weapons manufacturing, fossil fuel, and settler industries profiting from this atrocity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group also cited accusations that the UC has supported the firing, arrests and investigations of professors, the approval of military surplus for UC police forces, and the chilling of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza\">free speech\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Stett Holbrook, a UC Office of the President spokesperson, said while most protests over the past year were peaceful and lawful, administrators have had to take steps to address some that were not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some instances, campuses faced significant disruptions due to protests that resulted in violence, vandalism, class and research interruption, and restricted access to public spaces,” he said. “While we provide many opportunities and venues for the expression of diverse viewpoints at UC campuses, activities that violate the law, University policy, or both, will not be tolerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holbrook added that UCPD’s equipment is not military surplus, military-grade nor designed for military use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The University’s use of this equipment provides UC police officers with non-lethal alternatives to standard-issue firearms, enabling them to de-escalate situations and respond without the use of deadly force,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008658\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008658 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Tallman (center), a pro-Israel student at Berkeley, counter-protests a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof said the campus had been planning for walkouts and other events since July. “We’re aware what moment in time we’re in,” said Mogulof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at San Francisco State University, protesters were back at the picket lines and faculty-led teachouts after a midday rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the event, a crowd of about 200 broke into chants like, “Not another penny, not another dollar, we won’t pay for Israel’s slaughter,” and “I can’t even pay my rent; 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We are here to do a critical education project where all of us are united as students and as teachers and as people embodying multiple roles. And this work that we’re starting today on Oct. 8 is just the beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFSU student Rithik Hemanth came to support the Students for Gaza picket, in part because he sees conditions for Palestinians and students on campus as connected. He cited Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent signing of \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/newsom-approves-bill-to-prevent-hostile-protest-environments-on-college-campuses/article_c5316348-8217-11ef-8828-5bba697a269a.html\">SB1287\u003c/a>, the “Equity in Higher Education Act: prohibition on violence, harassment, intimidation, and discrimination,” which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001778/students-suspended-over-pro-palestinian-protests-tread-a-fine-line-as-fall-semester-begins-at-bay-area-universities\">some see\u003c/a> as an assault on free speech and student protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re out here to demand that our money, our taxpayer dollars goes to our education, towards these classrooms that are falling apart — every single one that have mold in them and everything — instead of the genocide that’s currently occurring and the war machine across the world,” Hemanth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August, pro-Palestinian student organizers announced they had worked with SFSU to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002307/san-francisco-state-divests-from-weapons-makers-after-working-with-student-activists\">identify for divestment\u003c/a> four companies tied to weapons manufacturing or the war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobby King, an SFSU spokesperson, said the university was not engaged in any unusual planning for Tuesday’s events but said he had not heard of any disruptions to operations at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SF State has a long tradition of honoring the rights of its community members to peacefully protest while preserving a safe campus environment, and we expect that will continue today,” King said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/adahlstromeckman\">\u003cem>Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and Samantha Kennedy contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Lawyers representing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003855/uc-santa-cruz-students-professor-sue-over-campus-bans-after-pro-palestinian-protest\">pro-Palestinian protesters at UC Santa Cruz\u003c/a> who were temporarily banned from campus last spring are asking a judge to halt the practice, calling it illegal and “fundamentally unfair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case seeks a court order declaring that the university cannot ban students without a hearing — except in situations where they find that the person’s presence poses a significant threat. In a motion filed Thursday night, lawyers asked the court to issue a preliminary injunction, preventing the school from doing so while the case works its way through the legal system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chessie Thacher, a senior attorney with the ACLU of Northern California, said the legal team felt it was important to stop the practice “as soon as possible” as students return to campus this week, expecting that there could be more protest activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are concerned that the school, if it thinks that it can use this section of penal code — 626.4 — indiscriminately, broadly, and just sort of gather everyone who’s in a spot protesting and ban them all instantly on the spot without due process, that’s a really big problem. And a lot of people will suffer,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Section 626.4 of the California Penal Code allows university officials to revoke consent for a person to be on campus for up to 14 days “whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that such person has willfully disrupted the orderly operation of such campus or facility.” Entering the campus while the ban is in place is a misdemeanor punishable by jail time or a fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last May, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988397/many-protesters-arrested-at-uc-santa-cruz-pro-palestinian-encampment\">112 protesters were arrested\u003c/a> after police in riot gear were deployed to a pro-Palestinian encampment set up in a little-used parking lot near the base of UC Santa Cruz’s mountainous campus. Some of those arrested had their permission to be on campus withdrawn under Section 626.4 and were left unable to access housing, campus resources or ways to complete their final exams and assignments, attorneys said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987500\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153861315_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two people affix a large brown sign with red text reading 'Do UCLA next' to a school sign outdoors near a busy street.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1330\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153861315_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153861315_qut-800x554.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153861315_qut-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153861315_qut-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153861315_qut-1536x1064.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Santa Cruz workers who are union members of UAW 4811 set up a sign in front of the university’s campus on May 20. Academic workers at UCSC walked off the job to strike in protest of the UC system’s handling of pro-Palestinian demonstrations. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thacher and a legal team representing two students and one professor who were arrested \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003855/uc-santa-cruz-students-professor-sue-over-campus-bans-after-pro-palestinian-protest\">sued the university\u003c/a> this month for what they said were illegal campus bans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters’ lawyers argue that California’s Supreme Court has previously limited the scope of the legal code so that such bans can only be imposed without a hearing if a person’s presence on campus constitutes a “substantial and material threat of significant injury to persons or property,” and the students should have had due process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They didn’t present any such threat,” Rachel Lederman, another member of the legal team, told KQED earlier this month. “There was no violence or disruption caused by this protest. The only disruption was caused by these bans that instantly banished students from campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12006193 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-22-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some students did have hearings, but those did not begin to take place until at least a week after the bans were issued, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for UC Santa Cruz did not immediately respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the day of the protest, Lederman said, many students and staff had come to stand in solidarity after they found out that police were arriving, and throughout the night, police surrounded and squeezed in on demonstrators before making the eventual arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those arrested was professor Christine Hong, who said she joined around 11 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the past, faculty have served as a buffer between students and the police at different protests. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-police-department\">San Francisco Police Department\u003c/a> officers were deployed to eight pro-Palestinian campus protests across Northern California during the spring and summer, according to a presentation that SFPD officials will give to the city’s Police Commission on Wednesday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The requests for mutual aid were made through the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to support campus police and other law enforcement agencies responding to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984645/photos-campus-protests-grow-across-bay-area\">the encampments and other demonstrations\u003c/a> that rocked college campuses this year in protest of university investments in companies with ties to Israel or weapons manufacturing during the war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco officers made no arrests, recorded no use of force, and none were injured, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFPD officers traveled as far as UC Santa Cruz, where a student allegedly spat on one of them, and Cal Poly Humboldt, where 32 people were arrested and a local reporter was\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Alh9T0dzVE\"> detained and zip-tied\u003c/a> amid protesters’ occupation of an administration building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within the city, officers responded to San Francisco State, UC San Francisco, a University of California regents meeting at the system’s Mission Bay campus, and the private University of San Francisco, where personnel did not want a uniformed SFPD presence on campus, the report said. 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He said that the lack of reported use of force is positive but that the high number of officers on the UC Berkeley campus raises some questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seventeen officers and a sergeant is a huge deployment,” Benedicto told KQED. “I just do want to make sure that we’re asking the right questions and that we’re really keeping up strong efforts to ensure really smart resource allocation of our very scarce police resources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Humboldt, SFPD responded to a request from university police for 250 external law enforcement officers on April 27, \u003ca href=\"https://theappeal.org/cal-poly-humboldt-palestine-protest-police/\">according to an email obtained by The Appeal\u003c/a>. Cal Poly Humboldt police policy permits officers to seek assistance from outside law enforcement if necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12004860 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240415-880GazaProtest-015-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emails show law enforcement officers developed an action plan to combat what they described as the “threat of domestic violent extremism and criminal behavior” supposedly presented by protesters, and they shared these plans and materials with incoming officers from around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One SFPD sergeant and 10 officers were deployed to the Redwood campus at 11 p.m. on April 29, SFPD said. SFPD provided “a uniformed presence,” “traffic control,” and “assisted in a skirmish line one block away” from where local police and Humboldt County sheriff’s deputies were making arrests, according to the report. Officers also received overtime for the deployments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Support only for local police as needed/necessary due to possible violent participants,” SFPD said in the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jose Quezada, a photographer for the Eureka Times-Standard who was escorted off the campus on April 30, said there were officers “from all over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The officers were “fully armed with everything that I can imagine law enforcement or a militarized person could have,” Rouhollah Aghasaleh, an assistant professor at Cal Poly Humboldt’s School of Education, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Griffin Mancuso, the editor in chief of the Cal Poly Humboldt student-run paper, the Lumberjack, said students heard rumors leading up to the April 29 raid that officers from out of town were coming to campus. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emails show law enforcement officers developed an action plan to combat what they described as the “threat of domestic violent extremism and criminal behavior” supposedly presented by protesters, and they shared these plans and materials with incoming officers from around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One SFPD sergeant and 10 officers were deployed to the Redwood campus at 11 p.m. on April 29, SFPD said. SFPD provided “a uniformed presence,” “traffic control,” and “assisted in a skirmish line one block away” from where local police and Humboldt County sheriff’s deputies were making arrests, according to the report. Officers also received overtime for the deployments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Support only for local police as needed/necessary due to possible violent participants,” SFPD said in the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jose Quezada, a photographer for the Eureka Times-Standard who was escorted off the campus on April 30, said there were officers “from all over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The officers were “fully armed with everything that I can imagine law enforcement or a militarized person could have,” Rouhollah Aghasaleh, an assistant professor at Cal Poly Humboldt’s School of Education, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Griffin Mancuso, the editor in chief of the Cal Poly Humboldt student-run paper, the Lumberjack, said students heard rumors leading up to the April 29 raid that officers from out of town were coming to campus. The evening that hundreds of riot police arrived to arrest protesters and take down barricades, Mancuso said he saw police cars from other counties parked around the campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew that that was a possibility going in, that there would be a fairly wide variety of officers,” Mancuso said. “I think [local police] were kind of preparing for the worst. I personally expected it to escalate way more than it actually did. And thankfully it didn’t. But I can only assume that’s why they pulled in officers from around California. We don’t really have a super extensive police force here, and we certainly don’t have the kind of gear that other forces do from bigger cities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benedicto said deployment decisions are made by the San Francisco police chief and command staff, not the Police Commission, which is tasked with setting policy and has some oversight authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not going to micromanage the department in terms of its individual deployment decisions. That’s not something the commission wants to be in the position of doing or does,” Benedicto said. “I think the outcome, hopefully, is to ensure that the public are aware that this is how their resources are being used.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">Sara Hossaini\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Anti-war activists accused of participating in a protest that shut down the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/golden-gate-bridge\">Golden Gate Bridge\u003c/a> in April pleaded not guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges ranging from conspiracy to false imprisonment in San Francisco on Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protest \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">blocked the bridge on Tax Day\u003c/a> to decry U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza and to demand a cease-fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of supporters packed the hallways at the Hall of Justice to rally for the defendants, known as the Golden Gate 26. Eight face felony conspiracy charges and 18 have been charged with misdemeanors. Collectively, the entire group faces more than 1,000 charges of false imprisonment linked to people who were caught in the traffic jam on the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Wozniak, an attorney representing the protesters facing felony charges, has called this an “unprecedented charging decision” by District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to preempt future protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not the type of case that people should be in jail for,” Wozniak said. “The community recognizes the long history of political activism in the Bay Area and recognizes that this is an utterly ridiculous waste of resources on behalf of D.A. Jenkins and clearly an attempt to chill political speech.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legal team of the defendants facing felony charges plan to argue that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000881/attorneys-for-golden-gate-bridge-protesters-demand-das-recusal-alleging-pro-israel-bias\">district attorney should have recused\u003c/a> herself from the case based on what they have called a “pro-Israel bias.” They demanded more information about the content of two private meetings she held with the Israeli Consulate and about gifts she received during those meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004880\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004880\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240415-880GazaProtest-066-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240415-880GazaProtest-066-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240415-880GazaProtest-066-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240415-880GazaProtest-066-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240415-880GazaProtest-066-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240415-880GazaProtest-066-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240415-880GazaProtest-066-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Highway Patrol officers ask for people to disperse after demonstrators shut down the southbound lanes of I-880 on the morning of April 15, 2024, in West Oakland. The protesters, engaging in a multi-city ‘economic blockade in solidarity with Palestine,’ marched from the West Oakland BART station to the 7th Street on-ramp and onto the freeway. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In April, the district attorney’s office said the charges were not political.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Charging decisions are made based on the facts, evidence and the law,” the office said in a statement. “We do not pursue political prosecutions under any circumstances at any time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The office also said Jenkins would recuse herself in the case of a conflict of interest and that it is not unusual for her to conduct meetings with foreign officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins has previously said that the Golden Gate Bridge protest compromised public safety and caused “extreme threats” to those trapped on the bridge during the morning commute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Criminal defense attorneys and legal experts have questioned her approach to prosecuting the protesters, especially the controversial\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999854/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-surrender-to-face-controversial-false-imprisonment-charges\"> false imprisonment charges,\u003c/a> which defined delayed motorists as victims. In past mass prosecutions, protesters have typically faced misdemeanor charges for blocking a roadway and for disobeying the orders of law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12000881 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240415-880GazaProtest-020-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, in the days after the Golden Gate Bridge protest, the district attorney put out a call on \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/BrookeJenkinsSF/status/1780616603954204930\">social media\u003c/a> to anyone trapped on the bridge on April 15, saying that they may be entitled to financial compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We depend on prosecutors to be reliable, fair, and equitable in their charging decisions,” Wozniak said. “And if you have two similar actions, they should be charged the same way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late last year, a group of 78 pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted traffic on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to call for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza. The so-called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970376/demonstrators-pack-the-court-to-support-activists-arrested-for-blocking-bay-bridge-last-month\">Bay Bridge 78\u003c/a> were charged with five misdemeanors each — including false imprisonment — and reached an agreement to avoid jail time in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachel Lederman, an attorney with the Center for Protest Law and Litigation, who represented the Bay Bridge 78, said there was no difference in conduct between the two cases and that claims of false imprisonment are “far-fetched.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Lederman, in the Bay Bridge case, one motorist did receive a “small amount” of restitution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Someone who was trapped on the Bay Bridge became ill and required an ambulance. The costs were then divided among the 78 Bay Bridge protesters before their cases were dismissed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But in the case of the Golden Gate 26, the D.A. seems to be seeking some large amount of restitution,” Lederman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden Gate Bridge protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999854/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-surrender-to-face-controversial-false-imprisonment-charges\">initially surrendered to police\u003c/a> in early August after a warrant was issued for their arrest by the California Highway Patrol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The felony defendants will return to court on Sept. 30, and those facing misdemeanors will return to court at the end of October. 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Throughout the night, she said police surrounded and squeezed in on them and eventually arrested and detained 112 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they were released, many were told they were temporarily banned from campus and could face a misdemeanor charge if they did not comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit filed by Lederman and the protesters’ legal team claims that UCSC officials illegally imposed a California penal code that allows the school to “withdraw permission for a person to be on campus.” The statute limits these temporary bans to 14 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that the California Supreme Court has limited the scope of the legal code so that a ban without a hearing can only be imposed if a person’s presence on campus constitutes a “substantial and material threat of significant injury to persons or property.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They didn’t present any such threat,” Lederman told KQED. “There was no violence or disruption caused by this protest. The only disruption was caused by these bans that instantly banished students from campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lederman said that some students were able to have hearings that resulted in an earlier end to their campus bans, but those didn’t take place until at least a week after they were issued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11988397 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876789-1020x676.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Santa Cruz officials said that they had not been served the suit as of Tuesday morning but that they are committed to upholding community members’ rights of free expression and speech and “remain confident that decisions made in the spring were necessary and critical to preserve safety, access, and operations of the campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laaila Irshad, one of the students named in the suit, was a resident adviser and was compensated for her work through free housing and meal points. 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And part of my job was prevention of violence,” she said during a protest outside of the university’s campus on Friday. “I saw my colleagues being silenced as they spoke about genocide in Gaza. I spoke out. I felt a professional obligation to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think they’re firing me for doing the job they hired me to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most Bay Area universities are back in session for the fall semester, and with the return of classes comes the return of student organizers whose \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986812/some-bay-area-universities-reach-deal-to-end-encampments-but-students-say-their-fight-continues\">mass demonstrations and encampments rocked campuses\u003c/a> across the country in the spring, including at UCSF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, Rupa Marya, a UCSF professor of internal medicine, wrote a series of posts on X that claimed the “presence of Zionism” in U.S. medicine should be examined as a “structural impediment to health equity.” The posts sparked backlash, including from state Sen. 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Initially, she was told that she hadn’t violated any policies, but after forwarding one complaint to colleagues, she was notified that she wasn’t allowed to share the complaint against her. In August, she received an email that the university intended to terminate her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m being fired for speaking out in support of my Black and brown colleagues who are experts in health disparities,” she said Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11986194 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/9AC167B8-3D82-4AF2-9121-585F5E8B99EB-e1715732459324.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement responding to claims by Caramagno that she was being fired for doing her job, UCSF said,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Privacy laws prevent us from commenting on any specific individual or situation. However, what is being discussed on social media is factually inaccurate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university still employs Marya. She said that for more than 20 years, she has advocated for communities of color, including during the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as for immigrant patients, women and LGBTQ communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never come up against the kind of repression and, specifically, racist repression that I’ve seen and experienced since I’ve said ‘stop bombing hospitals,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the protest, which was attended by about 100 doctors, nurses, students and staff, Caramagno stood on the sidewalk just off campus grounds. She has not been allowed to enter since the university initiated a formal investigation about a month ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her official termination date was Aug. 29, but the process has not officially ended, according to Caramagno, who said she has an upcoming hearing. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement responding to claims by Caramagno that she was being fired for doing her job, UCSF said,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Privacy laws prevent us from commenting on any specific individual or situation. However, what is being discussed on social media is factually inaccurate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university still employs Marya. She said that for more than 20 years, she has advocated for communities of color, including during the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as for immigrant patients, women and LGBTQ communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never come up against the kind of repression and, specifically, racist repression that I’ve seen and experienced since I’ve said ‘stop bombing hospitals,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the protest, which was attended by about 100 doctors, nurses, students and staff, Caramagno stood on the sidewalk just off campus grounds. She has not been allowed to enter since the university initiated a formal investigation about a month ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her official termination date was Aug. 29, but the process has not officially ended, according to Caramagno, who said she has an upcoming hearing. She told KQED that she was not allowed to contact any of her roughly 30 active clients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not sure how they’re being supported, and I feel genuine concern for the people who need support,” Caramagno said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this story\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Most Bay Area universities are back in session for the fall semester, and with the return of classes comes the return of student organizers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986812/some-bay-area-universities-reach-deal-to-end-encampments-but-students-say-their-fight-continues\">whose mass demonstrations and encampments \u003c/a>rocked campuses across the country last spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those organizers say they haven’t given up on their demands but are shifting tactics away from the 24/7 encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, university leaders have also announced policy changes that students fear will violate their First Amendment rights and hamper their ability to organize effectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susu Steyteyieh is a member of Students for Palestine at the University of San Francisco who helped organize that school’s roughly three-week-long encampment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days after graduation ceremonies ended, campus employees cleared away the tents. The next day, 25 students, including Steyteyieh, were placed on interim suspension.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steyteyieh said she signed a form accepting responsibility for violating student conduct rules, including failure to comply and disruptive conduct. In return, her suspension was lifted, and she and the others were placed on probation through next May. She said she doesn’t want to be suspended again, but that won’t stop her from organizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that I have to be careful,” Steyteyieh said. “But I also understand that there is nothing to stop me from organizing because of my duty as a Palestinian to be able to speak because that’s the bare minimum I can do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steyteyieh also echoed what several student organizers across the Bay Area said regarding the fall semester. Some of the biggest priorities now include increasing outreach efforts, growing their base of members, coordinating across different campuses and using larger numbers to push for change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first week of school, Students for Palestine set up a table at USF to engage with incoming students and also called on current members to wear keffiyehs to class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A large part of our idea was to be able to do something that is very low risk but still shows the presence of the Palestinian student movement here on campus,” Steyteyieh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001364\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The University of San Francisco campus in San Francisco on Aug. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Steyteyieh said student activists plan to resume talks with the university over their demands and will organize actions based partly on how cooperative administrators are in those talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USF President Paul Fitzgerald sent a message to the campus community earlier this month where he said that the university would not allow any more encampments. But he added that the university is working to establish a task force to review the school’s investment policies, a step toward the student demand for the university to divest from Israeli companies or those who profit from Israel’s war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leaders of both the \u003ca href=\"https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/updates-on-uc-campus-climate-efforts/\">University of California\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/transparency-accountability/Pages/campus-climate.aspx\">California State University\u003c/a> systems also announced in recent weeks that encampments will not be permitted. Both say they’re working to make rules more uniform across all campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC President Michael Drake \u003ca href=\"https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Letter-from-President-Drake-Chancellors-Policies-Impacting-Expressive-Activity.pdf\">directed each campus\u003c/a> to compile a publicly available list of existing policies regarding protests. CSU leaders \u003ca href=\"https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/16412929/latest/#autoid-44r42\">issued system-wide time, place and manner policies \u003c/a>restricting protests, which are meant to supersede the policies of individual campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both cases, university administrators instructed campus leaders to establish or reaffirm bans on: protests blocking walkways or doorways, masking for the purposes of hiding one’s identity or intimidating others and setting up unauthorized structures on campus property. Drake also said that UC campuses should clarify that people on university property cannot refuse to provide identification if asked by university officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These announcements come amid pressure from state legislators. California Senate Bill 1287, first introduced in March, would require that university administrators “prohibit violent, harassing, intimidating, or discriminatory conduct that creates a hostile environment on campus.” First Amendment advocates have expressed concern that the bill could be used to crack down on student protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001855\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pro-Palestinian student encampment at The University of San Francisco on April 30. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State legislators also decided this year to \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/state-withholds-25m-from-uc-until-systemwide-free-speech-rules-enforced/article_7d1339d4-44db-11ef-bc87-d33ae1af64bb.html\">withhold $25 million in funding\u003c/a> from the UC until the university system creates a “systemwide framework” surrounding free speech rules for all UC campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley and San Francisco State are two campuses where administrators were notably hands-off and negotiated with students to end the encampments. Representatives from both campuses did not answer questions about whether the recent announcements would mean stricter enforcement of existing rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zaid Yousef is a member of Students for Justice in Palestine at Berkeley and president of the campus Muslim Student Association. He called the announcement an effort to target and silence protests supporting Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s clear that this is just another attempt to honestly make Palestinian students and their allies more vulnerable to doxing, make them easier to identify, make it easier to suppress their speech,” Yousef said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said that student organizers would not be deterred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Frankly, any threat and any punishment the UC can dream of pales in comparison to a single life lost in Gaza,” Yousef said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A UC Berkeley spokesperson said that the university still has the latitude to respond in a considered fashion to each individual demonstration or protest, but it will not tolerate violence, harassment or discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12000770,news_11989050,news_11989178\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zoe Hamstead is co-chair of the Berkeley Faculty Association. Speaking personally, she described efforts by higher education institutions to tamp down on protests or equate criticism of Israel with antisemitism as a “kind of new McCarthyism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In these actions, the language of inclusion and safety and civility is being used to justify repression,” Hamstead said. “It’s being used to militarize our campuses. It’s being used to discipline and criminalize forms of protest and free speech that have been on UC Berkeley campus since at least the free speech movement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Hamstead, the UC system has already disciplined more than two dozen UC staff and faculty for their involvement in campus protests, with consequences including temporary bans from campus and arrest. Hamstead said many of those disciplinary investigations are still ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Naftalin-Kelman, executive director of Berkeley Hillel, a campus Jewish organization, expressed support for the new UC directive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I appreciate the clarity provided by the administration and President Drake regarding how they will support all students to ensure they can be on campus and express their whole selves without fear of intimidation and threats, including Jewish students,” Naftalin-Kelman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At San Francisco State University, student organizers said they aren’t thinking of returning anytime soon to encampments, which were resource-intensive and required lots of commitment from members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The encampments were super effective,” said Max Flynt, a member of Students for Gaza at SF State. “But one thing that we noticed was that we were kind of glued to the grass. We were glued to these tents. We weren’t able to go into different classrooms and talk. We weren’t able to table and talk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of current outreach efforts there, student activists set up tables outside of student housing during move-in week with free food from a local Palestinian restaurant, information on upcoming events and free screen printing to make shirts or signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to come with open arms. We have to invite these new students to become organizers,” Flynt said. “Otherwise, we won’t get past the encampment. The encampment will be the peak, and that’s the opposite of what we want.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students say they also plan to strengthen connections with other pro-Palestinian activist organizations and like-minded labor groups, and several mentioned a planned September convention in Oakland as a kick-off point for that collaboration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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She said she doesn’t want to be suspended again, but that won’t stop her from organizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that I have to be careful,” Steyteyieh said. “But I also understand that there is nothing to stop me from organizing because of my duty as a Palestinian to be able to speak because that’s the bare minimum I can do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steyteyieh also echoed what several student organizers across the Bay Area said regarding the fall semester. Some of the biggest priorities now include increasing outreach efforts, growing their base of members, coordinating across different campuses and using larger numbers to push for change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first week of school, Students for Palestine set up a table at USF to engage with incoming students and also called on current members to wear keffiyehs to class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A large part of our idea was to be able to do something that is very low risk but still shows the presence of the Palestinian student movement here on campus,” Steyteyieh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001364\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The University of San Francisco campus in San Francisco on Aug. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Steyteyieh said student activists plan to resume talks with the university over their demands and will organize actions based partly on how cooperative administrators are in those talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USF President Paul Fitzgerald sent a message to the campus community earlier this month where he said that the university would not allow any more encampments. But he added that the university is working to establish a task force to review the school’s investment policies, a step toward the student demand for the university to divest from Israeli companies or those who profit from Israel’s war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leaders of both the \u003ca href=\"https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/updates-on-uc-campus-climate-efforts/\">University of California\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/transparency-accountability/Pages/campus-climate.aspx\">California State University\u003c/a> systems also announced in recent weeks that encampments will not be permitted. Both say they’re working to make rules more uniform across all campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC President Michael Drake \u003ca href=\"https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Letter-from-President-Drake-Chancellors-Policies-Impacting-Expressive-Activity.pdf\">directed each campus\u003c/a> to compile a publicly available list of existing policies regarding protests. CSU leaders \u003ca href=\"https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/16412929/latest/#autoid-44r42\">issued system-wide time, place and manner policies \u003c/a>restricting protests, which are meant to supersede the policies of individual campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both cases, university administrators instructed campus leaders to establish or reaffirm bans on: protests blocking walkways or doorways, masking for the purposes of hiding one’s identity or intimidating others and setting up unauthorized structures on campus property. Drake also said that UC campuses should clarify that people on university property cannot refuse to provide identification if asked by university officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These announcements come amid pressure from state legislators. California Senate Bill 1287, first introduced in March, would require that university administrators “prohibit violent, harassing, intimidating, or discriminatory conduct that creates a hostile environment on campus.” First Amendment advocates have expressed concern that the bill could be used to crack down on student protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001855\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pro-Palestinian student encampment at The University of San Francisco on April 30. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State legislators also decided this year to \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/state-withholds-25m-from-uc-until-systemwide-free-speech-rules-enforced/article_7d1339d4-44db-11ef-bc87-d33ae1af64bb.html\">withhold $25 million in funding\u003c/a> from the UC until the university system creates a “systemwide framework” surrounding free speech rules for all UC campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley and San Francisco State are two campuses where administrators were notably hands-off and negotiated with students to end the encampments. Representatives from both campuses did not answer questions about whether the recent announcements would mean stricter enforcement of existing rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zaid Yousef is a member of Students for Justice in Palestine at Berkeley and president of the campus Muslim Student Association. He called the announcement an effort to target and silence protests supporting Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s clear that this is just another attempt to honestly make Palestinian students and their allies more vulnerable to doxing, make them easier to identify, make it easier to suppress their speech,” Yousef said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said that student organizers would not be deterred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Frankly, any threat and any punishment the UC can dream of pales in comparison to a single life lost in Gaza,” Yousef said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A UC Berkeley spokesperson said that the university still has the latitude to respond in a considered fashion to each individual demonstration or protest, but it will not tolerate violence, harassment or discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zoe Hamstead is co-chair of the Berkeley Faculty Association. Speaking personally, she described efforts by higher education institutions to tamp down on protests or equate criticism of Israel with antisemitism as a “kind of new McCarthyism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In these actions, the language of inclusion and safety and civility is being used to justify repression,” Hamstead said. “It’s being used to militarize our campuses. It’s being used to discipline and criminalize forms of protest and free speech that have been on UC Berkeley campus since at least the free speech movement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Hamstead, the UC system has already disciplined more than two dozen UC staff and faculty for their involvement in campus protests, with consequences including temporary bans from campus and arrest. Hamstead said many of those disciplinary investigations are still ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Naftalin-Kelman, executive director of Berkeley Hillel, a campus Jewish organization, expressed support for the new UC directive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I appreciate the clarity provided by the administration and President Drake regarding how they will support all students to ensure they can be on campus and express their whole selves without fear of intimidation and threats, including Jewish students,” Naftalin-Kelman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At San Francisco State University, student organizers said they aren’t thinking of returning anytime soon to encampments, which were resource-intensive and required lots of commitment from members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The encampments were super effective,” said Max Flynt, a member of Students for Gaza at SF State. “But one thing that we noticed was that we were kind of glued to the grass. We were glued to these tents. We weren’t able to go into different classrooms and talk. We weren’t able to table and talk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of current outreach efforts there, student activists set up tables outside of student housing during move-in week with free food from a local Palestinian restaurant, information on upcoming events and free screen printing to make shirts or signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to come with open arms. We have to invite these new students to become organizers,” Flynt said. “Otherwise, we won’t get past the encampment. The encampment will be the peak, and that’s the opposite of what we want.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students say they also plan to strengthen connections with other pro-Palestinian activist organizations and like-minded labor groups, and several mentioned a planned September convention in Oakland as a kick-off point for that collaboration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Update: On July 18, the full board approved the webpage policy, with one “No” vote.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After seven months and three voting delays, the University of California Board of Regents is on the verge of approving a \u003ca href=\"https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/july24/j2.pdf\">pared-down policy (PDF)\u003c/a> outlining how academic departments should publish political and social opinions on university websites — largely embracing a set of standards that faculty themselves adopted in 2022. The journey to a consensus reenergized longstanding debates about academic freedom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While entirely a faculty matter, some pro-Palestinian students condemned previous versions of the regents’ proposed policy, which they interpreted as part of a crackdown on free speech that punished protests against Israel. Student anguish over the war in Gaza — \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/05/uc-strike/\">and their anger\u003c/a> with UC leadership for so far not calling for a cease-fire or divesting from weapons manufacturers and companies tied to Israel — helped to amplify the faculty’s alarm over the regents’ initial proposals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university will need to clarify its rules on speech and expression further by this fall. The latest state budget is \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB108#:~:text=Of%20the%20funds%20appropriated%20in%20this%20item%2C%20%2425%2C000%2C000%20shall%20be%20released%20only%20if%20the%20Director%20of%20Finance%20certifies\">withholding $25 million\u003c/a> from the UC until system leadership\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB108#:~:text=The%20University%20of%20California%20Office%20of%20the%20President%20will%20develop%20a%20systemwide%20framework%20to%20provide%20for%20consistency%20with%20campus%20implementation%20and%20enforcement.\"> sends a report to the governor’s office\u003c/a> explaining its policies for public demonstrations and other free speech matters. While the two concepts — what faculty can do under academic freedom and how students can express themselves under free speech rules — are distinct issues, they’re often enmeshed publicly, especially over themes as contentious as \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2023/11/israeli-palestinian-conflict-california-college/\">Islamophobia, antisemitism and its connection to Israel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most regents were vague about the impetus for the plan, but one regent, Hadi Makarechian, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/california-homelessness-count/#:~:text=Mikhail%E2%80%99s%20story.-,Also%20from%20Mikhail%3A,-The%20undocumented%20students\">said in January\u003c/a> that the proposal emerged “because some people were making some political statements related to Hamas and Palestinians.” That meeting was occasionally testy, with another regent urging his peers to practice “decorum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What the new policy would do\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new rules, passed on Wednesday by a joint committee that will be voted on by the full board on Thursday, require that writings which depart from research, course information and other administrative announcements not be posted on the homepages of academic departments and other divisions. Instead,\u003ca href=\"https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/july24/j2attach1.pdf#page=2\"> they can appear (PDF)\u003c/a> on other departmental web pages designated for opinions. Full-board approval is likely; the rules would take hold immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only one regent, student member Josiah Beharry, voted no on the measure on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These so-called “discretionary expressions,” which are writings “that comment on institutional, local, regional, global or national events, activities or issues,” also need to be clearly labeled as opinions that don’t necessarily reflect the position of the university or campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy \u003ca href=\"https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/july24/j2attach1.pdf\">specifically avoids (PDF)\u003c/a> restricting academic research, course content or other “scholarly endeavors” — an undefined term — that may touch on political or social matters from appearing on the homepage. This was\u003ca href=\"https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/july24/j2attach2.pdf\"> new wording (PDF)\u003c/a> that emerged since the last \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/california-crime-expungement-victims/#:~:text=The%20University%20of%20California%20regents%20decided%20Wednesday%20to%20postpone%20a%20vote%20on%20a%20policy%20to%20restrict%20how%20academic%20departments%20at%20its%20campuses%20publish%20%E2%80%9Cpolitical%20or%20controversial%E2%80%9D%20statements%20on%20their%20websites.%C2%A0\">draft in March\u003c/a>. Nor does the policy proscribe speech on non-campus websites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were satisfied that the current policy does not violate principles of academic freedom or free speech,” said James Steintrager, chair of the Academic Senate, in an interview with CalMatters in May, when the proposal was on the agenda but ultimately never heard. “We’re still concerned about the drive for and necessity of a policy in this area, but we think that with the input of the senate, the Board of Regents has ended up in a much better place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sentiment is a departure from how faculty initially received the policy proposal in January, which was saddled with confusion over the scope of the measure and what it sought. One possible takeaway was that the January plan intended to bar any expression of faculty opinion on administrative websites, “a draconian policy,” Steintrager said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regents also postponed votes in January and March after discussing the matter publicly each time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Wednesday’s regents meeting, Steintrager reaffirmed his praise and critique of the rules, adding that “public comment assertions to the contrary, this is not a ban on discretionary or political statements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Leib, a regent member and former chair of the board who has viewed some of the chants at student protests against the war in Gaza as antisemitic, said that “this whole topic about free speech is all BS because what we’re trying to do is show transparency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does it go too far or not far enough?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But if it were up to senate members, including most full-time professors across the system, the regents would just adopt the policy the senate approved in 2022. Unlike the regents’ approach, the 2022 policy provided guidance — using words like “should” rather than “must” to encourage academic departments to distinguish their opinions from the positions of the university. The Academic Senate policy also recommended that departments “\u003ca href=\"https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/rh-senate-divs-recs-for-dept-statements.pdf\">solicit minority or opposition statements” as well (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Academic Senate believes that “the UC community at the level of departments and other units of the sort largely governs itself appropriately, and we favor policies that enable successful self-regulation over more restrictive measures,” Steintgrater \u003ca href=\"https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/js-rl-regents-policy-discretionary-statements.pdf\">wrote to the regents May 1 (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regents’ proposal stopped short of that, preferring a mandatory set of publishing guidelines in part because few academic units or campuses “have followed the June 2022 Academic Senate advisory guidance,” a board document representing the regents said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some \u003ca href=\"https://www.jfrg.org/home\">Jewish faculty\u003c/a> wanted the regents to ban all department statements and said the proposed rules don’t go far enough. “A claim that a department of a public university takes as a political position will be taken as the official stance of the university, no matter how it is delivered and no matter what qualifications are added,” said Jeffrey Young, a clinical psychologist at UCLA, during public comment on Tuesday. Several other professors voiced similar sentiments.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Focus on ethnic studies departments\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Regent Jay Sures pushed for the policy, arguing in January that opinions on homepages “will be mistaken as the position of the institution itself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mediaite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Statement-on-bias-in-UC-statements-1.pdf\">In late October (PDF)\u003c/a>, he excoriated an Oct. 16 letter by UC ethnic studies faculty that faulted the UC for calling Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel an act of terrorism. \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1053yck657ENep688zvPTs6njfAGWBvE6/view\">The ethnic studies letter,\u003c/a> which didn’t name Hamas, said that “to hold the oppressed accountable for ‘terrorism’ reinscribes a colonial narrative that seeks to have the world believe that history began on Oct. 7, 2023.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sures wrote that the council’s members should “commit to learning more about antisemitism and all forms of hate and how it lives on our campuses where you are tasked and trusted with educating our next generation of students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The homepage for UC Santa Cruz’s critical race and ethnic studies department as of Wednesday still contains language calling on scholars and organizers to “act now to end Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza,” a statement that’s been appearing since at least Oct. 25 of last year, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20231025234505/https://cres.ucsc.edu/\">web archiving tool Wayback Machine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department was following Academic Senate guidance, department chairperson Felicity Amaya Schaeffer said in an interview, as the guidance wasn’t mandatory and deferred to campus departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the regents committees’ backing of a mandatory rule, Schaeffer said key questions remain unanswered, mainly whether the department’s call to action counts as discretionary speech that needs to be moved to a different webpage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the regents policy is an attack on academic freedom. She also believes the regents are overreaching rather than deferring to faculty expertise on their own subjects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do have three faculty who work specifically on Palestine, who were hired by the university to do this kind of research,” she said. “So for us, this is not at all opinion, this is about the expertise of the department in which many of us write critically about state power, war, genocide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A rule like the one the regents is proposing is a poor fit for an ethnic studies department, Schaefer said, because “the lines between what gets called political or discretionary and research are completely entangled and inseparable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC San Diego’s ethnic studies department, however, appears to have relocated its statements of support for Palestinians to a secondary page reserved for “statements and commentaries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Dec. 4, 2023 \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20231204215827/https://ethnicstudies.ucsd.edu/\">snapshot of its homepage\u003c/a> shows a statement calling “for an immediate end to the war crimes and genocide taking place against the Palestinian people (50% of whom are children).” But by Dec. 14, the homepage \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20231214080803/https://ethnicstudies.ucsd.edu/\">underwent an overhaul\u003c/a>, with political statements moved from the homepage to the new “statements and commentaries” section beneath the “About Us” tab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Academic department leaders will be responsible for implementing the rules. “The expectation then is that the unit leadership enforce the policy,” said Charlie Robinson, general counsel for the UC, at Wednesday’s regents meeting, “and if there are any concerns about it, then you go up the hierarchy to make sure that it’s being enforced properly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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While the two concepts — what faculty can do under academic freedom and how students can express themselves under free speech rules — are distinct issues, they’re often enmeshed publicly, especially over themes as contentious as \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2023/11/israeli-palestinian-conflict-california-college/\">Islamophobia, antisemitism and its connection to Israel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most regents were vague about the impetus for the plan, but one regent, Hadi Makarechian, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/california-homelessness-count/#:~:text=Mikhail%E2%80%99s%20story.-,Also%20from%20Mikhail%3A,-The%20undocumented%20students\">said in January\u003c/a> that the proposal emerged “because some people were making some political statements related to Hamas and Palestinians.” That meeting was occasionally testy, with another regent urging his peers to practice “decorum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What the new policy would do\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new rules, passed on Wednesday by a joint committee that will be voted on by the full board on Thursday, require that writings which depart from research, course information and other administrative announcements not be posted on the homepages of academic departments and other divisions. Instead,\u003ca href=\"https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/july24/j2attach1.pdf#page=2\"> they can appear (PDF)\u003c/a> on other departmental web pages designated for opinions. Full-board approval is likely; the rules would take hold immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only one regent, student member Josiah Beharry, voted no on the measure on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These so-called “discretionary expressions,” which are writings “that comment on institutional, local, regional, global or national events, activities or issues,” also need to be clearly labeled as opinions that don’t necessarily reflect the position of the university or campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy \u003ca href=\"https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/july24/j2attach1.pdf\">specifically avoids (PDF)\u003c/a> restricting academic research, course content or other “scholarly endeavors” — an undefined term — that may touch on political or social matters from appearing on the homepage. This was\u003ca href=\"https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/july24/j2attach2.pdf\"> new wording (PDF)\u003c/a> that emerged since the last \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/california-crime-expungement-victims/#:~:text=The%20University%20of%20California%20regents%20decided%20Wednesday%20to%20postpone%20a%20vote%20on%20a%20policy%20to%20restrict%20how%20academic%20departments%20at%20its%20campuses%20publish%20%E2%80%9Cpolitical%20or%20controversial%E2%80%9D%20statements%20on%20their%20websites.%C2%A0\">draft in March\u003c/a>. Nor does the policy proscribe speech on non-campus websites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were satisfied that the current policy does not violate principles of academic freedom or free speech,” said James Steintrager, chair of the Academic Senate, in an interview with CalMatters in May, when the proposal was on the agenda but ultimately never heard. “We’re still concerned about the drive for and necessity of a policy in this area, but we think that with the input of the senate, the Board of Regents has ended up in a much better place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sentiment is a departure from how faculty initially received the policy proposal in January, which was saddled with confusion over the scope of the measure and what it sought. One possible takeaway was that the January plan intended to bar any expression of faculty opinion on administrative websites, “a draconian policy,” Steintrager said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regents also postponed votes in January and March after discussing the matter publicly each time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Wednesday’s regents meeting, Steintrager reaffirmed his praise and critique of the rules, adding that “public comment assertions to the contrary, this is not a ban on discretionary or political statements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Leib, a regent member and former chair of the board who has viewed some of the chants at student protests against the war in Gaza as antisemitic, said that “this whole topic about free speech is all BS because what we’re trying to do is show transparency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does it go too far or not far enough?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But if it were up to senate members, including most full-time professors across the system, the regents would just adopt the policy the senate approved in 2022. Unlike the regents’ approach, the 2022 policy provided guidance — using words like “should” rather than “must” to encourage academic departments to distinguish their opinions from the positions of the university. The Academic Senate policy also recommended that departments “\u003ca href=\"https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/rh-senate-divs-recs-for-dept-statements.pdf\">solicit minority or opposition statements” as well (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Academic Senate believes that “the UC community at the level of departments and other units of the sort largely governs itself appropriately, and we favor policies that enable successful self-regulation over more restrictive measures,” Steintgrater \u003ca href=\"https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/js-rl-regents-policy-discretionary-statements.pdf\">wrote to the regents May 1 (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regents’ proposal stopped short of that, preferring a mandatory set of publishing guidelines in part because few academic units or campuses “have followed the June 2022 Academic Senate advisory guidance,” a board document representing the regents said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some \u003ca href=\"https://www.jfrg.org/home\">Jewish faculty\u003c/a> wanted the regents to ban all department statements and said the proposed rules don’t go far enough. “A claim that a department of a public university takes as a political position will be taken as the official stance of the university, no matter how it is delivered and no matter what qualifications are added,” said Jeffrey Young, a clinical psychologist at UCLA, during public comment on Tuesday. Several other professors voiced similar sentiments.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Focus on ethnic studies departments\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Regent Jay Sures pushed for the policy, arguing in January that opinions on homepages “will be mistaken as the position of the institution itself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mediaite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Statement-on-bias-in-UC-statements-1.pdf\">In late October (PDF)\u003c/a>, he excoriated an Oct. 16 letter by UC ethnic studies faculty that faulted the UC for calling Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel an act of terrorism. \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1053yck657ENep688zvPTs6njfAGWBvE6/view\">The ethnic studies letter,\u003c/a> which didn’t name Hamas, said that “to hold the oppressed accountable for ‘terrorism’ reinscribes a colonial narrative that seeks to have the world believe that history began on Oct. 7, 2023.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sures wrote that the council’s members should “commit to learning more about antisemitism and all forms of hate and how it lives on our campuses where you are tasked and trusted with educating our next generation of students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The homepage for UC Santa Cruz’s critical race and ethnic studies department as of Wednesday still contains language calling on scholars and organizers to “act now to end Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza,” a statement that’s been appearing since at least Oct. 25 of last year, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20231025234505/https://cres.ucsc.edu/\">web archiving tool Wayback Machine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department was following Academic Senate guidance, department chairperson Felicity Amaya Schaeffer said in an interview, as the guidance wasn’t mandatory and deferred to campus departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the regents committees’ backing of a mandatory rule, Schaeffer said key questions remain unanswered, mainly whether the department’s call to action counts as discretionary speech that needs to be moved to a different webpage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the regents policy is an attack on academic freedom. She also believes the regents are overreaching rather than deferring to faculty expertise on their own subjects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do have three faculty who work specifically on Palestine, who were hired by the university to do this kind of research,” she said. “So for us, this is not at all opinion, this is about the expertise of the department in which many of us write critically about state power, war, genocide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A rule like the one the regents is proposing is a poor fit for an ethnic studies department, Schaefer said, because “the lines between what gets called political or discretionary and research are completely entangled and inseparable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC San Diego’s ethnic studies department, however, appears to have relocated its statements of support for Palestinians to a secondary page reserved for “statements and commentaries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Dec. 4, 2023 \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20231204215827/https://ethnicstudies.ucsd.edu/\">snapshot of its homepage\u003c/a> shows a statement calling “for an immediate end to the war crimes and genocide taking place against the Palestinian people (50% of whom are children).” But by Dec. 14, the homepage \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20231214080803/https://ethnicstudies.ucsd.edu/\">underwent an overhaul\u003c/a>, with political statements moved from the homepage to the new “statements and commentaries” section beneath the “About Us” tab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Academic department leaders will be responsible for implementing the rules. “The expectation then is that the unit leadership enforce the policy,” said Charlie Robinson, general counsel for the UC, at Wednesday’s regents meeting, “and if there are any concerns about it, then you go up the hierarchy to make sure that it’s being enforced properly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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