Title: UC Regents tables vote on Item J1 until May meeting
Incident ID: INC-002
Date: 2024-03-20 00:00:00 +0000
Source(s):
- DB-004
- MED-002
- SOC-006
Keywords: regents, protest, sit-in, safety, sign, genocide, time, place, and manner, permit, rally
Org-Affiliated Actor: true
Actor is Student: true
Admin Response Type:
Accountability Follow-Up: proposed
Admin Support Offered: counseling/referral
Target Group: Palestinian
Actor Group: Israeli
Media Coverage Level: none
Location: on-campus
Policy Status: violated
Policy Violation Type: TPM_policy, student_conduct, anti_discrimination (?), non-affiliate
Norm Violation Type: bias/discrimination, admin_policy_failure, community_harm, individual_harm
Severity Score: elevated
Police Involvement: escalation
Admin Statement Latency: 1 days
Administrative Tone: conciliatory, dismissive, condemnation
Administrative Positioning:
Media Positioning: n/a
Actor Tone:
Target Tone:
Actor Positioning:
Target Positioning:
Admin Response Level: adequate
Notes:
Summary
Incident: Disruption of Regents Meeting (Wednesday)
(b) Symbolic protest: Verbal disruption of official regents session with chants (“Shame on you!”).
(c) TPM disruption response:
Regents vacated the room.
Meeting moved to closed session.
Arrest threat issued by a regent official.
📍Scope: Physical location (conference room), disruption, heckling. Clear moment of administrative response to protest inside official proceeding.
Article summary:
On March 20, 2024, the UC Board of Regents unanimously voted to delay its decision on Item J1, a policy that would prohibit political statements on University department homepages, until its May meetings. The discussion began in a joint session of two regents committees. A sit-in protesting the policy began Tuesday night, with participants citing concerns over limitations on pro-Palestine speech. During the meeting, protesters interrupted with chants of “Shame on you,” prompting regents to vacate the room. The meeting was moved to a closed session, and protesters were asked to leave under threat of arrest. The session later resumed with limited attendance. UC President Michael Drake and some regents expressed that the policy was not ready for a vote.