Judge orders UC to release Trump UCLA settlement offer at the center of private negotiations

"A state court on Wednesday ordered the University of California to release the $1.2-billion UCLA settlement proposal from the Department of Justice, handing a victory to faculty members who are pushing UC for more transparency in its negotiations with the Trump administration. The one-sentence decision signed by 1st Appellate District acting Presiding Justice Carin T. Fujisaki means that UC has until Friday to disclose a 28-page document"

"The appeals court suggested it agreed with an Oct. 14 order from an Oakland-based judge giving UC until Oct. 24 to release the document. That judge, Rebekah Evenson, of the Superior Court of Alameda County, said the Public Records Act and public interest in deliberations over one of the nation's top universities compels UC to disclose the more than 7,000-word proposal."

A state appellate court ordered the University of California to publicly release a 28-page, $1.2-billion settlement proposal from the Department of Justice. The document outlines federal demands for significant policy changes at UCLA that align with the Trump administration's higher education priorities, including stricter admissions policies and limits on campus protests. The UCLA Faculty Association sued after UC denied public records requests; the association is independent of the Academic Senate. An Oakland judge found the Public Records Act and public interest require disclosure of the more than 7,000-word proposal. UC said it is reviewing the ruling while evaluating its response to the settlement proposal.

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