House Republicans expand antisemitism investigation to UCSF, UCLA

"Two more California universities are under investigation over alleged antisemitism as House Republicans expand their widespread probe to the University of California. The Republican-led House Education and Workforce Committee alerted the University of California at San Francisco and University of California at Los Angeles medical schools this week that it had become aware of allegations that "Jewish students and faculty have experienced hostility and fear" at the campuses."

"It has not been demonstrated that the university has meaningfully responded to address and mitigate this problem," committee chair Tim Walberg, a Republican representative from Michigan, said in a letter to UCSF Monday. UCSF did not respond to a request for comment. The committee gave the schools two weeks to submit approximately four years worth of documents related to antisemitism complaints and allegations, investigations, trainings and class materials."

"The investigations come as UC officials and the Justice Department have begun negotiations over allegations that the UCLA campus has been hostile to Jewish students, staff and faculty members. The Trump administration cut more than half a billion dollars in UCLA research grants and demanded an additional $1 billion fine and major campus changes to settle the antisemitism claims. Gov. Gavin Newsom described the administration's demands as "extortion" and said the state will sue to protect the UC system."

House Republicans expanded a probe into alleged antisemitism to the University of California system, notifying UCSF and UCLA medical schools of complaints that Jewish students and faculty experienced hostility and fear. Committee chair Tim Walberg said the university had not demonstrated meaningful responses to address or mitigate the problem. The committee requested around four years of documents on antisemitism complaints, investigations, trainings and class materials within two weeks. UC officials and the Justice Department began negotiations over allegations of hostility at UCLA while the administration cut over $500 million in research grants and sought a $1 billion fine.

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