Regents Cancel Meeting: Potential Violence Cited

Byuclafaculty

SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California board on Monday canceled its next meeting after law enforcement officials warned about possible violence and vandalism at a planned anti-Wall Street demonstration.

The UC Board of Regents had been set to hold its bi-monthly meeting on Wednesday and Thursday at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay campus but will reschedule and possibly hold it at another venue, officials said in a statement.

The move came after law enforcement officials received information that “rogue elements intent on violence and confrontation with UC public safety officers” were planning to join a demonstration by students and university employees at the meeting, UC officials said…

Full article at http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/nov/14/uc-cancels-regents-meeting-cites-potential-danger/

The official UCOP press release is at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/26658

The originally planned agenda is below (taken from the Regents’ website):

Notice of Regents Meeting, November 16-17, 2011

MEETING POSTPONED

Meetings of The Regents of the University of California and its committees are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, November 16-17, 2011 at the Community Center, UCSF Mission Bay as follows. Starting times following the first session are estimates. If a session ends earlier than expected, the next scheduled session may convene immediately. Closed sessions may be convened earlier in the day if time permits.

Wednesday, November 16

8:30 am Committee of the Whole (public comment)

9:30 am Committee on Finance (open session)

11:00 am Committee on Oversight of the DOE Laboratories (open session)

11:15 am Committee on Governance (open session)

11:30 am Committee on Compensation (open session)

11:45am Committee on Compensation (closed session)

12:15 pm Lunch

1:15pm Committee on Health Services (Regents only session)

1:45 pm Committee on Finance (Regents only session)

2:15 pm Board (Regents only session)

2:45 pm Committee on Grounds and Buildings (open session)

Thursday, November 17

8:30 am Committee of the Whole (public comment)

8:50 am Committee on Compensation (open session)

9:00 am Committee on Educational Policy (open session)

10:30 am Committee on Finance (open session)

1:00 pm Board (open session)

UPDATE: The group ReFund California that apparently had organized the planned protest issued a statement available at http://www.makebankspaycalifornia.com/refund_ca_statement_on_cancelation_of
As of 6:45 AM, Nov. 15, the CSU Board of Trustees had not postponed its scheduled meeting which – unlike the postponed Regents meeting – has a tuition increase on the agenda.

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