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Trump administration drops appeal of preliminary injunction stopping $1.2b fine to UCLA
On February 11, 2026, the Trump administration dropped its appeal of the November 2025 preliminary injunction stopping its threatened $1.2 billion “fine” of UCLA. This is a major victory for UC, for higher education, and for US democracy. Back on November 14, 2025, US District Court Judge Rita Lin issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from issuing a $1.2 billion “fine” to UCLA. In granting the preliminary injunction, Judge Lin wrote: “The undisputed record demonstrates that Defendants [the Trump administration] have engaged in coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First Amendment and Tenth Amendment. It also shows that…
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Faculty join students in protest against ICE
On Wednesday, January 11, 2026, members of the UCLA Faculty Association joined in a rally of over one thousand people against the abusive actions of ICE in Los Angeles and in Minnesota. The rally was organized by the UCLA Undergraduate Students Association (USAC).
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Community Science Day at the Paramount Library
On January 24, 2026, the UCLA Brain Research Institute, the UCLA Faculty Association, the Paramount Library, and the office of Assemblymember José Luis Solache held a Community Science Day at the Paramount Library. We were very happy to work together with Librarian Andrea Crow, Library Manager of the Paramount Library, to bring the excitement of science to families in Paramount. We were also very happy to work with Assemblymember Solache to build support for SB 895, principally co-authored by Assemblymember Solache, which will establish the California Foundation for Science and Health Research.
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Fund California Science
Please consider signing on to an open letter in support of the California Science and Health Research Bond Act. This bill places a bond on the 2026 ballot to create and fund the California Foundation for Science and Health Research, which would award grants and make loans to public or private research companies, universities, institutes, and health care organizations in the State of California for scientific research and development.
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Faculty action saves President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP)
On November 21, 2025, UC President Milliken reversed course and pledged to continue funding the hiring incentive for the Presidential Postdocs Fellowship Program. This represents a significant faculty organizing win. The UCLA Faculty Association thanks the thousands of faculty who signed letters, sent emails, and spread the word quickly!
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Stop suppressing our free speech rights
On November 19, 2025, four UCLA undergraduate students were arrested by UCLA police while picketing in support of AFSCME 3299’s protected strike. On November 20, 2025, two UCLA graduate student members of UAW 4811 were detained by university police on Wednesday at a union action about contract violations and labor cuts. The UCLA Faculty Association joined with AFSCME 3299, UAW 4811, Teamsters Local 2010, UPTE CWA 9119, UCLA Chapter of University Council – AFT, UC-AFT Local 1474, the UCLA Undergraduate Students Association, and all of our sibling UC Faculty Associations to condemn UC’s violation of our free speech and organizing…
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Rally with UC Unbowed
On November 18, 2025 during the meeting of the Regents on campus, we joined UC Unbowed, a new organization of UC alumni, to call on the Regents to not cave to the demands of the Trump administration.
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Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction in AAUP vs. Trump Case
On November 14, 2025, the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California granted the plaintiffs in AAUP v. Trump, including UCLA-FA, a preliminary injunction! By temporary court order, the federal government is now prohibited from holding federal funds hostage in an effort to coerce the University of California into imposing policies that would violate our first amendment rights. This order means that the Trump administration is now explicitly prohibited from doing the following: In last week’s preliminary injunction hearing, lawyers from Alshuler, Berzon—Connie Chan and Stacey Leyton—were able to argue convincingly, based on a mountain of evidence assembled by the team…
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AAUP National Day of Action, November 7
On November 7, 2025, for the AAUP National Day of Action, we sponsored a panel discussion with Claudia Polsky (UC Berkeley Law) and Ariela Gross (UCLA Law) on the landmark Thakur v. Trump victory restoring $580 million in federal research grants to UCLA researchers and the next steps in the AAUP v. Trump case. Later that day we participated in the CUCFA Systemwide Town Hall, Fight for the Future of Higher Education, to discuss Trump’s threats to research, DEI, and healthcare, the erosion of shared governance, and how we can act together.
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Trump demand letter finally released
On October 24, 2025, as the result of a lawsuit brought by the UCLA Faculty Association and the Council of University of California Faculty Associations under the California Public Records Act, the Supreme Court of California ordered the release of the Trump administration’s demand letter to UCLA. Here it is.
