Yours truly spotted these two items (above) on Tuesday's UC Daily News Clips.* So he went to the actual Title VI complaint filed by the Mountain States Legal Foundation with the US Dept. of Education.** The evidence submitted is an undated text message exchange between two unnamed individuals, one of whom references an "Effie" and a "Paul" as being able to explain Farm rules. No last names were provided but there are two individuals with those names that seem to be associated with the Farm.
"Paul" is said to be a volunteer. It is unclear whether he is in a position to make rules for the Farm or, for that matter, who does make the rules. "Effie" describes herself as self-employed on Facebook. So it is unclear whether she is in a position to make rules for the Farm.
Perhaps the university needs to make clear who is in charge, what rules there are, and what mechanism there is to ensure the rules comply with federal and state requirements.
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*https://nypost.com/2024/03/31/us-news/uc-berkeley-accused-of-segregation-by-allegedly-banning-whites-from-community-farm/; https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13257943/UC-Berkeley-accused-systemic-racism-banning-white-people-community-farm.html. Note that there is a long history of controversy regarding farming at the Gil Tract. See our blog post from 2012 at:
https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2012/05/e-i-e-i-out-berkeley-farm-invasion.html.
**https://mslegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Gill-Tract-OCR-Complaint-Final.pdf.
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