Academic Senate Vote on Censuring Block this Friday

 
Received via email:

To: Members of the Los Angeles Division of the Academic Senate

Dear Colleagues:

The Legislative Assembly will hold an emergency special meeting on Friday, May 10, 2024, from 2:00–4:00 p.m. via Zoom. The agenda is available now on the Legislative Assembly Agenda page.

The purpose of this meeting is to consider the adoption of two separate resolutions proposed by voting Legislative Assembly members:

1.   Resolution of No Confidence in Chancellor Block “Whereas, Chancellor Block failed to ensure the safety of our students and grievously mishandled the events of last week   Resolved, that we make a motion of no confidence in Chancellor Block.” 2.   Resolution to Censure Chancellor Block   “Whereas, Chancellor Block failed to ensure the safety of our students and grievously mishandled the events of last week   Resolved, that we make a motion to censure Chancellor Block." ===== Yours truly suggests Block do two things to head off being censured: First, as we have noted, he has made no apology for mishandling the entire encampment matter and instead gone in for a PR campaign focused on finding some thugs who attacked the encampment. We have noted that there is a history of events both before and after the thug incident. So he needs to apologize.  Second, he needs to come clean on the entire process surrounding the encampment issue. Who made what decisions? What was the thinking? Where does he think with the benefit of hindsight errors were made? Regardless how the votes turn out, an apology and a straight-forward explanation will do more for the chancellor's legacy than any other steps. Sometimes history is kinder than immediate reactions.