Hassling the Regents

A second local UC Regent, Elaine Batchlor,* experienced a demonstration at their westside home yesterday. See below. There was a similar event at the home of Regent Sures** about six weeks ago. The neighborhood was shut down by LAPD bomb squad because of a suspicious package that apparently was left.*** It wouldn't surprise yours truly if we hear more about these events at the Regents meeting at UCLA next week.

From the Westside Current:

WESTCHESTER — A pro-Palestinian demonstration unfolded early Friday morning in a residential Westchester neighborhood, with at least 30 people chanting "genocide" and handing out flyers, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The group entered the neighborhood from Sepulveda Boulevard around 5:30 a.m., LAPD said. Protesters were seen on Dunfield Avenue as they distributed materials and continued chanting. A flyer found at the scene indicates the demonstration targeted Elaine Batchlor and the UC Regents, alleging that the University of California system invests $1 billion in weapons manufacturing. The flyer demands that the "UC Regents DIVEST NOW."

Source: https://www.westsidecurrent.com/news/early-morning-protest-in-westchester-neighborhood-prompts-police-response-streets-taped-off/article_20b0d292-00dc-11f0-86a8-4fb24693de8c.html.

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*https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/members-and-advisors/bios/elaine-batchlor.html.

**https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/members-and-advisors/bios/jay-sures.html.

***https://www.audacy.com/knxnews/news/local/lapd-responds-to-westchester-home-for-suspicious-package.