Whereas

The UCLA Legislative Assembly will have a special meeting on Sept. 30 with the item below to be considered as part of the agenda:

September 2025

Resolution to Request the Department of Justice Letter

“Whereas, on August 8, 2025, University of California President James B. Milliken reported receiving a document from the Department of Justice, asking for a $1 billion settlement from UCLA.

Whereas, several newspapers and other media outlets, including The Los Angeles Times, reported that the Trump administration’s settlement proposal – a 28-page letter – demands sweeping changes to “drastically overhaul campus practices on hiring, admissions, sports, scholarships, discrimination and gender identity.”

Whereas, EVCP Darnell Hunt confirmed in a town hall held on August 14 by UCLA administration and the Academic Senate that he has read the demand letter but was instructed not to share it with the faculty or with UCLA Senate leadership. Academic Senate Chair Megan McEvoy informed the faculty on September 19, 2025, that she has no information about if or when the letter will be released to the campus community.

Be it resolved that, in recognition of shared governance and the potential impact of the University of California’s response to the demand letter on our campus and our mission, the Legislative Assembly of the UCLA Division of the Academic Senate asks the University of California Office of the President that the Department of Justice letter should be shared with UCLA Academic Senate leadership and faculty.”

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Note: Yours truly would have added one more "Whereas":

Whereas, it is likely that the source of the leak to the LA Times came either from UCLA or UC.

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Any Academic Senate members can attend the meeting although only members of the Legislative Assembly can vote.

Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2-4 PM

Covel Commons: Grand Horizon Ballroom.

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The full agenda is available at https://dms.senate.ucla.edu/~councils.and.committees/?LgA.meetings.