California
University of California accepts record number of in-state students, but only at some campuses

UCLA’s Royce Corridor in Los Angeles.
UCLA’s Royce Corridor in Los Angeles.
Protecting with a pledge to prioritize enrollment of California residents, the College of California admitted a document variety of in-state freshman candidates and fewer out-of-state and worldwide college students for fall 2022, in response to knowledge launched Wednesday.
These tendencies, nevertheless, different throughout the system’s 9 campuses, with a number of campuses admitting fewer California residents than a yr in the past. On the similar time, despite the fact that the uncooked variety of Californians accepted was up from final yr, the general acceptance price for these college students was down throughout the system. That’s as a result of the system acquired extra functions than a yr in the past.
UC additionally admitted fewer switch college students, which was the results of fewer functions from California’s group schools, the place enrollment has dropped dramatically because the pandemic.
Total, UC admitted 125,597 incoming freshmen, down from 132,353 a yr in the past. However that included 85,268 California residents — about 1,000 greater than a yr in the past.
Most campuses, although, really admitted fewer California freshmen than a yr in the past. The Davis, Irvine, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz campuses all accepted fewer California residents, in response to UC’s knowledge. The systemwide uptick of California residents being admitted was pushed largely by will increase on the Riverside and Merced campuses, which mixed to just accept about 3,700 extra California freshman candidates than final yr.
The Los Angeles and Berkeley campuses additionally accepted barely extra Californians than they did in 2021.
“The College’s enduring dedication to California’s younger folks and its partnership with the state proceed to draw unprecedented numbers of gifted Golden State college students,” UC President Michael Drake stated in a press release. “It’s our privilege to have the ability to supply admission to the state’s largest-ever class of California college students.”
In the meantime, 22,798 out-of-state freshman candidates had been admitted throughout the system, 19% fewer than final yr. The system additionally accepted 17,531 worldwide freshman candidates, a couple of 12% drop from 2021.
These tendencies come as lawmakers in California have pushed UC to prioritize enrolling in-state residents over out-of-state college students. This yr’s funds settlement included $98.8 million to help enrollment development of California residents. That included $31 million to cut back enrollment of nonresidents on the Berkeley, Los Angeles and San Diego campuses by about 900 college students and change them with California residents. These slots are expensive to fund as a result of an out-of-state college students pays about $30,000 extra yearly in tuition than an in-state pupil. The state’s funding is supposed to offset that misplaced tuition income.
Gov. Gavin Newsom this yr additionally introduced agreements with UC and the 23-campus California State College system that decision on the methods to progressively improve enrollment of California residents over the following 5 years. As a part of the agreements, which Newsom dubbed multi-year compacts, the methods will get annual funding will increase in trade for them working towards quite a lot of targets, together with rising enrollment of in-state residents by 1% every year.
UC additionally plans to considerably develop capability over the following eight years, aiming so as to add an extra 23,000 college students by 2030. The system’s plans to perform that embrace extra on-line and summer time applications in addition to concentrating the expansion at sure campuses, together with Merced and Riverside.
The numbers launched Wednesday by UC had been solely admissions statistics. It received’t be clear till the autumn whether or not they translate into a rise within the variety of California residents who enroll. In fall 2021, UC enrolled 58,591 new California residents, up about 1,600 from fall 2020.
The state’s efforts to extend resident enrollment at UC comes as demand for a UC diploma continues to extend. This yr, the system acquired practically 211,000 freshman functions, up from 203,700 a yr in the past.
UC admitted 59.5% of these candidates, down from 65% a yr in the past. That was principally pushed by far decrease admission charges for out-of-state and switch college students, however even California college students had been much less more likely to be accepted. The system admitted 64.4% of California freshman candidates, down from 65.7% in 2021.
The other was true for switch college students. UC admitted 25,253 college students from California group schools, a drop of about 3,200 from final yr. However as a result of fewer of these college students utilized for admission, the general acceptance price was greater this yr. UC admitted about 76% of California group school switch candidates, up from 73% final yr.
UC attributed the drop in functions to declining enrollment on the group schools. The state’s 116 group schools have seen their enrollment dip dramatically throughout the pandemic.
UC additionally admitted a extra numerous inhabitants of scholars than it did a yr in the past. In 2020, Latino college students for the primary time made up the most important ethnic group of scholars admitted to the system and that development has continued since then. This yr, the system admitted 31,763 Latino college students, 543 greater than a yr in the past. They accounted for 37% of the admissions pool, once more probably the most of any racial or ethnic group.
There was additionally a small improve within the variety of Black college students, Native American college students and Asian American college students admitted to the system. In the meantime, the variety of accepted white college students decreased from about 17,000 college students to underneath 16,000 college students.
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California professor arrested for allegedly tossing tear gas canister at ICE agents during raid on cannabis farm

A California professor was arrested for allegedly chucking a tear gas canister at ICE agents during a raid on a marijuana farm being investigated for child labor violations.
Jonathan Anthony Caravello — a math and philosophy professor at California State University Channel Islands — was arrested by federal agents conducting a raid at Glass House Farms in Ventura County on Thursday, ABC 7 reported.
US Attorney Bill Essayli posted on X that Caravello was arrested for “throwing a tear gas canister at law enforcement.”
Essayli said Caravello was charged with “a violation of 18 USC 111,” for allegedly “assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees,” according to federal law.
The US attorney also denied claims that the educator was “kidnapped” by federal agents.
On Friday, the California Faculty Association shared that Caravello was “kidnapped” by federal agents after protesters and law enforcement clashed during Thursday’s raid.
The post claimed that “4 masked agents dragged Jonathan away into an unmarked reason without identifying themselves, without giving the reason for arrest, and without disclosing where they are taking him.”
However, a criminal complaint obtained by the Ojai Valley News revealed “dozens of protestors attempt to obstruct the execution of the high-risk search warrant” near Glass House Farms.
The affidavit claims that Caravello was seen holding a “megaphone” walking along the yellow police tape, “loudly playing a siren sound” towards agents.
Protestors then later began throwing “rocks” at government vehicles, causing “large-scale damage, including broken windows, broken side view mirrors, and frame damage to the vehicles.”
As the escalation continued, agents deployed tear gas among the protestors to disperse them. Caravello was allegedly caught on an agent’s body camera footage attempting to “kick the canister,” but missed.
“Caravello turned around, ran towards the canister, picked it up, and threw the canister overhand back at BP agents,” the complaint claims.
“A BP Agent reported that the canister was thrown at law enforcement and recalls that the canister came within approximately several feet above law enforcement’s heads.”
Caravello then allegedly left the scene, but about “two hours later,” an individual matching his description returned wearing different clothes, according to the affidavit.
After determining he was the individual who threw the canister, two border patrol agents attempted to arrest him just before 6 p.m., according to the criminal complaint.
“As BP agents arrested Caravello, they placed him on his stomach on the ground. BP Agent R.C. gave Caravello verbal commands to give law enforcement officers his arms but Caravellowould not comply and attempted to grab a BP Agent’s leg,” the complaint alleged.
“As BP Agent R.C. and other BP agents attempted to detain Caravello, Caravello continuously kicked his legs and refused to give the BP agents his arms.”
Caravello has since been released from custody on $15,000 bail, with an arraignment set for Aug. 1.
California State University Channel Islands released a statement following his arrest, ABC 7 reported.
“At this time, it is our understanding that Professor Caravello was peacefully participating in a protest-an act protected under the First Amendment and a right guaranteed to all Americans. If confirmed, we stand with elected officials and community leaders calling for his immediate release,” the statement read.
“The California State University remains committed to the principles of free expression, academic freedom, and due process, and will continue to monitor the situation closely.”
Federal agents said they served a warrant on Glass House Farms after it was accused of hiring and harboring undocumented workers.
More than 350 undocumented workers were arrested in the raids at its locations in Carpinteria and Camarillo on Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.
Officials said that “violent and dangerous criminals” were arrested during the operation, and “as of July 13, at least 14 migrant children have been rescued from potential exploitation, forced labor, and human trafficking.”
Officials also said that “more than 500 rioters attempted to disrupt operations,” leading to “four US citizens” being “criminally processed for assaulting or resisting officers.”
Glass House Farms is now facing alleged child labor law violations.
Glass House Brands stated in a press release that they complied with the federal warrants issued and “never knowingly violated applicable hiring practices and does not and has never employed minors.”
with Post wires
California
Reparations bill, amid headwinds, could skirt California’s affirmative action ban

SACRAMENTO — With diversity programs under full assault by the Trump administration, California lawmakers are considering a measure that would allow state colleges to consider whether applicants are descendants of African Americans who were enslaved in the United States.
The bill, which would probably face a legal challenge if passed, is part of a package of 15 reparations bills supported by the California Legislative Black Caucus being considered in the current legislative session.
Assembly Bill 7, introduced by Assemblymember Isaac G. Bryan (D-Los Angeles), if passed, could potentially skirt around the state’s ban on affirmative action. California voters in 1996 approved a state ballot measure, Proposition 209, that bars colleges from considering race, sex, ethnicity, color or national origin in admissions under Proposition 209. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2023 also ruled those programs were unconstitutional.
Bryan, however, says his has nothing to do with race and doesn’t use the terms “Black” or “African American” in its text.
“Descendants of people who are enslaved could identify in a variety of racial ways, and then phenotypically even present in different ways than they racially identify,” he said in an interview with The Times. “But if your ancestors were enslaved in this country, then there’s a direct lineage-based tie to harms that were inflicted during enslavement and in the after lives thereafter.”
The bill, and others in the reparations package, had seen widespread support within the Legislature’s Democratic supermajority and are representative of California’s values, Bryan said.
“I think California is quite clear where it positions itself in this moment, and that is in the support of all people, recognizing the harms of the past and trying to build a future that includes everybody. And if that appears in conflict with the federal government, I think that has more to do with the way the government is posturing than who we are as Californians,” he said.
Last year, when only 10 of 14 bills in the reparations package passed through the Legislature, reform advocates felt the efforts were lackluster. Lawmakers believed it was a foundation they could build upon, Assemblymember Lori D. Wilson (D-Suisun City) said in September.
AB 7’s focus on lineage, said Taifha Alexander, a professor at UCLA and expert in critical race theory, could face legal trouble if a judge believed it used lineage as a proxy for race. It could be ruled unconstitutionally discriminatory under the 14th Amendment.
A separate reparations bill, however, could help offer a legal definition to separate race from lineage. Senate Bill 518 would create a state bureau for descendants of American slavery. The state agency would verify a person’s status as a descendant and help applicants access benefits.
Comprehensive reparation legislation isn’t a novel idea and has been enacted before, Alexander said. In the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, the federal government formally apologized to Japanese Americans for their illegal incarceration in detention camps during World War II, and included a one-time payment of $20,000 to survivors.
Reparations — in the form of cash payments — fell flat with voters when last polled by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies and co-sponsored by The Times in 2023. More than 4 in 10 California voters “strongly” opposed cash payments and 59% opposed the idea, with 28% in support. None of the bills currently before the Legislature includes cash reparations.
Other forms of reparations, such as a change to the college admissions process and social programs, are still valid ways to address inequities, Alexander said.
But a bill like AB 7, which looks to circumvent existing law, could face headwinds from the public who could see it as unfair, she said.
With the outcome of the 2023 Supreme Court case which banned college admissions processes from using race, she said the policy was unlikely to be popular.
Opponents argue the bill’s distinction between race and ancestry is not enough to survive judicial review, and believe a court will find lineage to be a proxy for race to circumvent the ban.
“Suppose, instead, that a state passed a law making university admission more difficult for descendants of American slavery. Would anyone argue that such a law should be upheld? Of course not,” Edward Blum, president of Students for Fair Admissions and the lawyer who argued and won the case to ban affirmative action, said in a statement to The Times.
“It would be struck down immediately as unconstitutional racial discrimination. That hypothetical reveals the core defect of AB 7 — it makes a race-linked classification under the guise of ancestry and will not withstand judicial review. If enacted, this legislation will face a swift and vigorous legal challenge in federal court and be struck down. It takes Herculean stupidity to believe otherwise,” Blum wrote.
Other bills still working through the legislative process include measures that would set aside home purchase assistance funds for descendants of American slavery that are buying their first homes and direct state agencies to address mortgage lending discrimination.
The reparations legislation that has failed to advance includes a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have banned prisons from requiring inmates to work, which some consider state-sanctioned slavery or indentured servitude.
California
California civil rights group joins fight against Trump’s birthright citizenship changes

Legal advocates in California are behind the fight to stop President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship through a class action suit filed on behalf of the babies of noncitizens.
The Asian Law Caucus is part of a coalition of civil rights groups — and the only one based in California — representing those who would be denied citizenship under the order, be they the children of undocumented immigrants or temporary residents, such as foreign students on visas.
“We’re asking the court to protect the constitutional rights of our specific class members who happen to be babies located all over the country,” said Aarti Kohli, executive director of the Asian Law Caucus.
California civil rights group joins fight against Trump’s birthright citizenship changes
A federal judge in New Hampshire on Thursday stopped the Trump order from taking effect. The Asian Law Caucus and other groups such as the ACLU and Democracy Defenders Fund brought the challenge last month as a way to block the order.
An alternative method was needed after the Supreme Court last month limited the ability of judges to issue nationwide injunctions against executive orders, including the birthright citizenship one issued in January. Kohli says class actions are procedurally more complex.
“With a simple nationwide injunction, you just ask the court to block the policy, but with a class certification, you have to prove that there’s so many affected people that you can’t sue individually,” Kohli said. “We have to show that everyone faces the same legal issues.”
While the legal path is different, the desired outcome is the same: stopping Trump from subverting what has been the law of the land for more than a century.
Birthright citizenship
The 14th Amendment adopted in 1868 stated that all people born on U.S. soil were citizens. Birthright citizenship was reaffirmed 20 years later in a landmark case brought by a Chinese American Californian named Wong Kim Ark, who had been denied re-entry into the U.S. on the grounds that, while he had been born in the U.S., his parents were not citizens.
Kohli said all these years later, the consequences would be dire if the Trump order took effect. A tier of stateless children could be denied Social Security numbers and passports and basic rights like healthcare and nutrition assistance, she said.
“You’d be creating a multi-generational underclass of people born here but with no legal status, no path to citizenship, no ability to work legally,” Kohli said. “These kids grow up American in every way, except on paper, but they’re permanently excluded from participating fully in society or the economy.”
Kohli says Trump’s order would hit California — and Asian communities — especially hard.
“As the fastest growing racial minority in the country, and a community that has the largest number of immigrants, this order would disproportionately impact our communities,” Kohli said.
Kohli and other legal advocates are gearing up for a tough legal battle.
The Trump administration is expected to appeal this week’s ruling.
The deadline to appeal is Thursday.
Kohli expects that one way or another, the case will end up before the Supreme Court. When that will be is unknown, throwing families who’d be affected by the order into a state of uncertainty.
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