Overview
- Three Jewish students and a medical professor will each receive $50,000 as part of the $6.45 million settlement.
- The agreement allocates roughly $2.3 million to eight Jewish-community organizations and $320,000 to UCLA’s Initiative to Combat Antisemitism, with the remainder covering legal fees.
- Under the 15-year consent decree, UCLA is barred from knowingly facilitating the exclusion of Jewish students, faculty or staff from any campus programs, activities or spaces.
- The lawsuit, filed in June 2024, arose after pro-Palestinian protesters on Royce Quad enforced a ‘Jew Exclusion Zone’ that blocked Jewish access to campus areas.
- U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi must grant final approval for the consent decree after issuing a preliminary injunction last July mandating equal access.