Protecting the Rights, Safety and Well-Being of our Community

Key takeaways:

• UCLA’s Time, Place and Manner (TPM) policies help ensure that everyone has an opportunity to express their opinions, while maintaining an environment where Bruins feel welcome and able to effectively learn, work and enjoy campus life. We encourage you to read through these policies carefully.
  
• UCLA’s free speech website provides more details on campus policies and procedures, answers to frequently asked questions, and resources that describe how we uphold fundamental rights while maintaining our commitment to a safe and inclusive environment for all.
  
• Please familiarize yourself with various campus resources to help you stay safe, prepared and healthy at UCLA. You may also register to join an SB  98 informational session: Jan. 26, 6–7 p.m. (in person – register now), or Jan. 30, 12–1 p.m. (via Zoom – register now).

Dear Bruin Community:

We hope the winter term is off to a great start for you. This is our quarterly reminder highlighting key policies and resources related to free expression, safety and community well-being. As we have shared in the past, our central aim is to ensure that UCLA is a place where Bruins of all backgrounds and identities feel safe, welcome, respected and able to participate fully in campus life.

Campus Events, Public Expression and Related Activities at UCLA

UCLA is deeply committed to freedom of expression, a principle that is fundamental to our academic mission. Freedom of expression is also a right: As a public university, UCLA is barred by the Constitution from restricting expression on the basis of viewpoint.

While the right to free speech is legally protected, the university has the right and the duty to enforce certain policies that regulate speech. These are called Time, Place and Manner (TPM) policies, and they help ensure that everyone has an opportunity to express their opinions, while maintaining an environment where Bruins feel welcome and able to effectively learn, work and enjoy campus life. We encourage you to read through these policies carefully. Everyone is expected to follow them, and individuals who violate the policies may face legal penalties and exclusion from campus.

Discriminatory acts, harassment and abuse are strictly prohibited by law and university policy. Anyone who experiences such conduct should immediately report it to the university.

UCLA’s free speech website provides more details on campus policies and procedures, answers to frequently asked questions, and resources that describe how we uphold fundamental rights while maintaining our commitment to a safe and inclusive environment for all.

Safety and Well-Being Resources

We have a host of resources to help you stay safe, prepared and healthy at UCLA. Please familiarize yourself with campus resources that may be useful to you:

• Emergency Notifications – UCLA uses BruinALERT to notify students, staff and faculty of a dangerous situation or significant emergency that threatens the health or safety of members of the campus community or disrupts normal operations of campus.
  
• Campus Safety Resources – Visit the BSO page for campus safety resources and services, including emergency information, personal safety tips and how to report a concerning behavior or safety issue. Download the Bruins Safe app to contact campus safety staff quickly, receive notifications and instructions if on-campus emergencies occur, and more.
  
• Mental Health and Well-Being Resources – Students can find comprehensive resources on the Be Well Bruin website, in addition to our free speech website, which also includes a host of resources for faculty and staff.
  
• Federal Updates for the UCLA Community – Stay current with guidance for faculty, students and staff on directives from the federal government on our federal updates site. This site includes information regarding immigration enforcement and a printable Know Your Rights Card. You may also consult UC’s federal updates page.
  
• SB 98 Information Sessions – As shared last fall, SB 98 requires UCLA to send a notification when the presence of immigration enforcement is confirmed on campus. While we have no indication or reports that such activities will occur on our campus, we want you to be aware of this requirement. To learn more, please register to join Associate Vice Chancellor Steve Lurie and other campus leaders for an informational session: Jan. 26, 6–7 p.m. (in person – register now), or Jan. 30, 12–1 p.m. (via Zoom – register now).

Thank you for taking the time to read through these policies and resources. We look forward to an exciting quarter ahead!

Sincerely,

Darnell Hunt
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost

Michael J. Beck
Administrative Vice Chancellor

Monroe Gorden Jr.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

Steve Lurie
Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus & Community Safety