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Dear Beach Community, 

As the fall 2024 term gets underway, it’s a good time to re-assert that the California State University (CSU) and É«ÖÐÉ« are committed to free expression, free speech and free assembly as essential components of our educational mission, while maintaining a safe and supportive campus climate. 

To achieve this, we must preserve an environment where the university’s work can be conducted without disruption, in accordance with the highest standards of institutional integrity, safety, and with recognition of the rights, privileges and responsibilities of all university community members and members of the public. 

 We must constantly strive to foster healthy discourse and bring campus community members together, where all are welcomed and included, even when viewpoints are ideologically different. This goal promotes our educational mission.  

To that end, the Chancellor has issued a directive that the following activities are strictly prohibited on university property. These prohibitions are not new to É«ÖÐÉ«. They have been contained in our Time, Place and Manner Policy and are supported by state law. 

•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Encampments and camping. No person shall camp, occupy camping facilities, use camping paraphernalia, or store personal property for camping, whether indoors or outdoors. No one may erect a tent or other temporary housing or occupy any tent or temporary housing structure. No person shall set up a campsite, or bring, leave or maintain furniture or other large household or camping items.

•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Unauthorized structures and barriers. No person shall build, construct, erect, place, set up, move, deliver or maintain any temporary or permanent tent, platform, bench, building, building materials, wall, barrier, barricade, fencing, structure, sculpture, bicycle rack or furniture. 

•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Restricting free movement. No person shall restrict the movement of another person or persons by any means, including blocking or obstructing their ingress or egress, or otherwise deny a person access to normally unrestricted areas.

•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Masking to conceal identity with intent to violate laws or policies. No person shall wear a mask or personal disguise for the purpose of concealing their identity with the intent of intimidating any person or group, or for the purpose of evading or escaping discovery, recognition, or identification in the commission of violations of the law or policy.

•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Occupation of buildings and facilities. No person shall occupy buildings and facilities or engage in trespass or any other violation of applicable law.

•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Vandalism and other damage. No person shall vandalize, damage or destroy university property.

These directives have been and are in effect immediately for all students and employees, and all other members of the community, including represented employees. Violation of these directives (or any other illegal activity) is a violation of the law and will be enforced accordingly. As one of the largest universities in the largest university system in the state of California and the country, we can lead the way, protect free speech, and make sure that all members of our campus community feel and are safe. If you have any questions, please contactTPM@csulb.edu.

There are many global issues that deserve our concern. Your expressive action is constitutionally protected if it is peaceful and lawful. 

Let’s take care of each other.

Jane Close Conoley, Ph.D.
President