LOS ANGELES (KABC) — More than 800 University of California faculty and staff want UCLA Chancellor Gene Block to resign “immediately” and are calling for “all legal charges be dropped and grant full amnesty to all students, staff, and faculty who were involved in the encampment and peaceful protest” at the Westwood campus, according to an online petition.
As of late Thursday afternoon, 880 people had signed the petition, which demands that UCLA issue a report within 30 days to “fully disclose all investments so that students may understand how the university prioritizes their finances,” and calls for the college to divest from all military weapons production companies and supporting systems.
Faculty and staff members gathered on the UCLA campus to express their concerns and deliver the petition to Block and university administration. After a short news conference, the group marched to the campus’ Murphy Hall, chanting, “Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not …