Michael Drake – California Globe

Newsom Promises Another Lawsuit Against The Trump Administration

August 19, 2025 5:45 pmAugust 19, 2025 11:03 pm

As UCLA leaders quietly try to work out an agreement with the Trump Administration to restore cuts in federal funding, California Governor Gavin Newsom has done his best to blow up negotiations by accusing Trump of “extortion” and threatening to...

US DOJ Launches Investigation Into Allegations of Race-and-Sex Based Hiring Discrimination at University of California

June 26, 2025 4:56 pmJune 26, 2025 4:56 pm

The United States Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division opened an investigation into the University of California system, and its individual campuses, over alleged race-and sex-based discrimination in university employment practices. According to the DOJ, the Civil Rights Division’s Employment...

University of California Ends Use of Diversity Statements in Hiring Faculty

March 20, 2025 5:00 pmMarch 20, 2025 8:57 pm

The University of California announced late on Wednesday that they would be ending the requirement that diversity statements be used in hiring, becoming the latest move away from diversity-based hiring and applying measures at the UC system. According to a...

University Of California Announces Ban On Encampments

August 19, 2024 5:05 pmAugust 23, 2024 3:21 pm

University of California President Michael V. Drake announced on Monday that the University of California system would be banning encampments on campus this semester, as well as face masks used to conceal identities in an attempt to reign in protests...

University Of California President Michael Drake Will Step Down at End of the Academic Year

July 31, 2024 2:48 pmJuly 31, 2024 2:55 pm

University of California President Michael Drake announced on Wednesday that he will be stepping down from the position at the end of the year after less than five years in the post. Drake, a long-time University administrator, began his career...

California Democrats Pushing Bill to Require CSU, UC and Community Colleges to Hire ‘Undocumented Noncitizens’

June 5, 2024 10:37 amJune 6, 2024 10:15 am

Why are Democrats working so hard to replace Californians with illegal immigrants? Earlier in the year, the University of California Board of Regents smartly voted to halt a plan to allow illegal immigrant students to apply for jobs on campus....

15 Injured, 1 Hospitalized Following More Gaza Protests At UCLA

May 1, 2024 4:36 pmMay 1, 2024 5:58 pm

15 protesters were injured, and one was sent to the hospital late on Tuesday and early in the morning Wednesday, as both Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli protestors clashed once again on campus. While protests against the Gaza war have been raging...