Throughout 2025, university students across San Diego have been exercising their right to protest, most commonly for pro-Palestine and anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

University of California San Diego reports there have been dozens of “free expression events” since October of 2023, with a May 2024 event resulting in 65 arrests.

San Diego City College has seen protests of varying sizes, and San Diego State University has had hundreds of students participating in walkouts and demonstrations throughout the last couple of years.

As a result, many universities, including SDSU and UCSD, have implemented Time, Place and Manner policies that place guidelines on expression forms, but not on protest content.

Many campuses — including SDSU, UCSD, San Diego Community College District an

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