"Amid a funding blackout at one of California's largest universities, a San Francisco federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore more than $500 million in research grants to UCLA. The decision was made Monday by U.S. District Judge Rita Lin after U.S. President Donald Trump cut off $584 million in funding to the university at the end of July over allegations of antisemitism and civil rights violations."
"On July 29, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a notice to UCLA, saying it "failed to adequately respond to complaints of severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive harassment and abuse that Jewish and Israeli students faced on its campus from October 7, 2023, to the present." The DOJ's investigation said UCLA violated students' civil rights, as it created "a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students," and that the university would pay a "heavy price.""
A federal judge in San Francisco ordered restoration of more than $500 million in UCLA research grants after the Trump administration froze $584 million at the end of July. The administration cited alleged antisemitism and civil rights violations tied to last year's pro-Palestinian protests and a DOJ notice saying UCLA failed to respond adequately to severe harassment of Jewish and Israeli students. UC officials warned that losing the funding could devastate the University of California system and called the freeze one of its gravest threats. The judge issued a preliminary injunction restoring funds pending resolution of the case. UCLA leaders criticized defunding research.
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