Cal State LA President Says Pro-Palestinian Protesters Must Leave Encampment

The damaging occupation of the Student Services Building ‘crossed a line,’ says the university president.

A pro-Palestinian protester pushes a small office cabinet to be used in a makeshift barricade around the Cal State LA Student Services Building in Los Angeles on June 12, 2024. Etienne Laurent / AFP via Getty Images

The president of Cal State Los Angeles demanded June 13 that the protesters who have been camped on the campus for more than a month must leave.

The declaration came two days after pro-Palestine activists occupied and extensively vandalized the Student Services Building.