Jewish lawmakers aim to compel California universities to enforce free speech policies

SACRAMENTO — After protesters shut down a talk by an Israeli speaker at UC Berkeley last month, Jewish lawmakers on Wednesday announced a new bill to require public California colleges and universities to safeguard free speech. The bill would require the University of California, California State University and California Community Colleges to update and enforce student codes of conduct to ban violence, harassment, intimidation and discrimination that interferes with free speech. It comes as college campuses across the country have been riven by tension over the war in Gaza, with...