More than 700 people, mostly students
from UC Berkeley and other northern California campuses, marched
through San Francisco’s Financial District on Nov. 16. Hundreds
marched into a major Bank of America branch chanting, “Banks got
bailed out – we got sold out.” Ninety-five people were arrested
when they refused to leave the bank.
Originally, the University of
California Regents, the governing body of the California university
system, were scheduled to meet in San Francisco the same day, to vote
on another big increase in fees (tuition) for the UC system. Fearful
of massive protests, the Regents canceled their meeting. Later the
same day, the Board of Trustees of the California State University
system met secretly and illegally in Long Beach and voted for a 9
percent increase in tuition for the CSU system.
The spirited S.F. march ended with a
speak out at the state office building.
