The letter informs the campus president that the school’s policy of limiting public and press access to campus during the “hard closure” is “constitutionally suspect.”
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Award-winning student journalist’s public records requests remain unfulfilled for more than 18 months.
On April 23, 2024, Elizabeth Wilson, a student journalist at Mustang News, the student paper at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), sued the university for violating the California Public Records Act by refusing to disclose public records she requested more than 18 months ago. Wilson made the requests while researching stories on campus sexual assault, labor violations alleged by Cal Poly student employees, and a top administrator’s failure to respond to