UC Regents Cancel Meeting, Citing Potential Danger

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California Board of Regents is canceling its scheduled meeting this week after law enforcement officials warned of "a real danger of significant violence and vandalism."

In a statement Monday, UC Chair Sherry Lansing and President Mark Yudof said the board will reschedule its bi-monthly meeting and possibly hold it at another venue.

The regents were scheduled to meet Wednesday and Thursday at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay campus.

Lansing and Yudof say law enforcement officials advised them that "rogue elements intent on violence and confrontation" with campus police were intent on attaching themselves to planned peaceful demonstrations.

Officials say ensuring public safety is a top priority and holding the meeting might "constitute a reckless disregard of credible law enforcement intelligence."

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