Like many students on campuses in California, Dakota Locke and his Young Americans for Liberty chapter were upset with the blatant disregard for the First Amendment on campus. At Merced College, the school believed they could limit the ability of students to engage in free expression on campus to one small area on campus.
The students organized multiple protests, petition drives, and meetings with the administration to reform the unconstitutional policies. After utilizing the pressure from petition drives, meetings, and protests on campus, the University buckled and decided to remove the unconstitutional Free Speech Zones.