State Chair Alec Andres held a free speech ball event on his home campus at Palomar college. Very shortly after he and his fellow YALers, including West Coast Regional Director Isaac Edikauskus, began rolling the speech ball around campus and distributing constitutions, campus security intervened and told the students they had to fill out paperwork in order to assemble on campus.

Andres explained that the students had the right to assemble and speak to other students on the public campus. The officers then informed the YAL team that “action would be taken against them” if they did not comply. After reluctantly filling out the paperwork Andres contacted YAL’s Director of Free Speech. With the help of FIRE the students were able to secure a letter from the school explaining that campus security’s actions were contrary to the school’s policy on free speech. The students are now able to carry the letter from the school, preventing any more interference from authorities.