A student stood below the tree and told people in and below the tree that the reason he was there was because he received an email from UCSC telling him to avoid the tree-sit.
This traditional community gathering has recently been repressed by the Santa Cruz police and deemed illegal thanks to the passage of a new city ordinance.
Early in the morning of November 7th, activists opposed to UC Santa Cruz's Long Range Development Plan launched a tree-sit in redwoods near Science Hill.