UC Board of Regents The University of California’s Board of Regents is set to vote on whether it should adopt the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism at its next meeting at the end of July. The issue came to the forefront when UC President Janet Napolitano expressed her support of the definition and urged the Board of Regents to adopt it. Recently, a petition was being put forward for attorneys to express their support of the definition. A new petition (see below) is being circulated for UC stakeholders, including California taxpayers, to sign urging the Board of Regents to adopt the State Departments definition. We encourage all California taxpayers to read and sign the petition here. YES, the University of California should adopt the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism to accurately identify and address anti-Semitic behavior on UC campuses. As direct stakeholders of the University of California, we firmly urge the Board of Regents, who will be discussing this issue during their July 2015 meeting, to join three UC student governments and the California Senate in adopting the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism. Signed,