Students at the ten campuses within the California public university system will not be allowed to wear face coverings, build tent encampments, or camp overnight. 
Students will also be forbidden from putting up quote, "unauthorized barricades," according to The College Fix.
This comes after student activists and others on campus held anti-Israel protests in the months that followed last Oct. 7’s Hamas terror attacks.
Sophia Witt, the executive vice president of Students Supporting Israel, tells AFN she applauds this decision.
“I think that it establishes clear guidelines on encampments and anonymous masking. I think it shows the university's commitment to maintaining order, which really it shouldn't even be a commitment, it should be a requirement of maintaining order and upholding principles of free speech."
Numerous college and university demonstrations before the summer months had anti-Israel protestors setting up tent camps, wearing face coverings, and harassing Jewish students.
Many protests turned violent.
“I think the university enforcing this is creating that crucial balance of protecting the rights of the students and preventing suppression of ideology and opinions. So, I think that this will actually encourage academic freedom and discourse,” Witt said.
Multiple reports that the University of California system spent $29 million in the spring semester on cleanup and protest security. That does not include the cost of additional security required to clean graffiti, trash, and more.
The new guidelines come after the California legislature in July announced it would withhold $25 million in funding until campus administrators across the system presented a unified plan for the enforcement of free speech rules.
"Free speech and inclusivity are core values of the University of California," said Rachel Zaentz, a spokesperson for the president, in an email to The Daily Californian. “At the same time, protecting the safety and well-being of our community and ensuring students’ unfettered access to education are equally important.”
Witt believes the system is taking a step in the right direction and that schools can return focus to education “ … instead of being distracted by insane rhetoric and insane demonstrations that lead to violence and injuries, which we saw on so many campuses, including UCLA, where the president of our organization, Students Supporting Israel, was attacked on campus. So, I think that this is the necessary step in the right direction."
