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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    UC and state schools face class action lawsuits from students accused of committing sexual assault

    The UC and Cal State System are facing big lawsuits over their handling of sexual assault cases. These suits weren’t filed by assault survivors, but by two students who were punished by their universities for sexual misconduct.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Aug 5, 2019 • 1 min read

    The UC and Cal State System are facing big lawsuits over their handling of sexual assault cases. These suits weren’t filed by assault survivors, but by two students who were punished by their universities for sexual misconduct. Any court decision could apply not just to them, but to hundreds of other students (mostly men) who’ve been similarly punished.

    Also, California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a new law that requires all presidential candidates to hand over five years of their income tax returns so they can appear on the state primary ballot. Is that law constitutional?

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      Barbara Bogaev

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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    4 of 5
    How is El Paso coping after weekend shooting?
    1. 0:00After tragedy in El Paso, how is the local community coping?
    2. 11:27What do mass shooters have in common?
    3. 20:49What does it take to prevent mass shootings?
    4. 30:19UC and state schools face class action lawsuits from students accused of committing sexual assaultYou’re reading this
    5. 39:33KCRW DJ Anne Litt's summer music picks
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