UCLA is once again set to revise its Time, Place and Manner policies.

According to Undergraduate Students Association Council’s External Vice President Javier Nuñez-Verdugo’s notes from a Feb. 7 meeting, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck told USAC members the new TPM policies will be publicized in early March, adding that under the new guidelines, public expression activities will generally be permitted in public areas on campus. Nuñez-Verdugo’s notes are linked on their publicly accessible officer report that is posted to the council’s meeting agendas.

USAC President Adam Tfayli, who attended the meeting, said the notes accurately portrayed what Beck told members of the council and added that members of USAC generally meet with Beck monthly.

The university previously released TPM policies in September that restrict public expression activities to select parts of campus, including Bruin Plaza, Meyerhoff Park and Dickson Court South. The policies, which are still in effect, according to the UCLA Administrative Policies & Procedures website, do not permit public expression activity in Dickson Plaza – the site of the first Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA.

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Dickson Plaza has also previously been the site of other protests, including a 2020 protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and a protest against President Donald Trump in 2017.

Beck also said at the meeting that amplified sound will generally be allowed during marches that are constantly moving, according to Nuñez-Verdugo’s notes. The TPM policies released in September banned the use of amplified sound during marches.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 previously criticized the September changes to amplified sound rules, including in an unfair labor practice charge filed Feb. 10. The union will strike Feb. 26 and Feb. 27 after claiming the university has attempted to silence protesting workers.

[Related: AFSCME Local 3299 announces strike against UC for Feb. 26-27]

Beck added in the meeting that most stationary protests will still require a permit, according to the notes.

Nuñez-Verdugo did not respond to a request for comment on their meeting notes and the potential new TPM policies.

The changes to the guidelines follow pushback from students and faculty over the revised guidelines released in September. USAC unanimously passed a resolution Oct. 1 condemning the policies.

“The broad, vague, selective, and discretionary qualities of UCLA’s interim Time, Place, and Manner policies allow university administration to unfairly target pro-Palestinian protestors,” the resolution said.

The UCLA Academic Senate Executive Board also voted to oppose the revised policies, according to a Nov. 13 letter to Beck from Senate Chair Kathleen Bawn.

“Some members questioned the wisdom of having policy provisions that the campus is not willing to enforce consistently and that are overly prescriptive in ways that university cannot practically enforce,” Bawn said in the letter.

Bawn said in an emailed statement Wednesday that the academic senate has not viewed any newly revised TPM policies.

Tfayli said he is generally satisfied with the revised policies as Beck has described them, adding that members of the council have pushed for changes to the policies that had been announced in September.

“The UCLA Time, Place, and Manner (TPM) working group has been reviewing public feedback on the interim policies, with a key concern being that designated areas for public expression are too restrictive,” Beck said Wednesday in a written statement to the Daily Bruin. “In response, the group is considering expanding more areas of campus while also assessing other aspects of the policies.”

Beck added in the statement that the policies are expected to be released in March and will undergo a 60-day review period similar to the one undergone by the revised policies released in September.