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Violent protests disrupt UC Regents meeting in SF A protest turned violent Wednesday as students demonstrated against proposed tuition increases at the UC Regents meeting in San Francisco. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT SLEEP TRAIN MATTRESS CENTERS, YOUR TICKET TO A BETTER NIGHT'S SLEEP!] [CHANTING] PROTESTS BLOCKING THE ARRIVAL OF REGIONS MOMENTS BEFORE CONTROVERSIAL VOTE. STUDENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO LINKING ARMS SO THAT BOARD MEMBERS COULD NOT PASS. AND THE STUDENTS AND PROTESTERS, THEY HAVE BEEN PROTESTING THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE UC DAVIS STUDENTS AS THEY CAMPED OUT OVERNIGHT. ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE STUDENT PROTESTERS AS THEY GATHERED IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS MORNING. THE SHOWDOWN TURNED VIOLENT WHEN A GROUP OF STUDENTS STORMED THE MEETING, SHATTERING A GLASS DOOR IN ADVANCE OF THE VOTE. MICA JOINS US LIVE WITH THE VERY LATEST. THIS STARTED AS A VERY PEACEFUL PROTEST IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH STUDENTS FROM UC DAVIS, UC BERKELEY, UC RIVERSIDE, ALL 10 CAMPUSES. IT STARTED AS-- THEY WERE HERE TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. THINGS TURNED UGLY AS A SMALL BAND OF STUDENTS STORMED THE BUILDING AND TRY TO FORCE THEIR WAY IN. THEY BEGAN SHAKING THE DOOR HANDLE WITH GREAT FORCE. THEY SHATTERED THE GLASS. THEY LEFT A GAPING HOLE WHERE THE DOORS ONCE STOOD. THEY DETAINED A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO TOLD ME HE WAS A STUDENT AT UC BERKELEY. MEANWHILE, YOU SEE PRESIDENT MADE HER ARGUMENT FOR TUITION HIKES. SHE BLAMED THE STATE FOR LACK OF FUNDING. IN THE COURSE OF JUST THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS EXPERIENCED MASSIVE STATE DISINVESTMENT . NEARLY $1 BILLION IN STATE FUNDING WAS SLASHED. GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN IS HERE. HE IS OPPOSED TO THE TUITION HIKE. HE DREW A PAUSE IN TEARS WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD VOTE AGAINST ANY SORT OF TUITION INCREASE. THERE ARE SEVERAL MILLION HUNDRED DOLLARS THAT HE ADDED TO THE EDGE IT OVER THE YEARS. ALL OF THAT PREDICATED ON ONE PREMISE, THAT THE UCS HELD TUITION FROZEN. LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO, MIKE LAURIE. IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF A COMPROMISE? OF THEM, RISING TODAY?--OF THEM COMPROMISING TODAY? THERE IS. THEY WANT TO OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE CUTTING DOWN THINKERS. THEY WANT THE STATE TO KICK IN ANOTHER $50 MILLION AND COSTS. THAT IS SOMETHING THE GOVERNOR WILL LIKELY NOT FAVOR. HE WANTS TO HOLD THE LINE ON THAT. WE WILL HAVE MORE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THAT IS THE LATEST FROM SAN FRANCISCO AREA DID --FROM SAN FRANCISCO.