The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in connection with allegations of antisemitism and other civil rights violations related to the university's handling of 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on campus. The settlement proposal, which was sent to UCLA on August 8, 2025, would require the university to pay the amount in installments and establish a claims fund to compensate victims of these violations. The U.S. Department of Justice has frozen $584 million in federal research funding to UCLA amid these allegations. The administration's demands reportedly include the appointment of a monitor to enforce settlement terms, the abolition of race-based scholarships, and the cessation of diversity statements at UCLA. The University of California system is currently reviewing the settlement offer. California Governor Gavin Newsom has criticized the demand as extortion and has vowed legal resistance, asserting that the state will not bow to the administration's pressure. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to Newsom's threat of a lawsuit by affirming the administration's legal right to pursue the settlement and encouraging Newsom to proceed with legal action. This move follows similar actions by the Trump administration against other universities, with Harvard University nearing a separate $500 million settlement over related issues. The frozen federal funding to UCLA has been described by UC President James Milliken as a potential "death knell" for critical medical and scientific research at the institution.