Burbridge

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFFS’ APPLI- • CATION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Plaintiffs’ application for a preliminary injunction came on regularly for hearing before this Court on September 27, 1999. After reviewing the materials submitted by the parties, argument of counsel, and the case file, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ application is GRANTED with MODIFICATIONS.

I. Background

In the spring of this year, defendant South Orange County Community College District Board of Trustees (the “Board”) enacted Board Policy 5406 (“BP 5406” or the “Policy”), regulating the time, manner and place of speech and advocacy on campus by students and members of the public. Among other things, BP 5406 sets forth a reservation system for “preferred areas,” defined as “[sjpecific areas and properties available for public meetings with expected gatherings of 20 or more persons, and where amplification is permitted.” BP 5406 IV.B. The preferred areas' identified in BP 5406 do not include the area in front of the Student Services Center (“SSC”), a popular and strategically located area for speech and advocacy activities which students and members of the public, including the plaintiffs in this case,…