Stoffel

I. BACKGROUND

A. The University of California, Plaintiffs, and the COVID-19 Pandemic1 1. The University of California and its marketing The University of California is a public university system with ten university campuses: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Diego (UCSD), UC San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Santa

1 We summarize the facts as alleged in the complaint and as judicially noticed by the trial court. (Larson v. UHS of Rancho Springs, Inc. (2014) 230 Cal.App.4th 336, 340, fn. 2.)

2 Cruz (collectively, the UC System). The UC System has consistently educated its students on campus since its founding in 1868. The campuses that make up the UC System are, in the aggregate, spread across approximately 66,000 acres of land that house numerous buildings including lecture halls, science labs, and other classrooms. The UC System also provides on-campus services to students: campus libraries, student centers, gyms, counseling centers, health clinics, and sports complexes. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UC System marketed and admitted students to its in-person, on-campus education program separately from online…