University of California system President James B. Milliken stated that such an amount would “devastate” the system.

The White House is seeking a $1 billion settlement from UCLA over allegations that the university failed to stop antisemitism on campus — a payment that would "completely devastate” the country’s largest public university system, according to UC officials.

The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, a White House official said Friday. The person was not authorized to speak publicly about the request and spoke on condition of anonymity. The Trump administration has suspended $584 million in federal grants, the university said this week.

A UCLA library user who allegedly took home rare Chinese manuscripts and returned fake ones in their place has been charged with stealing items worth $216,000, the Justice Department says.

He would rent the documents, take them home to the Bay Area, and then return a dummy manuscript, prosecutors allege.