Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Adiós, Ché?

Attorneys for UCSD café question motives for eviction

University of California San Diego administrators are wasting no time in shutting down its Ché Café, a student-run cooperative.

The school says that the popular music and arts venue and hangout is run down and in disrepair, posing risks to patrons and others. Representatives for the collective say it is most likely a scheme by the school to build something more to their liking.

On June 13, the collective received a 30-day notice of termination, effectively booting from campus. The notice was delivered just over two weeks after the Graduate Students Association voted to decertify the popular venue and student hangout.

Sponsored
Sponsored

In a press release, the café’s attorney explored the true motives behind the notice.

"UCSD invited the Café and its lawyer, Andrea Carter, to a meeting ostensibly for discussions about the future of the Café and try to resolve various issues. Instead, UCSD greeted them with a Notice of Termination. The meeting followed the Café’s requests to mediate and resolve issues through the dispute resolution procedures provided in the lease. At the meeting, UCSD refused to discuss anything but where the Café would be relocated. The Café would like a stay of termination pending the end of a dispute resolution under the agreement.

"The Ché Café believes that both the GSA ‘decertification action’ and the termination notice are invalid and motivated by internal politics. UCSD also continues to refuse to answer the Café’s questions as to why it is necessary that the facility be closed and why UCSD will not work with the Café to resolve any issues it has and allow the Café to repair or remedy any recommended fire, health, or safety issues. The Café believes that the fire, health, and safety issues are a pretext for shutting the building down."

Concerns over fire safety appear to be exaggerated. A fire marshal paid the collective a visit in early April. Shortly after, John Payne, assistant facilities director for UCSD, sent an email praising the café’s team for the improvements they made to the building.

“I wanted to thank you for all your efforts in keeping the Ché Café facility safe. The fire marshal was extremely pleased at all the efforts that have been made and has signed off on the inspection. Other than [one] minor item...the facility is looking good in terms of fire safety. He will return annually to inspect the facility based on my conversation with him this morning. Once again thank you for all your efforts in keeping a safe facility.”

The café’s supporters have done their part to fight for the venue to stay open. As of now, 11,489 people have signed a petition on Change.org demanding that the school hold off in hopes of finding some sort of resolution.

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Not enough Readers in Mission Beach

Mayor Todd Gloria's skin color
Next Article

Pet pig perches in pocket

Escondido doula gets a taste of celebrity

University of California San Diego administrators are wasting no time in shutting down its Ché Café, a student-run cooperative.

The school says that the popular music and arts venue and hangout is run down and in disrepair, posing risks to patrons and others. Representatives for the collective say it is most likely a scheme by the school to build something more to their liking.

On June 13, the collective received a 30-day notice of termination, effectively booting from campus. The notice was delivered just over two weeks after the Graduate Students Association voted to decertify the popular venue and student hangout.

Sponsored
Sponsored

In a press release, the café’s attorney explored the true motives behind the notice.

"UCSD invited the Café and its lawyer, Andrea Carter, to a meeting ostensibly for discussions about the future of the Café and try to resolve various issues. Instead, UCSD greeted them with a Notice of Termination. The meeting followed the Café’s requests to mediate and resolve issues through the dispute resolution procedures provided in the lease. At the meeting, UCSD refused to discuss anything but where the Café would be relocated. The Café would like a stay of termination pending the end of a dispute resolution under the agreement.

"The Ché Café believes that both the GSA ‘decertification action’ and the termination notice are invalid and motivated by internal politics. UCSD also continues to refuse to answer the Café’s questions as to why it is necessary that the facility be closed and why UCSD will not work with the Café to resolve any issues it has and allow the Café to repair or remedy any recommended fire, health, or safety issues. The Café believes that the fire, health, and safety issues are a pretext for shutting the building down."

Concerns over fire safety appear to be exaggerated. A fire marshal paid the collective a visit in early April. Shortly after, John Payne, assistant facilities director for UCSD, sent an email praising the café’s team for the improvements they made to the building.

“I wanted to thank you for all your efforts in keeping the Ché Café facility safe. The fire marshal was extremely pleased at all the efforts that have been made and has signed off on the inspection. Other than [one] minor item...the facility is looking good in terms of fire safety. He will return annually to inspect the facility based on my conversation with him this morning. Once again thank you for all your efforts in keeping a safe facility.”

The café’s supporters have done their part to fight for the venue to stay open. As of now, 11,489 people have signed a petition on Change.org demanding that the school hold off in hopes of finding some sort of resolution.

Comments
Sponsored
Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Tyler Farr, Blue Water Film Festival, Mustache Bash

Events March 21-March 23, 2024
Next Article

India Hawthorne is common in coastal gardens, Citrus trees are in full bloom

The vernal equinox is on March 19
Comments
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.