The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office has received more than 300 reports of protesters arrested at pro-Palestinian protests in recent months at UCLA and USC, with prosecutors still considering whether to file misdemeanor charges against them.

More than a month after the Orange County District Attorney’s Office became the first law enforcement agency in Southern California to press charges against a large number of protesters involved in the recent wave of student-led activism over the Israel-Hamas war, it is not yet clear whether other agencies will follow suit.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office — which handles misdemeanor prosecutions — acknowledged receiving 210 reports related to the UCLA protests and 93 for the USC protests. An agency spokesman indicated those cases are still under review.

It is unclear when a decision will be made on whether to charge the Los Angeles protesters. The statute of limitations for misdemeanors in California is one year.

Orange County Follow Ups — All Related To May 15 arrests on UC Irvine campus — focused mostly on misdemeanor failure to comply charges, although some defendants were also charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest and one person was charged with vandalism.

In all, 50 defendants — including two UCI professors, a teaching assistant, 26 students and 21 others — were charged in connection with the UCI protest.

Those without a criminal record will most likely enter a judicial diversion program rather than face time behind bars. During the first round of appearances in a Santa Ana courtroom on Oct. 16, three of the first ten defendants to appear before a magistrate judge immediately agreed to perform 30 hours of community service for to avoid a misdemeanor conviction.

What impact, if any, the fees will have on students’ future academic careers is not yet clear. UCI staff charged with misdemeanors in connection with the protest reported no disciplinary action by campus administrators.

Supporters of the UCI protesters — including attorneys from the Council on American-Islamic Relations — argued that those charged in Orange County face harsher legal repercussions than protesters arrested on Los Angeles-area college campuses.

Dina Cheheta, a civil rights attorney for the board who works with defendants in Orange County, described the charges as “highly politically motivated” in comments following the earlier court hearing. The ACLU also asked prosecutors to drop charges against the UCI protest defendants, arguing that such a decision would “demonstrate that the county values ​​the ability to freely exchange ideas and protects the right to nonviolent protest.”

The demonstrations — and arrests — at UCLA, USC and UC Irvine came amid a wave of protests on college campuses across the country, as protesters and student advocates called on campus leaders to divest from companies with ties to Israel and arms manufacturers and to support an end to the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip, among other demands.

Larger protests in Los Angeles included the arrest of more than 200 students, staff members and supporters at UCLA on May 2 as law enforcement agencies led by campus leaders brought down a protest campas well as arrest of 93 protesters and supporters on suspicion of trespassing at USC Alumni Park on April 24.

More than 3,000 people were arrested in connection with the pro-Palestinian protest nationwide, according to a New York Times national analysis in late Julybut many of these charges were dropped.