Column: Pringles, plywood and chalk: The supply chain sustaining the Cal State L.A. encampment

Sam Vasquez, left, and his girlfriend, Nayellie Diaz, prepare to hand out supplies at the encampment at Cal State L.A. on Friday, May 3. It’s a powerful statement.” Supplies for Cal State L.A. encampment members are placed in the back of a van in El Monte on May 3. “They’ve come a long way from back in the day,” said Diaz, a 35-year-old alumna of Cal State L.A. Natalia is a Cal State L.A. student who’s been enrolled at the school for “a while.” They said most of the other protesters were students, too. When I asked about some people’s surprise that a commuter campus like Cal State L.A. would have an encampment, Natalia replied, “Even though we have to drive a long way, our effort in ending our complicity in ending this genocide is a lot more than having to drive to get here.” What item had they received the most of?