LOS ANGELES—The University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) will become the first school in the University of California system to provide free menstrual products in men’s, women’s, and gender-neutral restrooms beginning April 4, according to school officials. The school’s facility management will supply complimentary pads and tampons in restrooms located in facilities across campus, as “affirming that access to these items is a matter of personal dignity and equity,” according to a community letter sent to all UCLA students via email last week. This comes after California’s Menstrual Equity for All Act of 2021 was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last October. The law requires California State universities and community colleges and encourages the University of California and other higher learning institutions to make menstrual products available and accessible at no cost for all students in 50 percent of their restrooms. “UCLA is going above and beyond the recommendation …