The Poly Protest event was created on a Cal Poly complaints website run by students. The website, which is not affiliated with the university, states that a petition concerning the lack of COVID-19 safety measures this quarter did not receive an adequate response from the university.
Cal Poly is starting the winter quarter amid the spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant. The university is strongly encouraging students to wear KN95 or N95 masks but is only providing surgical masks to students on campus.