A Bakersfield College history professor reached a settlement that converts a preliminary injunction into a five-year permanent injunction after a dispute over California community college DEIA-related faculty requirements. Daymon Johnson’s 2023 lawsuit alleged administrators penalized him for expressing conservative views that conflicted with the system’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and access mandates. The settlement prevents the college and district from investigating, disciplining, or terminating him for political speech. The agreement still requires Johnson to attend mandatory DEIA training if he serves on a faculty screening committee, reflecting that institutions may retain some compliance obligations even when direct discipline over viewpoint is blocked. The case underscores the tension colleges are navigating between institutional policy language and faculty First Amendment concerns, with potential follow-on pressure on how DEIA requirements are operationalized in hiring and teaching expectations.