) ▁stood ▁in ▁solid ar ity ▁with ▁the ▁Occ up y ▁San ▁Francisco ▁movement , ▁and ▁the ▁police ▁can ce led ▁their ▁ra id . ▁The ▁first ▁march ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁On ▁Wed nes day , ▁October ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁hundreds ▁of ▁people ▁participated ▁in ▁a ▁mid - day ▁march ▁from ▁the ▁Federal ▁Reserve ▁protest ▁site ▁to ▁C iv ic ▁Center ▁Pla za . ▁ ▁San ▁Diego , ▁California ▁Occ up y ▁San ▁Diego ▁was ▁located ▁at ▁the ▁C iv ic ▁Center ▁in ▁dow nt own ▁San ▁Diego , ▁California . ▁According ▁to ▁authorities , ▁it ▁had ▁" a ▁growing ▁problem ▁with ▁violence ▁and ▁mount ing ▁tr ash ". ▁However ▁this ▁assertion ▁was ▁disput ed ▁by ▁protest ers ▁and ▁e y ew it ness es , ▁since ▁Occ up y ▁protest ers ▁have ▁been ▁act ively ▁clean ing ▁the ▁site ▁since ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁On ▁November ▁ 3 0 , ▁protest ers ▁cl ashed ▁with ▁police ▁as ▁protest ers ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁vot er ▁registration ▁table . ▁The ▁day ▁before , ▁San ▁Diego ▁police ▁arrested ▁former ▁dem ocr atic ▁con gression al ▁candidate ▁Ray ▁L utz ▁for ▁setting ▁up ▁a ▁similar ▁voting ▁registration ▁table , ▁L utz ▁c ited ▁a ▁California ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁r uling ▁which ▁in ▁part ▁states ▁that ▁people ▁are ▁allowed ▁to ▁register ▁vot ers , ▁even ▁on ▁private ▁property . ▁N ine ▁protest ers ▁were ▁arrested ▁on ▁December ▁