Corrected: UC Berkeley vs. Its Neighbors in a Housing Fight
The California Supreme Court will decide whether the school will have to slash admissions after nearby residents leveraged an environmental law to try to stop campus expansion projects. Reporters reporters Dustin Gardiner and Nanette Asimov explain the drama. (Republished to fix an editing error.)
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Show Notes
Nearby city residents have leveraged an environmental law to try to cap the university's enrollment numbers and stop campus expansion projects. Now, the California Supreme Court will decide whether the school will have to slash undergraduate admissions by more than 3,000 slots. But state Sen. Scott Wiener has introduced a bill that might let the state's colleges skip the lengthy environmental review for housing. Chronicle reporters Dustin Gardiner and Nanette Asimov join host Cecilia Lei to explain the drama. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod
An earlier version of this episode was published with an editing error. That version has been fixed, and we’ve also republished the corrected episode here.
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