deepens, plans to build more campus apartments and dorms are facing myriad roadblocks that could delay construction of thousands of urgently needed beds across the state’s three public higher education systems.
Nathan Brostrom, UC chief financial officer, said the demand for campus housing has escalated in recent years as living costs skyrocket throughout California. UC has added 34,000 beds since 2011 for a total of 113,000 systemwide, but since enrollment also has increased, the share of students with campus housing has risen only modestly, from 32% then to 38% today, he said.
One major focus of the student forums this week will be Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed delay of one-third of $750 million in funding for a student housing grant program, a move to address the state’s projected $22.5 billionLast year, in the first state effort to support new student housing, the program distributed $1.4 billion for 25 construction projects across the three systems.
The report said removing the $750 million entirely rather than delay the funding a year “could be one of the relatively less disruptive ways to achieve state budget solutions” given projected deficits over the next few years. The report said the projects were still in the early stages and campuses had other options to finance them.
At least one key legislator nixed the idea of delays. Assemblyman Kevin McCarty said the programs, which he championed, would address two pressing and interrelated state issues: the housing crisis and the rising cost of college.
He added that litigation to block campus housing projects based on the California Environmental Quality Act was another vexing obstacle.People’s Park is on hold
Solution: give more to Ukraine!
Plenty of vids on you-tube of how to live in your car.
Too many students. Cut admissions.
LAT's has covered the explosive growth of administrators in the UC system, they do not keep it on the table for discussion. More than doubled from 2000-2015. How much $ is that? Perhaps easily $370,000,000 a year.
Maybe these colleges should redesign their campuses with buildings that look like all the ones with shops on the bottoms and living spaces on the top. Ground floors could be teaching facilities. I mean you are already do it to every street corner in LA.
As long as you have something to write about... (Spoiler: 'crisis' is a key word) Now write something about city hall in cahoots with developers and using 'crisis' of 'homeless housing shortage' to give them permits to build myriads of brand new luxury apartments. 🤣🤣🤣
Affordable Housing Act in action! Just keep letting them tell you they’re fixing all of our problems and the ones that pop up are all Trumps fault!