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Corrected: UC Berkeley vs. Its Neighbors in a Housing Fight

Fifth & Mission

English - February 24, 2022 00:48 - 19 minutes - ★★★★ - 314 ratings
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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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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.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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