Column: How NIMBY abuse of a California law could keep thousands of kids out of UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley might be forced to cut more than 3,000 students from its fall enrollment because of a CEQA lawsuit. That’s the trampled ambitions of 3,000 high school seniors and transfer students, many people of color, that have somehow pushed through the hardships of the pandemic to maintain the grades, jobs, extracurriculars and everything else needed to be competitive at one of the state’s top public schools… less than 2% of public building projects being subject to a CEQA lawsuit… groups have sued the university multiple times when it has attempted to increase housing and facilities.

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by Anita Chabria, The Los Angelese Times.

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