Gavin Newsom signs California law to override court decision capping UC Berkeley enrollment
The California Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom moved with lightning speed on Monday to pass a bill that would prevent UC Berkeley from having to cut its student enrollment by several thousand… Senate Bill 118 changes the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, so that student enrollment, or changes in enrollment, by itself does not constitute a project subject to that law. It also applies retroactively, meaning it applies to the UC Berkeley case. Newsom signed the bill into law Monday evening, just hours after its passage.
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by Andrew Sheeler, The San Luis Obispo Tribune.