Earlier this week, a university contact tells us, the regents’ Committee on Grounds and Buildings approved a Phase 1 site remediation budget of $1.5 million (apparently reduced at the last minute from $2,897,000), to be paid for by donated funds. But that’s only the beginning of the costs to come. The old chancellor’s house has been vacant for years, ever since a plan to redevelop it as a mansion cum ceremonial conference center ran into fierce opposition from everyone from neighbors to preservationists to Native Americans… A university contact said the proposal cleared the regents’ Grounds and Buildings committee earlier this week and is set for a final vote before the entire board this afternoon.

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by Matt Potter, The San Diego Reader.

Posted: July 14th, 2011, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.