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March 18, 2022-LA Times podcast Townies vs. Gownies battle for Berkeley

March 14, 2022-Wall Street Journal UC Berkeley Enrollment Case Fuels Wider Battle for Student Housing – WSJ

March 14, 2022-CalMatters Lawmakers pass legislative fix to undo UC Berkeley’s enrollment cap

March 6, 2022-LA Times Editorial_ The state needs a different approach to solving UC crowding – Los Angeles Times

March 6, 2022-Gimme Shelter podcast California Housing Crisis Goes to College

February 24, 2022-ABC7 News at 23:00 ABC7 Getting Answers

August 27, 2021-Inside Higher Ed: Judge Orders UC Berkeley to Freeze Enrollment

August 25, 2021-KRON4: UC Berkeley must freeze enrollment following court decision

August 25, 2021-KPIX: Judge Orders UC Berkeley To Freeze Campus Enrollment

August 25, 2021- SF Chronicle: UC Berkeley ordered to freeze enrollment and halt a faculty housing project

August 25, 2021-Berkeleyside: Judge freezes UC Berkeley’s student enrollment at 2020-21 levels

July 21, 2021-Berkeleyside: Neighborhood groups are still battling UC Berkeley to cap enrollment and build more beds

July 16, 2021 – SF Chronicle: UC regents poised to approve new construction despite eviction concerns

July 14, 2021 – Berkeleyside: UC Berkeley increases its contribution toward city services

July 14, 2021 – SF Chronicle: Berkeley drops objections to UC construction project

September 10, 2020 – SF Chronicle: Neighborhoods group wins round in suit with UC

July 13, 2020 – Berkeleyside: Judge rules UC Berkeley did not comply with environmental laws

July 12, 2020 – Berkeleyside: UC Berkeley plans display corporate indifference and overrech

July 11, 2020 – SF Chronicle: Judge sides with Berkeley’s objections to UC plans

July 1, 2020 – Daily Californian: Berkeley group can sue UC Berkeley over increased enrollment, court says

June 26, 2020 – SF Chronicle: Berkeley group can sue UC over increased enrollment at Berkeley campus

June 26, 2020 – Berkeleyside: Berkeley neighborhood group wins right to sue UC Berkeley over increased enrollment

June 26, 2020 – Berkely Daily Planet: Major legal victory for Berkeley neighbors against UC Berkeley … enrollment increases

June 22, 2020 – Berkeleyside: Berkeley must negotiated to make UC pay its fair share

April 16, 2020 – Berkeleyside: City, community groups protest UC Berkeley’s plan to update long-range plan in middle of pandemic

July 8, 2019 – SF Chronicle: Growing pains, housing crunch, strain town-gown relations in Berkeley, Palo Alto

June 18, 2019 – DailyCal: City hits UC Berkeley with lawsuit over enrollment increases

June 17, 2019 – Berkleyside: City sues UC Berkeley over lack of impact study for 30% student population hike

June 15, 2019 – SF Chronicle: Neighborhood group sues UC over planned project

February 21, 2019 – Berkleyside: Planned UC Berkeley student population surges past 44,000

May 21, 2018 – Berkleyside: UC Berkeley VC vows to add 7,500 beds by 2028

May 2, 2018 – KRON4: Lawsuit: UC Berkeley not doing enough to ensure housing for students

April 30, 2018 – DailyCal: Local Group Sues UC Berkeley for Alleged Failure to Address Housing Crunch

April 27, 2018 – Berkeley Daily Planet: Berkeley Neighbors sue UC Berkeley for adding students without required housing

April 5, 2018 – Berkeleyside: Should UC Berkeley’s Oxford Tract be developed for student housing?

January 31, 2017 – Berkleyside: UC provost blames Bay Area housing market for growing student accommodation crisis