How will the plan to house all new students and many more faculty/staff members play out?
We are currently working collaboratively with the City and County on a housing agreement that we expect will be viewed very positively by the community. We operate within a seven- to ten-year planning window for campus enrollment. We have the capacity to absorb all new students in our existing housing, and we are committed to meeting the future housing needs of our students. Of course, we must reiterate, even if the LRDP were to be in place tomorrow, we would not be increasing our enrollment until at least four years from now. We have a proven track record of providing housing and other facilities for our students. For example, Manzanita Village, completed in 2002, houses around 800 students in a residential-type setting on campus – with a beautiful ocean view, I might add! As part of this housing project, our faculty, staff, and students also worked together to restore six surrounding acres of coastal grassland, vernal pools, vernal marsh, and coastal sage scrub, and create 1,300 line
