What is UCSFs plan for physical growth?
In January 1997, the University of California Board of Regents adopted UCSF’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) and certified its accompanying Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The adoption of the LRDP culminated a seven-year planning process during which UCSF worked with faculty, staff, neighbors, the public and three advisory groups to develop a long-range plan to guide the physical development of UCSF. The LRDP is intended to guide the physical development of UCSF over the next 15+ years, through the first decade of the 21st century. The overarching theme of the 1996 LRDP is to meet current and future space needs for the maintenance and growth of UCSF by providing space for the three main purposes: • Decompression, to relieve the excessive crowding at Parnassus Heights; • Expansion, to provide new space for existing meritorious programs and new programs; and • Consolidation, to reduce the scattering of academic and administrative support units from many dispersed sites. To accompl
