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UC Santa Cruz Plans Laboratory, Housing on Controversial Site

Feb 1, 2002

Paul Shigley, Public Development, Vol. 17 No. 02 Feb 2002

Early this spring, University of California, Santa Cruz, officials intend to release a draft plan for new facilities that will greatly expand the school's marine biology research capabilities.

Lack of Money Threatens to Slow State's High-Speed Rail Plans

Dec 1, 2001

California, High Speed Rail, Paul Shigley, Public Development, Transportation, Vol. 16 No. 12 Dec 2001

The California High-Speed Rail Authority finds itself living something of a double life these days. The authority has received great interest since the September 11 terrorist attacks, yet the authoirty is going broke and could close down in 2002.

CSU Pursues Private Development to Fund Campus

Oct 1, 2001

Paul Shigley, Public Development, Vol. 16 No. 10 Oct 2001

The California State University system has developed 22 campuses and six satellite centers, but none of those efforts is similar to CSU's project in Ventura County.

No Flood of Housing Accompanies UC's Student Tidal Wave

Aug 1, 2001

Larry Sokoloff, Public Development, Vol. 16 No. 08 Aug 2001

The University of California is preparing for a tidal wave of new student enrollment in the next decade, and the question of where students will be housed is one that the university continues to grapple with.

Lawsuits, Crowded Classes Force School Funding Choices

Jun 1, 2001

Paul Shigley, Public Development, Vol. 16 No. 06 Jun 2001

A new method of awarding state funding for school construction projects under Proposition 1A appears to be favoring urban districts at the expense of suburban and rural districts. The change has satisfied, for now, a number of ethnic and anti-poverty groups that had sued over an earlier state funding method. However, the change has angered many school districts, about 110 of which have sued the State Allocation Board.

Wetlands Issues Force UC to Relocate Merced Campus

Apr 1, 2001

Paul Shigley, Public Development, Vol. 16 No. 04 Apr 2001

Seasonal wetlands and the endangered species who inhabit them have forced planners for the proposed University of California, Merced, campus to choose a new location. Although many details remain undecided, planners have shifted the general site of the future campus — and an adjoining new community — a few miles closer to the Merced city limits.

Infrastructure Concerns Generate Reports and Studies Aplenty

Jan 1, 2001

Paul Shigley, Public Development, Vol. 16 No. 01 Jan 2001

California's system for generating and distributing electricity — which has attracted little attention from the public and most policymakers in the past — became topic number one in December and January when extraordinary efforts by the state and federal governments were needed to keep the lights on. But the electricity concerns is only the latest in a series of recent efforts that focus on the state's infrastructure Transportation planners are wrestling with daunting growth projections for Southern C...

Giant Office Projects Sprout in Downtown Sacramento

Dec 1, 2000

Paul Shigley, Public Development, Vol. 15 No. 12 Dec 2000

With tens of thousands of public employees migrating to its downtown every weekday, Sacramento is very much a company town. So it is no surprise that a gigantic new building — by far the largest in the Central Valley — at 10th and I streets provides offices for state workers. Nearly 3,100 employees of the six agencies and the administrative office that comprise the California Environmental Protection Agency are scheduled to finish moving into the new CalEPA building by the middle of this mon...

Santa Ana River Flood Project Advances; Species Concerns Remain

Oct 1, 2000

Paul Shigley, Public Development, Vol. 15 No. 10 Oct 2000

The massive project to prevent the Santa Ana River from flooding heavily urbanized portions of San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties continues to move forward. Orange County is purchasing property in preparation for raising the existing Prado Dam near Chino. Meanwhile federal officials are wrestling with the environmental affects of an already completed dam farther upstream, a dam that environmentalists say will harm three endangered species. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Santa ...

Slow-Growth Ballot Measure Influences UCD Planning

Aug 1, 2000

Paul Shigley, Public Development, Vol. 15 No. 08 Aug 2000

The University of California is preparing to expand its Davis campus to accommodate more students during the next 10 years. Although Davis's expansion is not expected to be as large as at other campuses in the UC system, UCD's plans could conflict with a slow-growth initiative that city voters approved in March. At the very least, Measure J appears to have strained relations between university representatives and city officials. Although the planning process is just getting started, UC officials have ...

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