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UC Berkeley students make up about a quarter of the total city population, says Berkeley City College history professor emeritus and former chair of social sciences Charles Wollenberg — a fact that makes student housing not only a campus issue, but a city one as well.
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The panel discussion hosted at University Hall was organized by Berkeley City Councilmember Kate Harrison’s office to address and determine how to balance various community needs, namely housing and educational facilities.
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The Oxford Tract Organizing Coalition held an open meeting Tuesday evening that brought together about 30 students and community members to discuss the campus’s proposed development of the Oxford Tract into student housing.
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Members of the Student Organic Garden Association hosted the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Karen Ross, on the Oxford Tract Thursday evening to discuss the university’s recent plans for a housing development on the site.
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Who decides what gets built? And how do you prioritize construction and maintenance on a campus of about 38,000 students that faces a $150 million budget deficit and is situated smack dab on top of an active fault?
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