UC Regents approve controversial student housing project for historic People’s Park
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/10/01/uc-regents-approve-controversial-student-housing-project-for-historic-peoples-park/
BERKELEY — Half a century after the University of California’s proposal to build student dorms on a dirt lot triggered a history-making revolt, the university’s regents this week approved a student housing plan for the land now known worldwide as People’s Park.
The UC Board of Regents on Thursday approved spending $312 million to construct a 12-story and a six-story building to house 1,100 university students and 125 homeless people on 1.1 acres of the 2.8-acre park.