Watch the Regents Meeting of Sept. 30, 2021 Monday, October 04, 2021
The Regents met for 6+ hours last Thursday in the third day of their three-day September meetings. Public comments included basic needs/CalFresh eligibility, coronavirus quarantine policy, union issues, staff work-from-home policies, affordable housing for students, disabled student accommodations, and lecturers' status and contract dispute. Big issues of the day were approval of the Peoples Park project in Berkeley and plans to increase enrollment substantially in the future. A link to the recording of the meeting can be found below. A summary of the meeting from the Daily Cal is below: UC Board of Regents approves People’s Park conversion, discuss post-pandemic future Mallika Seshadri | 9-30-21 UC Berkeley’s plans to convert People’s Park into undergraduate and community housing can now be brought to fruition, following approval from the UC Board of Regents at its regular meeting Wednesday. Recommended for approval by the Regents’ Financial and Capital Strategies Committee yesterday, the project seeks to house 1,100 undergraduate students and will provide supportive housing for low-income and unhoused community members, according to a campuswide email from UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ. She added that construction will not begin until the park’s current residents are offered housing and other services. Meanwhile, more than half of the park will remain an open, outdoor space for the Berkeley community, and a public memorial will be erected in honor of People’s Park and its rich history... In addition to voting on the future of People’s Park, the board also listened to concerns from members of the UC community during public comment and discussed the system’s reopening and post-pandemic future...
UCLA Faculty Association Blog: 4th Quarter 2021
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