The University of California housed more students than the system officially had room for last fall. Yet UC leaders, lawmakers and the governor all want to dramatically expand student enrollment.

But that ambition is at odds with a housing crunch crippling the UC and campuses across California.

Students will need somewhere to live and a new legislative plan would throw in $5 billion to help the state’s campuses ramp up their housing stock.

Read more at: https://calmatters.org/education/2022/01/student-housing-2/

The week, Gov. Gavin Newsom built on last year’s record state budget with a 2022-23 spending plan that tops it.