Posted by Barry Jantz at 12:00 am on Aug 01, 2006 Comments Off on State Supremes Scuttle SDSU Plans
In planning to increase student capacity by nearly one-third,
San Diego State University has all the while contended that the
public and private impacts of such an expansion must be borne by
the City of San Diego, the adjacent neighborhoods and nearby
Alvarado Hospital.
This “king of the hill” approach by SDSU has resulted in several
lawsuits, not to mention a bunch of teed-off neighbors.
SDSU’s attitude has seemingly been one of ignoring goodwill…and a
“we are more important and powerful than anyone else” approach to
community concerns.
Yesterday the State Supreme Court appeared to have dealt a
serious blow to the SDSU plans by ruling in a similar Monterey Bay
case that the CSU system must pay for public improvements when
undertaking such an expansion.
Here is this morning’s SDUT story, on the local fallout from a
ruling that has statewide implications.
Councilman Jim Madaffer (pictured), who represents the 7th city
council district including SDSU and the nearby neighborhoods, has
this to say:… Read More