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The California university had been blocked from admitting around 3,000 students — or a third of its incoming freshman class — due to a local lawsuit.

The California State Legislature introduced a bill which would nullify the decision requiring UC Berkeley to reduce in-person enrollment for fall 2022.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Monday were fast-tracking a proposal...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The California Legislature voted unanimously Monday to overturn a recent court ruling that would have forced one of the

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Monday were fast-tracking a proposal...

California lawmakers vote to increase UC Berkeley enrollment | 2022-03-15 06:55:27

Lawmakers have approved a legislative Hail Mary that they say will allow UC Berkeley to admit all the new students it planned to this fall, undoing a judge’s enrollment cap. Without the bill, the campus said it would have needed to defer admissions and move other students online to satisfy the judge’s order.

By JANIE HAR and ADAM BEAM Associated Press

California lawmakers on Monday were fast-tracking a proposal that could allow the University of California, Berkeley, to admit as many students as it had planned to for the fall semester - despite a court-ordered cap on enrollment stemming from a dispute with neighbors who sued UC Berkeley over its growth.

Changing how the California Environmental Quality Act applies to colleges could lift an enrollment cap at UC Berkeley. Legislators want to fast-track a solution before the university loses students.