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Berkeley slams UC Berkeley's long-term plans in fight over housing FacebookTwitterEmail People’s Park is pictured with UC Berkeley’s campus in the background. Students are rallying and camping in the park to protest UC Berkeley’s plan to develop the property as student housing.Noah Berger / Special to The Chronicle The city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley are at odds once again over the university’s long-term development plans. In a 75-page letter sent last week, the city lambasted the university’s 2021 Long Range Development Plan and its accompanying environmental documents, arguing th...

UC Berkeley plans to become bigger, greener and more pedestrian friendly The university’s new long-range plan includes building 12,000 housing units for a projected larger population. The Cal campus population, including students, faculty and staff will grow from 55,130 people to 67,200 in the next 15 to 16 years, about a 22% increase, according to the university’s new long-range plan. Photo: UC Berkeley UC Berkeley released a draft of its long-range development plan this week, a blueprint for how the campus will grow and change from 2021 through the academic year 2036-37. The plan projec...