Resources & Links
- Save Upper Campus facebook page
- Speaking for the Trees — a short student film project about UCSC expansion
- Nine maps of UCSC campus development areas, in one PDF (all pulled from UCSC & City of Santa Cruz documents)
- Endangered Species of the UCSC Campus
- Salt-o-the-Earth: Poems by Ray Collett — 19 whimsical, informative poems singing the praises of UCSC's little known biological treasures and decrying their loss and destruction. A great read, by locally legendary UCSC Arboretum founder, Ray Collett (RIP).
- Sustaining the Unsustainable: UCSC Expansion and the Politics of Extinction
- What do biologists and environmental studies faculty think about the LRDP EIR? (PDF)
- Timeline of lawsuits and legal landmarks regarding UCSC Expansion, 2004—2011
- Water on the Santa Cruz side of the Bay - 2009 editorial by Gary Patton
- Santa Cruz Desal Alternatives
- Santa Cruzans Against the Residential Rental Inspection Program - a very much related issue.
- Plants & Animals of UCSC Campus - species lists provided by the UC Natural Reserve
- UCSC Campus Natural Reserve blog website
- Community Water Coalition letter to LAFCO regarding UCSC growth (PDF)
- Growth magazine 2013 (PDF) — student-produced magazine on the expansion of UCSC, edited by the creators of the UCSC Disorientation Guide.
- *new* Building Blocks: Campus expansion slated for Kresge, Porter meadow and Family Student Housing 2/26/16 City on a Hill Press article
Official documents
- Environmental Impact Report for the 2005-2020 LRDP
- 2009 Draft Environmental Impact Report for the city's Sphere of Influence Amendment (to extend water services to Upper Campus)
- 2008 UCSC Extraterritorial Service Proposal Application to LAFCO (for extending water & sewer services to Upper Campus)
- *new* Student Housing West: Campus Housing Study— July 2015
- Northeast Campus Area Plan—May 2011
- 2005 Long Range Development Plan
- Social Sciences 3 and Classroom Auditorium projects Powerpoint Presentation (presented by UCSC Campus Planning in 2011)
- Final EIR for East Campus Infill Housing Project / Hydrology & Water Quality Section
- Comprehensive Settlement Agreement of 2008
Analysis of the UC budget and academic priorities
- Santa Cruz Faculty Association newsletter: Special Edition on Campus Growth (PDF) — This Spring 2006 newsletter articulates a range of critical UCSC faculty perspectives on the Long Range Development Plan.
- They Pledged Your Tuition — An Open Letter to UC Students, by Bob Meister (this analysis explains how student tuition is used to finance UC construction projects)
- Review of UC’s Long Range Development Planning Process — A 2007 critical review of the LRDP planning process by the California Legislative Analyst's Office