The city of San Diego and its redevelopment agency intend to file another lawsuit over San Diego State University's plans to expand its campus and enroll nearly 10,000 more students by 2025. The suit will challenge the university's environmental impact report. A central issue is how much San Diego State must pay for off-campus road improvements. The university will ask the state California Legislature for $6.4 million for road work; the city contends the university's fair share could be as much as $21.8 million.
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EARLIER: San Diego State University's far-reaching expansion plan – designed to make one of California's largest public universities grow by nearly 10,000 students – has been approved over objections from the city and nearby residents. California State University trustees endorsed a plan that would catapult SDSU's enrollment to almost 45,000 by 2025 and push campus boundaries north to build staff and faculty housing. The plan calls for four 10-story student residence halls, a conference center, an apartment complex and a renovated and expanded student union on the main campus.
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High-rise student housing is coming to San Diego State University, in what officials hope will ease the escalating conflict between the neighborhood and the growing 34,000-student school. Four 10-story residence halls are being proposed as part of a long-term growth plan that would nearly double the amount of campus housing. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
