Rynor, Morgan. “California Bill Seeks to Do Away with Environmental Laws for Public University Housing.” abc10.Com, ABC 10, 23 Feb. 2022, https://www.abc10.com/article/news/education/california-plan-would-streamline-housing-laws-colleges/103-96382473-da58-43d4-bd66-2e9ef410b1fe.

Senator Scott Weiner has proposed new legislation for colleges and universities, cutting back the number of admissions accepted since it’s having an environmental impact. UC Berkeley is the main priority since this new lawsuit is requiring them to cut emissions from 8,000 students to a cut to 5,000 students due to housing impact on the environment. Due to these decisions, the university will lose approximately $57 million in revenue. Many families and students are worried that they are going to get cut even though they have been accepted to the university already and have put in hard work for their dream school. 

It is devastating to hear from your dream college that you won’t be able to go because of the enrollment cut, but I think students are making it a far more great deal that one out of many schools they applied to isn’t taking them in since their enrollment will impact the environment which isn’t reversible. Berkeley is already a very competitive school to even get in, their acceptance rate being 17.5 % for being a public school. So the reactions from parents are selfish to me, this lawsuit started in 2018 and hasn’t been brought to attention until now, 4 years later.