![]() ![]() The state’s interest in student housing is new, a response to the hundreds of thousands of college students in desperate pursuit of affordable homes. The money is the total of two programs - pots one and two - that were birthed in the last two years of state budgets. What were the original plans for the $4 billion? ![]() The move would mean the University of California and California State University get all the grant money they were promised without delay in 2023-24, while community colleges would receive all but $95 million and the rest the following year.īut Newsom still wants to delay by a year $1.8 billion in affordable student housing loans for campuses - that’s pot two. Pot one is roughly $2.2 billion in grants for University of California, California State University and California Community Colleges. Well technically it’s two pots, or two pots nested within one larger pot. Here’s the latest on what you need to know about a pot of $4 billion. In that time, the state budget hole has grown to $31.5 billion. But other housing funds would still be delayed. Now, with his revised May budget, Newsom wants to restore some of the money he wanted delayed. ![]() Fast forward to January 2023 and California’s facing a then-$22.5 billion deficit, and his administration wanted to delay some of the money by at least a year. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers last year agreed to distribute $4 billion to the state’s three higher education systems with a mix of loans and grants through 2024-25 - which would add at least 20,000 beds at affordable rents. Since then it’s been a roller coaster ride. ![]() “The effects of climate change are here, and now,” he said.įOR THE RECORD: The story was updated to include the date for the city’s adoption of the West Cliff Drive plan and plan’s link.Starting in 2021, California took more of an interest in constructing affordable student housing. Cliff Drive to have significant damages from the waves’ force and frequency. In other words, the period of time between the waves was short and the waves were large. While he said he’s seen bigger waves hit Santa Cruz before, there was something else he hadn’t observed along the coastline that impressed him: the combination of the height of the waves and their frequency. “This is a more significant issue than sea level rise.” “Wave energy is increasing globally,” he said. Cliff Drive at Lake Moran near 26th Avenue on Thursday.Īs the director of the new Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, where researchers study wave energy, he also has an understanding of the changing climate’s impact on waves. “I’ve never seen anything like what I saw this morning,” he said, about watching the waves break across E. He was surprised by this morning’s conditions. Mike Beck, a UCSC professor for the past 20 years, has been assessing flood and erosion risk from storm surge and waves in California and across the globe. Lookout was still trying to confirm the precise damages to the area. The impacted portion of West Cliff Drive will be closed until further notice. “I’ve never seen the swell come in from this direction, with this much power and force,” she said, referring to the area near Mitchell’s Cove and Woodrow Avenue.Ĭity of Santa Cruz Communications Manager Erika Smart said city officials are working with fire personnel, law enforcement, public works officials and the National Guard to ensure the public stays safe along the coastline. Thursday and said “it sounded like a freight train was coming.” Bryant, who has surfed in the area for the past 30 years, watched the waves in awe. “It can be dangerous.”įormer Santa Cruz mayor Hilary Bryant was out walking her dog on West Cliff Drive around 6 a.m. “The most important thing is to be careful,” he said. In the meantime, with the impacts of climate change expected to worsen, the sea-level will continue rising, waves will continue to grow larger with stronger storms, West Cliff Drive will continue to erode and collapse.Īs it is, Griggs estimates it could take months to repair portions of West Cliff Drive that collapsed with this storm. The second option would be to convert West Cliff Drive to one-lane of traffic to provide a bigger distance between the road and the ocean. However, those barriers take up beach space and create other hazards and really only provide support on an emergency basis. First, the city could protect and armor the coastline along West Cliff Drive which could mean adding large rocks or other barriers. ![]()
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