Small colleges are closing all around the country and university enrollment is projected to drop. Though UC could fill another campus if it wanted, it does have to work to the public benefit

@spiderduckpig I also highly doubt a university can go from the planning phase to opening that fast. For UC Merced, it took 6 years from site selection and appointment of a chancellor to opening, and 17 years from approval of the new campus to opening. Additionally, raising funds will be difficult, I doubt the federal government will want to contribute, when they have already chosen not to fund UCHSR.

@spiderduckpig The UC's 2030 capacity plan wants to add around 33k of capacity by expanding existing campuses, though there was a proposal from 2024 where the SF mayor asked for a new undergrad campus in downtown SF. Though I wonder if that is still in play given the AI boom has undoubtedly dropped SF commercial vacancy and diminished the need for downtown revitalization a bit