[jacket3ree]

Great insights in this thread.
A few points:

1) Undergrad Population:  The university has wanted to increase the undergraduate population for some time.  The challenges with the GUP, Joe Simitian, Santa Clara AND San Mateo counties have been the problem. Simitian is retiring and Levin and team are doing things thoughtfully to take another swing at getting a new GUP passed.  It's going to take time and I don't see a path to +2500 in the near term.   Hennessy stated the dealing with the GUP was the most challenging/painful issue of his tenure.

Is Santa Clara subject to growth restrictions driven by Santa Clara County? When I was there, they had 3,300 undergrads on 80 acres. Today, it's 6,400 undergrads on 106 acres. Stanford has over 8,000 acres. Why such a battle to increase Stanford's student population?

ooh, ooh, ooh [Horshack]

I actually know the answer to this having part of many land use and specific plans thoughout Santa Clara County.  SCU is entirely within the municipal limits of the City of Santa Clara. The County of Santa Clara defers land use authority to the City for areas within their Urban Service Area, which includes SCU.  We deal with the County when out in say, San Martin, or.....Stanford. While Stanford owns land within the City of Palo Alto and subject to their land use jurisdiction, the main campus is within unincorporated Santa Clara County.  The City of Palo Alto is within Stanford's main campus Sphere of Influence, so they can still chirp about all sorts of things. 

Great thread and I hope Calfan sticks around. Might put some thoughts down when less under a bunch of deadlines.


I mean you're calling us nerds. Wait, are you calling us nerds?  Will read again.

[jacket3ree]

Great insights in this thread.
A few points:

1) Undergrad Population:  The university has wanted to increase the undergraduate population for some time.  The challenges with the GUP, Joe Simitian, Santa Clara AND San Mateo counties have been the problem. Simitian is retiring and Levin and team are doing things thoughtfully to take another swing at getting a new GUP passed.  It's going to take time and I don't see a path to +2500 in the near term.   Hennessy stated the dealing with the GUP was the most challenging/painful issue of his tenure.

Is Santa Clara subject to growth restrictions driven by Santa Clara County? When I was there, they had 3,300 undergrads on 80 acres. Today, it's 6,400 undergrads on 106 acres. Stanford has over 8,000 acres. Why such a battle to increase Stanford's student population?

ooh, ooh, ooh [Horshack]

I actually know the answer to this having part of many land use and specific plans thoughout Santa Clara County.  SCU is entirely within the municipal limits of the City of Santa Clara. The County of Santa Clara defers land use authority to the City for areas within their Urban Service Area, which includes SCU.  We deal with the County when out in say, San Martin, or.....Stanford. While Stanford owns land within the City of Palo Alto and subject to their land use jurisdiction, the main campus is within unincorporated Santa Clara County.  The City of Palo Alto is within Stanford's main campus Sphere of Influence, so they can still chirp about all sorts of things. 

Great thread and I hope Calfan sticks around. Might put some thoughts down when less under a bunch of deadlines.


I mean you're calling us nerds. Wait, are you calling us nerds?  Will read again.