Regents approve Development Plan; Connerly steps down as UC Regent 

So much for the City and the University "playing nice".

Following up our previous Long Range Development post, the UC Regents approved the plan 6-0. Meanwhile, as this article from the SF Chronicle mentions, the city has already authorized a lawsuit against the University last week, claiming the plan was approved despite "despite strong opposition from a unanimous Berkeley City Council, 21 members of the state Legislature, the Sierra Club, representatives from the Associated Students of UC Berkeley, community groups, and many others."

Meanwhile, this also marks the last Regents meeting for the controversial Ward Connerly, a frequent target of such student groups as BAMN. He is most famous for his anti-affirmative action stance and successfully lobbied for race not to be used in college admissions with Proposition 209. Connerly now looks to take on the University of Michigan's admissions practices.
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