a final environmental impact report was released yesterday, which analyses the expansion plans for u.c. santa cruz. the university hopes to expand its student population over the next decade, to about 19-thousand, 5-hundred students. that is expected to strain santa cruz water supplies, but only during drought conditions. the report says that in normal water-years, the expansion would not have a significant impact. a final public comment period is scheduled for 7 p.m. on august 3rd, at the santa cruz city council chambers on center street. meanwhile, a group of residents is saying that it is premature to call this the final report on the campus expansion, arguing that their lawsuit objecting to the process has not been ruled on yet.
