Save Berkeley's Neighborhoods v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background In 2005, the Regents prepared and adopted a long-range development plan (LRDP) to provide “a framework for land use and capital investment to meet the academic goals and objectives of [UC Berkeley] through the year 2020.” In connection with the LRDP, the Regents prepared an EIR regarding the programmatic effects of the LRDP (2005 EIR). The 2005 EIR noted the LRDP did not commit UC Berkeley to any specific project, but “represents a maximum amount of net new growth in the UC Berkeley space inventory through 2020–2021, which the University could substantially exceed only by

2022, amici curiae City of Goleta and City of Santa Cruz filed a request, which was opposed by the Regents, that this court take judicial notice of a petition and complaint in two other matters and a report from the Santa Cruz Fire Department. We deny these three requests for judicial notice because these documents are “not relevant to disposition of this appeal.” (Unzueta v. Akopyan (2019) 42 Cal.App.5th 199, 221, fn. 13.) On December 1, 2022, the parties filed a joint motion and request for judicial notice of the draft 2021 EIR and the final 2021 EIR. We grant this request.…