The Regents of the U. of Cal. v. Super. Ct.

BACKGROUND

The Regents own and operate UCSF, a medical complex, research center, and professional school in San Francisco (City), with an educational mission. In 2014, the Regents approved a long-range development plan for UCSF. It consisted of renovating several of UCSF’s campuses, including Parnassus. The plan primarily would have involved construction of a hospital to provide clinical services to advance UCSF’s academic mission. UCSF ultimately did not move forward with this proposed change. Instead, the Regents approved the “Comprehensive Parnassus Heights Plan” in 2021. The plan contemplates the construction of a larger hospital (the New Hospital), approximately 900,000 gross square feet. Although the project’s size would allegedly violate the City’s property and zoning regulations, it would provide more beds for inpatients and increase the campus’s hospital capacity. This was part of the Regents’ plan to advance its mission, which includes identifying unmet community needs and making new investments to satisfy those needs.

2 In March 2023, the Coalition filed a complaint against the Regents to enjoin construction of the New Hospital. It alleged the proposed construction…