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UC proposes Ocean Road workforce housing pilot at Santa Barbara; Regents endorse solicitation to test a fee‑development model
Summary
Regent Cohen opened discussion of a workforce housing pilot at the UC Santa Barbara Ocean Road site and committee members signaled support to proceed to a competitive solicitation.
Regent Cohen opened discussion of a workforce housing pilot at the UC Santa Barbara Ocean Road site and committee members signaled support to proceed to a competitive solicitation.
Office of the President presenters described workforce housing as a recruiting and retention priority for faculty, staff and graduate students and said the campus has struggled to realize such projects under prior commercial financing and construction costs. The proposal before the Regents was an informational item to test a fee‑development contracting mode on Parking Lot 23, a pilot site on the Ocean Road property (the campus cited a 16‑acre overall site and showed…
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