UC Berkeley, from all angles, appears to have an enrollment strategy of getting students into classes and letting the privilege and pressure of acceptance guide the housing security process. Enough people got sick of it and successfully sued the institution under California’s Environmental Quality Act, alleging that the housing density of the institution threatened natural resources.
The Bay Area, as it is commonly known, is compact in land and available. The interesting thing is that you would have to literally build up, or vertical, to house more population. You are competing with NIMBYs who are against "Manhattanization" (yes, that is a word floated in Cali), against dense housing, and against UCB. So, it is not surprising of the backlash and games played to get around the rules.
The Bay Area, as it is commonly known, is compact in land and available. The interesting thing is that you would have to literally build up, or vertical, to house more population. You are competing with NIMBYs who are against "Manhattanization" (yes, that is a word floated in Cali), against dense housing, and against UCB. So, it is not surprising of the backlash and games played to get around the rules.