Nick Ibarra

Historian Iris Engstrand’s talk on 16th century explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was supposed to offer a balanced view of his life and legacy. Instead, it courted controversy.

The student housing development has been tied up for years amid litigation and intense opposition.

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was long celebrated for his historic 1542 voyage along the California coastline. But behind his once-glossy public image is a brutal side to the explorer’s legacy.

The project, which would add 3,000 student beds, has seen long delays amid alumni-led opposition and environmental litigation.

The community college is embarking on a housing feasibility study this year, an effort driven by decreasing enrollment and high rates of housing insecurity among its students.

At Yale, she says, she’s probably one of the most underprivileged undergraduates. At home, she says she can’t stop thinking about how lucky she is.

The controversial framework would prepare the physical campus to meet an anticipated 44 percent growth in enrollment.

There was regular testing and very little social interaction for the more than 900 students who lived on the UC campus.