Posted on Aug 02, 2006 A California Supreme Court ruling that determined that the California State University System must pay for the environmental and civic improvements required by a planned expansion of its Monterey Bay campus has implications for other campuses in the statewide system. The court's unanimous ruling requires that all state agencies pay for local improvements that result from development, such as new traffic lights, improved roads, or increased fire equipment. Previously, that burden had fallen on the locality that would benefit from the infrastructure.
– Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 2, 2006