The State - News from Sept. 14, 1989
The California State University system, which now is constructing its 20th campus at San Marcos in San Diego County, must build five more by the year 2005 to accommodate immigrants and children of Baby Boomers, officials announced. Student enrollment in the system is expected to grow to 541,000, up 180,000 from today, according to a report presented to Cal State trustees. And the enormous costs of five more campuses and similarly ambitious plans for three more University of California campuses will meet tough scrutiny in Sacramento, said Lt. Gov. Leo T. McCarthy, an ex-officio Cal State trustee.
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