NEW ASSEMBLYMAN MARTY BLOCK INTRODUCES BILL TO CREATE NEW COLLEGE IN CHULA VISTA

Vittorio Arata, Gabriella Quiroga (1), Katya Quiroga, Mariella Quiroga (Mark Raftery)

April 1, 2009 (San Diego’s East County) — On his first day of work at the Capitol,  Assemblyman Marty Block introduced AB 24, a bill which would require that the California State University trustees conduct a feasibility study for locating the 24th Campus of the CSU System in Chula Vista.

“San Diego State University is experiencing high overcrowding in its current condition. It turns away more and more students every year, and is unable to expand at a rate to accommodate the local demand for services,” Block wrote in a newsletter to constituents. “The neighborhoods around SDSU are severely impacted by traffic congestion, parking, and other nuisances, and are unable to adequately support additional population in the area.”

San Diego County currently has no four-year higher education facilities south of the SDSU area to serve southern San Diego County, though North County has CSU-San Marcos.

“With a growing young population in the South Bay and reduced availability to accommodate this growth elsewhere in the region, Chula Vista would make an ideal location for the next campus in the region,” concluded Block, a Democrat whose district includes some portions of East County south of I-8.  AB 24 does not require expenditure of any public funds, he added.