Long Range Development Plan

In January 1997, the University of California Board of Regents adopted UCSF's Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) and certified its accompanying Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The adoption of the LRDP culminated a seven-year planning process during which UCSF worked with the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the LRDP Amendment. The committee along with its various subcommittees was comprised of faculty, staff, neighbors, the public and three advisory groups to develop a long-range plan to guide the physical development of UCSF. The LRDP is intended to guide the physical development of UCSF over the next 15+ years, through the first decade of the 21st century. The overarching theme of the 1996 LRDP is to meet current and future space needs for the maintenance and growth of UCSF by providing space for the three main purposes:

• Decompression, to relieve the excessive crowding at Parnassus Heights;
• Expansion, to provide new space for existing meritorious programs and new programs; and
• Consolidation, to reduce the scattering of academic and administrative support units from many dispersed sites.

To accomplish this, the LRDP sets forth a two-pronged strategy:

• Reinvest in existing sites, and
• Acquire and develop a major new site capable of meeting UCSF's space needs for the foreseeable future.

The LRDP describes three potential locations for a Major New Site. In May 1997 The Regents identified Mission Bay as the Major New Site, which is described in LRDP Amendment #1.

In January 2002, The Regents adopted LRDP Amendment #1 (PDF file) and the 2001 LRDP Update (PDF file). LRDP Amendment #1 facilitates the development of housing at the new Mission Bay campus by incorporating housing into the space program for that site, and including housing on the functional zone map which guides physical development there. The 2001 LRDP Update contains contemporary information on the locations of UCSF's major sites and buildings, and the amount of space occupied at each.

In March 2005, The Regents adopted LRDP Amendment #2 (PDF file) and the 2004 LRDP Update (PDF file). LRDP Amendment #2 describes the potential acquisition of additional land at Mission Bay and proposes changes to the 1996 LRDP to reflect the current clinical and research facility strategy. In addition, LRDP Amendment #2 describes the hospital replacement planning process and adds 1545 Divisadero Street to the Mount Zion site boundary. The 2004 LRDP Update contains contemporary information on the locations of UCSF’s major sites and buildings, and the amount of space occupied at each.

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