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Money and Aesthetics Sqare off Again in La Jolla by Matt Hinton Well, here we go again - one more round in the "Fight of the Century." Aesthetics vs. Money; and I wish I could tell you that Aesthetics are winning, but as usual that doesn't seem to be the way it is. This month's set-to is over the fate of two small cottages opposite La Jolla Cove - the Red Rest and the Red Roost, both built in 1894. The owner, not surprisingly, wants to tear down the houses and put in a new apartment building like the one he owns down the block. He would, after all, stand to make a great deal of money out of it - more than enough reason in our society for a little extra ugliness . ...1.. ••.•• This isn't the first time that the owner has tried to develop the property. The courts have stopped him more than once, and a long campaign by the cottage-dwellers and a lot of interested citizens resulted in the cottages being named a historical site. Historical site status per se is worthless, however; the Qroperty is still in private ownership, and unless the city or some philanthropist comes up with half a million dollars to buy the cottages outright, there doesn't seem to be much hope. We're going to lose the old houses and the lovely old trees, and we're going to gain another multi-unit apartment building for the rich folks. Drive down Coast Boulevard past the Cove and take a look -look at the two red cottages under the trees, and compare them with the apartment buildings on either side. Decide which you like better; and if you decide in favor of the cottages, write to Mayor Wilson, the City Council, the local papers. Make some noise! As for the landowner,Tthink Antoine de Saint-Exupery summarized it pretty well: "And what do you do with these stars?" said the Little Prince. "Nothing. I own them," said the businessman. "And what good does it do you to own the stars?" "It does me the good of making me rich." "And what good does it do you to be rich?" These two places are owned by the same person : .. "It makes it possible for me to buy more stars ... " . Guess which one he wants to tear down. Library to be Emptied Books go to UCLA, UCB by Laura Richter A "Dreadful Proposal" Staff Writer Dr. Paul Saltman, Vice­ A draft proposal was released chancellor of Academic Affairs, last week by the Office of the called the plan a " dreadful Executive Director for University­ proposal" and stressed that we wide Library Planning calling for need to find "an alternative in North Ci West over half of UCSD's library books keeping with the nature of the to be placed in dead storage units quality of education at UCSD. " at UCLA and UC Berkeley. Mochary reported that the general Literature professor Andrew consensus of the GSC was o~ A~ard ~ Winni . ng Housing Plan lacks Funds Wright, member of the three position. statewide committees who are reviewing the proposal, calls the by Vera M.L Todorov Official Community have to compete with other houses plan the "knell of doom" for UCSO. Community Editor Planning Group in the same price bracket of $40,000 The action was proposed in hopes The financial analysis was paid to $80,000 at the Morena of avoiding the high cost of adding North City West, a proposed for by the North City West redevelopment project downtown new library facilities at UC 40,000 person housing development Property Owners Association, campuses. Volumes could be located east of Del Mar, is a recognized by the city as the of­ on the old navy field . Shafer said, requested by students and would nationally award-winning plan that ficial community planning group. "people are going to move where be transported to the individual is nonetheless plagued with public The association is composed of they have to ... if housing costs campus~ within 24 hours to a facility funding problems and a several large land owners who aren't competitive, North City week, under the plan. local government that would control the North City West West could easily fail. The According to graduate student prefer downtown redevel9pment. development, the most notable property owners who make up to a Mark Mochary, speaking for the Funding public facilities such as being Boise Cascade Corporation. 4000 per cent profit can afford to Graduate Student Council (GSC), schools and fire and police ser­ Shaler said one member of the pay for public facilities. " UCSD must respond on the plan to vices, has become the source of North City West planning group Shafer also added that the the Executive Director's office by much controversy in the San Diego believes that Stone and YotUlgberg "opponents of the project who next week. However, no one on City Council. The .Council was were somehow influenced by would like to see downtown San campus-including the Chancellor, Andrew Wright [T. T . Photo Bill B rooks] Mayor Pete Wilson, a proponent of Diego redeveloped would rather the Academic Affairs office and NORTHCllY \£ST downtown redevelopment, to write have projects built where existing the Academic Senate-would However, Dr. Russell Doolittle, "a discouraging report." He said, resources could be used, but if the acknowledge that they know who chairman of the Academic Senate I "the types of assessment districts funding for North City West is will make that final recom­ Library Committee, called this used for general purposes are supplied, it wiD go through." mendation. flood of negative response "largely I given in the analysis, but there is emotional." He said that the no specific plan of action spelled proposal has its "good features " (15 out in either North City West's plan Unpaid Debts Curb Plans which depend upon " the details or in the financial report ... it only that weren't written in. " talked about state laws dated Wright said that the proposed ~ between 1911 and 1915, which for More Housing at Fourth plan provides for "the elimination I spelled out in detail the procedures by Laura Richter of the library at UCSD as a major , by which local governments can Staff Writer research library." It is a assess certain districts. It did not "calamitous prospect ," he said. I say which one the city should use." Due to unpaid debts carried over from the construction of Third and According to Wright, even The development has passed Mesa apartments, there are no current plans for the addition of new students at UCLA and Berkeley I through the City Council by a five living facilities for Fourth College students, say Fourth ad­ are alarmed. By 1982, half of their to four vote, with councibnan ministrators. library books would also be placed i Floyd Morrow breaking a tie. Lea Rudee, Fourth College Provost, explained that the possibility in storage facilities. - Morrow approved the plan with an for additional new housing revolves basically around a "question of Cost Savials Dublous depending largely on a financial The estimated cost reduction analysis, done by the west coast alteration which reads, demand." Since UCSD housing is not paid for by taxes, but by its "Development in the North City occupants, large vacancies would result in placing an additional ex­ was determined to be ,100,000,000, consulting finn of Stone and "a rather dubious figure " ac­ Youngberg, to supply the city with West area is contingent upon pense burden on those living at the University. This would "drive necessary public facilities being people away" and end in bankruptcy for UCSD. cording to Wright. He said the various ways to fund facilities figure is based on "defective" through special assessment financed by property owners in . The actual construction would also be economically unfeasible. The that area by a charge against the University still has yet to repay loans taken out to construct Third research for the report. districts. " Ubrariu in California and The Stone and Youngberg land only in the planning area." College apartments, located on the campus, and Mesa apartments, ~ofServke two miles east of UCSD on Regents Road. Because of this, UCSD has throughout the world are going to analysis was distributed have to \'hange their ways," said throughout city offices Iut week Shafer said, "the price of putting the highest interest rate on loans of any of the campuses, said Rudee. in services at North City West will Presently, Matthews campus housing, consisting of renovated DooUttie, because operating costs and seems to be an $8,000 disap­ are "too I!xpensive." He Mid that pointment.. Phit Shafer, ad­ not be to the homeowner, but to the Marine barracks, is the only Fourth College housing facUJty. Due to current landowner. My first im­ student input, a number of building improvements have been made. the propot;ed reduction would cut ministrative assistant to City the library budget from the current Councilman Floyd Morrow, said pression was that the cost of theIe '13,000 has already been spent this year, including a major ex­ aervicea would be tacked on to the penditure for new carpeting. $1~ m"'1"" 1l1lm t/\ mit "" "the analysis is a summary of ~ are three committees taxation tectmiquu the city is price of the houIea but not so ... the Additional improvements on the Matthews campus housing will property ownen can't pass the COlt depend on the money that remains in this year's emergency fund, said presentiy reviewing the proposal: already familiar with. ". city The Steering Committee tor Long does not need two different wa1l of on to the homeowner and the a representative for Larry Barrett, Director of Housing and Food developer becaue their product Services.

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