SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents on Tuesday approved the design plans for the relocation and upgrade of a UCLA-owned center in Santa Monica that serves sexually abused children.
The Stuart House provides services to sexually abused children, such as medical care and specialized therapy, through UCLA’s Rape Treatment Center. At its bimonthly board meeting at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus on Tuesday, the regents voted unanimously to approve the design plans for the project and adopt findings about the project under the California Environmental Quality Act.
The center is currently located on 16th Street by the UCLA Santa Monica campus, but the replacement project would build a new 22,266-gross-square foot house on 15th Street.
The project cost is estimated at about $10 million, but it is funded entirely through a gift agreement between the regents and The Rape Foundation, an organization that supports treatment and prevention programs related to sexual violence.
UC President Janet Napolitano expressed her support for the project in her first comments at a board meeting in her new position.
There are no current plans in place for the existing building, officials said at the meeting Tuesday.
Compiled by Katherine Hafner, Bruin senior staff.