joining us now to talk through some of the questions is one of the authors of the newly enacted law, phil tang, from seven cisco. assembly member tang. >> thank you for having us. >> this story when it came out struck a chord with so many throughout the state. i am assuming the same for you. the district is san francisco but you attended uc berkeley. >> that's right. also assemblyman skinner. they were really up against the wall and they told us about the 5000 letters, if you think about students who worked their whole lives and they have a dream to go to uc berkeley and because of it for coding and court order they can't go through no fault of their own. it sounds horrifying. >> there are certainly problems here in terms of the growth of students and the impact on berkeley. tell us a little bit about what you see is the real concern that needs to be addressed. >> we have a 2 million degree short in the entire state of california for housing, for students. without college degrees. the legislature and governor have been telling all the csu's and you see is, you need to grow. so berkeley was gro