They met resistance from UC Berkeley alumni, Northern California members of the state legislature, and Benjamin Ide Wheeler, President of the University of California from 1899 to 1919, who were all vigorously opposed to the idea of a southern campus.
Bahlangana nanokuphikiswa i-UC Berkeley Alumni, amalungu Northern California wesiShayamthetho isimo, noBhenjamini Ide Wheeler, UMongameli wase-University of California kusukela 1899 ukuze 1919, ababekwa zonke ngamandla kuqhathaniswa umbono walokho okubizwa ngokuthi campus eningizimu.