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And Berkeleyside’s article is up now!

as always, Darrell provides excellent context and insight!

But for this to succeed we definitely need all of you in Berkeley writing (using the tool we provided) and showing up (especially in person)!

the last major proposal was thrown off course by questions about the Fire Department support. thankfully those have been addressed and now Council is considering a REALLY GREAT proposal put forward by CM Kesarwani - to have two-way, protected cycle tracks! berkeleyca.gov/sites/defaul...

all you Berkeley Knowers know this has been a SAGA. we’ve been talking about it since 2021!

if you’re interested in this you should already be on our mailing list (hint, hint)! But in case you aren’t - you can access the newsletter (with all the helpful links) here: us20.campaign-archive.com?u=580a4c65e3...

here’s the info and zoom link for today’s meeting us02web.zoom.us/j/8717579189...

maybe this time we’ll remember our banner but bikes are certain

Share our mail with your friends & neighbors! And encourage them to join our mailing list!

if you’re in Berkeley, and not on our mailing list, sign up! bnhca.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe

thanks for asking the question - included that clarity that in the mail we just sent.

Apt banner in the cafe. This is (one of) the kind of person we want to help! You can’t have a creative culture without affordable housing!

Zoom link here… but in person is better (unfortunately).

two actions: 1) send a mail BY NOON TODAY to planningpc@berkeleyca.gov 2) join the meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) at 6:30 pm - in person at North Berkeley Senior Center, or zoom at cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1603078931

first Zoom speaker is a student who notes that Elmwood was the first place in the country to implement luxury housing. someone in the in person audience yells “that’s why we have dorms!” yours truly might have lost their patience a bit with said audience yeller.

Unsurprisingly all of the in person speakers were opposed to housing in the commercial districts.

In the latest innovation, the Chair is calling for 3 zoom speakers to be randomly selected but for 1 minute apiece.

The leader of Save Berkeley Shops repeatedly claimed that this proposal is moving faster than the Housing Element promised. In fact he’s exactly wrong. The Housing Element promises to ADOPT the policy by December of this year.

And the guy with the fur coat read a letter from Patrick Kennedy, basically opposed to the commercial district zoning. Which is some sort of Berkeley madlib.

one of the somewhat young people in that group has a fur coat with a “Save Berkeley Shops” sticker