More detail is now available beyond yesterday's post. From SFGATE: ...The police descended on the park around midnight and started asking people to leave, (Berkeley spokesperson Dan) Mogulof said. Both activists and unhoused people were cleared from the space. Once the space was clear, wide-load trucks carrying the shipping containers rolled in. Videos posted on social media showed the shipping containers being placed around the park and trees being removed, along with people’s belongings. As the workers moved in, at about 4:30 a.m., a man with a bullhorn or some kind of amplified sound walked the residential streets around the park saying, “Berkeley, wake up. People’s Park is under attack.”
The Daily Cal reported that police threatened to use pepper spray and tear gas against anyone who did not leave the site. Mogulof said neither were used.
...The university has sought to build student housing on People’s Park for years. In addition to student housing, the People’s Park housing complex is slated to provide up to 125 apartments offering supportive housing with onsite services for unhoused and low-income residents, as well as open landscaped areas, UC Berkeley said. Under the plan, “more than 60% of the 2.8-acre site will be preserved as open space and revitalized into a renewed park space that reinforces the site’s history,” the university said. The site will also include a feature that honors the park’s history...
Full story at https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/uc-berkeley-takes-over-peoples-park-18589002.php.
You can see some video clips of the closing off of the park at the link below:
Or direct to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXy-lztNxbE.
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