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Thursday, March 14, 2024

The People's Park Saga Continues

From the East Bay Times: More than a year after a lower court ruled the [People's Park student housing] project’s Environmental Impact Report was inadequate, California’s highest court announced Tuesday they will hear arguments in Los Angeles on April 3. This is the first news development since the state Supreme Court agreed to hear the case last May.

UC Berkeley’s proposal for that land includes housing for 1,100 university students and 125 homeless residents within two 12- and six-story dorm buildings — coming full circle since 1969, when the university’s initial desire to build housing on the 2.8-acre site culminated in thousands of protesters, leading to a state of emergency and one death.

Attorneys for Cal asked the California Supreme Court in February 2023 to hear the case, after a state appellate court ruled that UC must either “fix the errors” in its California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents or ask the state Supreme Court to intervene. The university’s appeal was backed by the city of Berkeley and state officials, including Gov. Gavin Newsom...

Full story at https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/03/12/peoples-park-california-supreme-court-schedules-arguments-on-controversial-uc-berkeley-development-next-month/.

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