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EXPLAINED: People park | Rare Historical Photos

Police clear Berkeley’s historic People’s Park in surprise midnight operation

In latest move by University of California, Berkeley, law enforcement agencies arrested protesters and erected barrier

The Guardian - US · Jan 4, 2024

Is This the Year California's Development-Killing Environmental Review Law Sees Serious Reform?

Yet another court decision stopping a U.C. Berkeley housing project is getting California's policy makers to think bigger about reforming the infamous California Environmental Quality Act.

Reason · Mar 10, 2023

Berkeley's People's Park is again in a fight for the ages, now over UC student housing

People's Park — among California's most contested and colorful patches of public land and a '60s era symbol of free speech and community power — is again embroiled in a battle for the ages, this time involving the University of California, Berkeley, a key environmental law and the acute student…

Los Angeles Times · Jan 13, 2023

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Plan for iconic California park pits housing against history

California's eclectic city of Berkeley is renowned for its tie-dyed hippies and high-brow intellectuals, and now it's experiencing a 1960s flashback triggered by People’s Park

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022

California appeals court halts further construction at People's Park in Berkeley

In yet another setback to the University of California, Berkeley's plans to transform historic People's Park into housing for students and the homeless, a state appeals court has issued an injunction temporarily halting construction.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 5, 2022

Protesters Declare 'Housing Is a Human Right' While Marching Against New Housing Construction

New housing construction for 1,100 UC Berkeley students and 125 homeless people was paused Wednesday in response to protests.

Reason · Aug 5, 2022

Can UC Berkeley plan to house homeless people inspire other campuses to tackle the crisis?

LOS ANGELES — In a partnership unique in American higher education, UC Berkeley and city and nonprofit collaborators unveiled plans Wednesday to provide interim housing at a converted motel, as well as meals and social services, to unsheltered people sleeping in the iconic People's Park.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 10, 2022

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