Announcement on threats to People's Park in so-called Berkeley, California. Originally posted to Indybay.org. UC Berkeley has begun preparing for an upcoming assault on People's Park. This Wednesday, surveyors were at the park to measure the site for construction. In August 2022, UC made a similar attempt to 'take the park.' Despite hundreds of riot...
  • @[email protected]
    11•10 months ago

    Ohh please. They’re building 1,100 units of housing for students and 125 unit for the homeless while preserving the park for community use.

    These “Save XYZ” people are always the same. They want nothing to change and they consider housing to be displacement.

    They’re regressivism/conservatism/urban sprawl disguised as progressive action. Nothing could be further from the truth.

    Students need housing. The homeless need housing. This is land that UC owns and can use for this. It’s expensive enough to build housing as it is.

    https://archive.is/zEQLZ