Hey all,
The folks at 1921 Walnut are urging everyone to bombard the Mayor and City Council with emails regarding the possible settlement of the City’s lawsuit against UC. Please share widely.
BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO ACT NOW
UC Berkeley wants to demolish the rent-controlled building at 1921 Walnut St./displace the long standing community there and destroy our public space at People’s Park. If this is allowed to happen, UC will be able to DEMOLISH ANY RENT CONTROLLED BUILDING or PARK IN BERKELEY. This would raise rents for everyone and destroy historic spaces that we all enjoy.
Berkeley Mayor Arreguín and City Council can stop them!
How? City of Berkeley is in a settlement negotiation with UC. City of Berkeley needs to withhold any settlement unless UC agrees to SAVE 1921 WALNUT and DEFEND PEOPLE’S PARK
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
CALL TO ACTION: EMAIL, CALL and TWEET at Mayor Arreguín and your City Councilmember AND SUPPORTERS OF PEOPLE’S PARK
More information
University of California released its new 2021 Long Range Development Plan. This plan includes:
- demolishing 1921 Walnut St and evicting tenants
- destroying People’s Park
- building 8.1 million sq. ft. of new campus facilities (equivalent to 6 Salesforce towers)
- adding 14,750 new students (44% above the current 2005 plan)
- adding 3,500 new employees and 3,000 new parking spaces
- adding 800,000 sq. ft. of new facilities in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone-California’s most dangerous fire zone
WE HAVE TO CONTROL THIS EXPANSION, SAVE 1921 WALNUT and DEFEND PEOPLE’S PARK. TELL THE CITY COUNCIL and MAYOR!
Contact them now prior to their settlement decision with UC. Make sure the City of Berkeley stands up for Berkeley tenants and our historic open spaces!
(district, name, Twitter handle, phone number)
Mayor: Jesse Arreguín @JesseArreguin (510) 981-7100
District 1: Rashi Kesarwani @RashiKesarwani (510) 981-7110
District 2: Terry Taplin @TaplinTerry (510) 981-7120
District 3: Ben Bartlett @benbartlettberk (510) 981-7130
District 4: Kate Harrison @KateHarrisonD4 (510) 981-7140
District 5: Sophie Hahn @SophieHahnBerk (510) 981-7150
District 6: Susan Wengraf (510) 981-7160
District 7: Rigel Robinson @RigelRobinson (510) 981-7170
District 8: Lori Droste @loridroste (510) 981-7180
Write to council@cityofberkeley.info to send an email to the Mayor and all Council members.