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Information Links

People’s Park – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Park_(Berkeley)

Ace Backwards – A Brief History Of People’s Park
https://acidheroes.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/a-brief-history-of-peoples-park-from-1969-to-the-present/

www.peoplespark.org – New Website
https://www.peoplespark.org/wp

UC Berkeley Police Department – History Of People’s Park
https://ucpd.berkeley.edu/history-peoples-park

www.peoplespark.org – Old Website –
https://www.peoplespark.org/indexold.html

Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/PeoplesParkCommunity/

Yahoo Group
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/peoplesparkcommunity/info


News Archives (2017 -2018)

Last updated Saturday 25 August 2018

April 2017

April 21st
Remembering Bloody Thursday
http://www.dailycal.org/2017/04/21/remembering-bloody-thursday-1969-peoples-park-riot/

June 2017

June 6
Update: Boy, 2, fed meth by stranger at People’s Park; woman arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/06/06/child-given-meth-peoples-park-berkeley-woman-arrested-suspicion-attempted-murder

June 7
UCPD: Woman who fed meth to toddler said she gave him ‘tootsie roll’ at park
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/06/07/ucpd-woman-fed-meth-toddler-said-gave-tootsie-roll-berkeley-park

June 7
2-year-old allegedly fed meth in People’s Park
http://www.dailycal.org/2017/06/06/2-year-old-allegedly-fed-meth-peoples-park/

June 30
Carol Denney- The Original Housing In People’s Park
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/06/30/opinion-original-housing-peoples-park

July 2017

July 5
Spate of crimes in People’s Park over 4 days sends 3 to the hospital
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/07/05/spate-crimes-peoples-park-4-days-sends-3-hospital

July 31
Police report attempted robbery, assault with a knife in People’s Park
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/07/31/police-report-attempted-robbery-assault-deadly-weapon-peoples-park

August 2017

August `16
UC Berkeley to include supportive housing for homeless in People’s Park redevelopment
http://www.dailycal.org/2017/08/16/campus-works-to-support-homeless-residents-with-peoples-park-redevelopment/

Cal hires $92,000-a-year social worker for People’s Park homeless
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Cal-hires-92-000-a-year-social-worker-for-11816324.php

January 2018

Man Stabbed In The Head In People’s Park On New Year’s Day
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/01/03/man-stabbed-head-peoples-park-new-years-day

February 2018

February 11
ASUC Housing Commission opposes building on People’s Park
http://www.dailycal.org/2018/02/11/asuc-housing-commission-opposes-building-peoples-park/

February 21
In Berkeley: The People’s Park (1968) before People’s Park (1969)
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/02/21/berkeley-peoples-park-1968-peoples-park-1969

April 2018

April 6
UC Berkeley worker attacked, robbed at People’s Park
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/04/06/uc-berkeley-worker-attacked-robbed-at-peoples-park

April 26
Project: The People Of People’s Park
http://projects.dailycal.org/2018/people-of-peoples-park/

April 29
P.P. Anniversary – Burnt (Michael Diehl Dancing !)
https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=Xsc7rsduYn0

May 2018

May 1 – Michael Delacour speaking at P.P. Anniversary
https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=IBj2PSO5boI

May 1, 2018 – After Years Of Hands Off Policy….
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/After-years-of-hands-off-policy-UC-plans-to-12879472.php

May 2, 2018 – UC Berkeley Plans To Build Housing In People’s Park
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/05/02/uc-berkeley-plans-to-construct-housing-in-peoples-park

May 2
KPIX CBS Video
https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=CokbwyLJIs0

May 3
On the grounds of People’s Park, UC Berkeley proposes housing for students and the homeless
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-uc-berkeley-peoples-park-20180503-htmlstory.html

May 3
UC Berkeley’s plans for People’s Park include five-story building plus memorial
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/05/11/its-not-just-peoples-park-that-will-see-housing-uc-berkeley-chancellor-vows-to-build-7500-beds-in-10-years

May 4
Video: What do people in People’s Park think of plan to put housing there?
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/05/04/video-what-do-people-in-peoples-park-think-of-plan-to-put-housing-there

May 6
Construction of student housing on People’s Park set to begin in 2020
http://www.dailycal.org/2018/05/06/chancellor-carol-christ-plans-develop-peoples-park-student-housing/

May 11
It’s not just People’s Park that will see housing. UC Berkeley chancellor vows to build 7,500 beds in 10 years
By Frances DinkelspielMay 11, 2018, 2:02 p.m.
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/05/11/its-not-just-peoples-park-that-will-see-housing-uc-berkeley-chancellor-vows-to-build-7500-beds-in-10-years

May 13
People’s Park In Berkeley A Half-Century On
May 13, 2018, Larry Wilson, The Orange County Register
https://www.ocregister..com/2018/05/13/peoples-park-in-berkeley-a-half-century-on/

May 3
By Tom Dalzell, May 3, 2018, 11:47 a.m.
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/05/03/opinion-uc-berkeley-should-not-build-housing-at-peoples-park

May 4
Video – ABC News
https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=gauzz86HefE

Chancellor’s Letter: Developing People’s Park
By Carol T. Christ
https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/summer-2018-our-town/chancellors-letter-developing-peoples-park

June 2018

June 2
Video – People’s Park Music Fesitval
https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=ZM0jEglSi6c

June 7 –
Terri Compost – “How Much Would It Cost To Replace The Services Peoples Park Provides?”
https://www.peoplespark.org/wp/how-much-would-it-cost-to-replace-the-services-peoples-park-provides/

June 18 – Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/11/uc-berkeley-converting-peoples-park-haven-for-homeless-and-drug-users-to-student-housing.html

July 2018

August 2018

People’s Park and the political potential of photo captions
http://www.dailycal..org/2018/06/22/peoples-park-political-potential-photo-captions/

August 22 – Man Struck With Metal Pole in People’s Park
https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Victim-Struck-With-Metal-Pole-In-People-s-Park-13176268.php

August 23
Man assaults victim with metal pole in People’s Park on Tuesday evening
http://www.dailycal..org/2018/08/23/aggravated-assault-peoples-park-tuesday-evening/

August 23
Opinion: It’s Time To Build On People’s Park
http://www.dailycal.org/2018/08/23/peoples-park/

Op-Ed: People’s Park is a historical monument worth fighting for
Friday, September 14, 2018
http://www.dailycal.org/2018/09/14/peoples-park-is-a-historical-monument-worth-fighting-for/


On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 10:11 PM Tim Roust <timroust@gmail.com> wrote:
This document is intended to be a listing of every web article or youtube video related to People’s Park in the last year or so.

It would be good to maintain this list as a google doc which could be updated over time.

It took me hours to compile all of these links. It is meant to be a starting point, Please fill in the blanks with whatever articles I overlooked.

I had to stop compiling, because most of the articles I read were too depressing. The coverage so far is very one sided. I feel there are thousands of positive stories about Peoples Park that have yet to be told. The only way to save people’s park is to convince the students that it is worth saving, because ultimately they have the power.

— Tim

[ Please contact me with any articles I overlooked, and I will add them to the list. ]