EdSource

Newsom says law ‘needs to change’ after UC Berkeley housing project blocked

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the California Environmental Quality Act “needs to change” after a court cited it while blocking UC Berkeley from building student housing at People’s Park. In a ruling issued ...
KQED

Berkeley Housing Boom: More Than 1,400 New Units Under Way

More than 1,400 housing units are currently in development in downtown Berkeley, with demolition preparations on one of the first big projects getting under way this week. There are eight projects, ...
EdSource

UC Berkeley continues with People’s Park student housing development despite continued resistance

EdSource · How one student got her middle school to change its name (rebroadcast) When they first moved from their semi-rural hometown, Rico Marisol found the bustle of Berkeley stress-inducing. In ...
East Bay Times

UC Berkeley can begin construction of $312 million housing development at historic People’s Park, judge rules

UC Berkeley’s proposal to develop housing at People’s Park dodged another bullet Friday — more than a half-century after a similar plan sparked a violent clash that established People’s Park as a ...
The Daily Californian

Berkeley Food & Housing Project provides affordable housing, meals

The Berkeley Food & Housing Project, or BFHP, is developing a project that will provide affordable housing and free meals to Berkeley’s low-income and homeless communities. Named the Hope Center, the ...

Patch AM: What Finland’s housing fix could mean for Berkeley’s homeless neighbors

Also, don’t miss Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in San Francisco, CA! on the Berkeley Patch calendar ...
HousingWire

Berkeley Targets Housing Crisis By Ending Single-Family Zoning

Housing advocates across the country have sought to address the shortage of affordable homes by replacing decades-old single-family zoning with policies that upzone for greater urban density. Despite ...