1921 Walnut St.

The eight rent-controlled units that once encompassed 1921 Walnut St. are now little more than a barren construction site.

UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ and other campus representatives broke ground on the site of the Helen Diller Anchor House on Monday, over a year after the project’s initial announcement.

City Council should revisit the Long Range Development Plan — including allocation plans for the UC’s $82.6 million payment — in an open session. Berkeley residents must, at the very least, be in the room where that decision happens.

Berkeley citizens feel besieged by the overreach of UC Berkeley, and our outrage is compounded by the arrogance and indifference of its administration.

The Coalition for a Truly Public UC gathered in downtown Oakland at 8 a.m. Wednesday to protest the UC Board of Regents, including their recent vote on campus’s plans to redevelop People’s Park and 1921 Walnut St.

The UC Board of Regents approved UC Berkeley’s Long Range Development Plan, or LRDP, on Wednesday, more than a week after Berkeley City Council approved a $82.6 million tentative agreement with campus regarding pending litigation and housing projects.

We ask the UC Board of Regents to examine the tactics of UC Berkeley and oppose any and all plans to demolish 1921 Walnut St. or evict the tenants.

The Save 1921 Walnut St. group issued a press release and filed a lawsuit against the UC Regents in response to campus’s plans to allegedly evict current tenants to establish Anchor House, as discussed in the Regents board meeting May 12.

Campus students have been circulating a petition on Twitter that urges UC Berkeley to create new housing plans to replace current ones that risk People’s Park and 1921 Walnut St.

We call on Chancellor Christ to respect opposition to the proposed plans, return to the drawing board and find alternative solutions to the student housing problem that are broadly acceptable to our entire community.