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People’s Park advocates filed a lawsuit against UC Berkeley Monday, seeking $4.5 million in damages for destruction that occurred during campus’s failed attempt to begin construction on the park last August.

East Bay Clean Power Alliance raised concerns over East Bay Community Energy’s, or EBCE’s, proposal to allocate funds to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland for the purpose of creating an asthma treatment program. 

Make UC a Good Neighbor, People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group and People’s Park Council filed a petition against UC Berkeley and the City of Berkeley, alleging that both parties failed to hold a public comment session for negotiations about city development plans.

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

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.

The 2020-21 Alameda County Grand Jury issued its final report June 21, offering recommendations to three county organizations. 

Berkeley City Council’s summer recess, which like those of many East Bay cities lasts about eight weeks from mid-July to mid-September, has prompted some community concerns that it at times has rushed or delayed the council's decision-making process.

Berkeley Councilmember Jesse Arreguin sent a complaint to city officials last week alleging that ballot language for a controversial initiative that he proposed contains factual errors and bias.

A judge will decide Wednesday which district lines to use in the Berkeley city election this November, following nearly half a year of controversy that ensued after the suspension of a new map passed by the city council in December.

After the city filed a lawsuit on Thursday to temporarily implement a set of recently overturned district lines for the November election, a law firm and a public interest organization alleged that the Berkeley City Council violated a government transparency law in the way they decided to do so.