Cheryl Davila

On Thursday, Caltrans cleared the Seabreeze and University Avenue Interstate 80 underpass homeless encampment in the Berkeley Marina.

Tuesday’s city council meeting saw an overflowing docket after reconvening from summer recess — ranging from bold drug policies to addressing homelessness.

The main rationale behind the ban, according to City Manager Dee Williams-Ridley, is to prevent youth and young adults from having easy access to the potentially addicting products.

For the last time before it resumes in September, Berkeley City Council met Tuesday night to continue discussion on RV owners’ rights and parking restrictions within the city.

Ultimately, all motions to amend policies on the use of spit hoods — including those proposed by the Berkeley Police Department — failed to pass during the meeting; the current law will be held in place.

A vocal crowd of about 60 people gathered in Berkeley Unified School District’s boardroom for a controversial Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday night to discuss restorative justice practices for a housing instability incident, among other things.

Talks surrounding the affirmation of a Zoning Adjustments Board, or ZAB, approval of an administrative use permit for a project on 1444 Fifth St. and a proposed moratorium of the "Shared Sidewalk" policy dominated discussion at Berkeley City Council’s regular meeting May 28.

“He spoke the truth like a perfect bell ringing,” said Councilmember Sophie Hahn, adding that “Barclay was truly and obviously a brilliant person.”

On April 30, Berkeley City Council voted to approve the construction of a Kaiser Permanente medical office building and a surface parking lot to serve patients.

The Berkeley City Council revisited the issue of recreational vehicles, or RVs, in the city at its regular meeting Tuesday, adopting a second reading of the ordinance that clarified that the ban would not go into effect until after the creation of an RV permitting program.