Zoning Adjustments Board

Berkeley City Council approved the 2017 Berkeley Bicycle Plan and a proposed development at 2902 Adeline St. at its Tuesday regular meeting.

The Berkeley City Council will meet Tuesday for a special meeting discussing the proposed fiscal year 2018-19 budget, in addition to a regular meeting to adopt a resolution regarding the proposed building at 2902 Adeline Street, 2908 Adeline Street and 1946 Russell Street.

A set of maps from the United States Geological Survey website has sparked debate about the development of affordable housing on the Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto’s parking lot, because of information gleaned about the site’s environmental history.

On Wednesday, indigenous activist groups organized a spring equinox demonstration defending the sacred site of the West Berkeley Shellmound on 1900 4th St., where developers are looking to build residential units.

Berkeley City Council passed a motion at its special meeting Tuesday to extend discussion regarding the Zoning Adjustments Board’s approval of a housing project on 2902 Adeline St. after controversy emerged over a deal struck between the project developers and the community.

Sophie Hahn is now a District 5 Berkeley City Council member. But she’s also a mother, a former lawyer, a whistleblower and an activist.

A permit allowing a full-service Honda dealership to move into a new space in South Berkeley will be automatically upheld after Berkeley City Council did not approve an appeal filed against the project at its Tuesday meeting.

After approximately five and a half hours of presentation, public comment and debate at Tuesday’s special Berkeley City Council meeting, a motion to overturn the approval of Berkeley Honda’s new dealership location on Shattuck Avenue fell one vote short of passing.

The city of Berkeley extended the public comment period for the draft Environmental Impact Report, or EIR, of the West Berkeley Project, from Feb. 9 to March 13, following a request made by the Confederated Villages of Lisjan — a tribal group that belongs to the Ohlone people.

In what was one of the most well-attended Zoning Adjustments Board meetings in the last four years, representatives of city groups and other community members met last Thursday to comment on the potential consequences of the West Berkeley Project and evaluate its draft Environmental Impact Report.