The fight for 1921 Walnut St.: A history of 8 rent-controlled units
Eliana Marcu/Senior Staff
The eight rent-controlled units that once encompassed 1921 Walnut St. are now little more than a barren construction site.
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‘Level playing field’: UC Berkeley breaks ground on Anchor House
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.
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Berkeley City Council should revisit agreement with UC Board of Regents over Long Range Development Plan
CITY AFFAIRS: By holding a closed session, the city of Berkeley may have violated the Brown Act.
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.
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UC regents, City Council have turned their backs on Berkeley community
Berkeley citizens feel besieged by the overreach of UC Berkeley, and our outrage is compounded by the arrogance and indifference of its administration.
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‘Here because I am mad’: Community activists protest UC Board of Regents
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.
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‘Don’t know what they’re thinking’: Berkeley community criticizes city, campus deal
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.
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Why 1921 Walnut St. matters
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.
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1921 Walnut St. tenants file lawsuit, oppose UC Berkeley’s Anchor House
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.
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UC Berkeley students circulate petition to call for new housing plans
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.
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UC Berkeley should reconsider its proposed student housing plans at People’s Park, 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.
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