EIR

To prevent delays in building urban housing, Assembly Bill 1633, or AB 1633, would strengthen the ability of a project to progress upon completion of an Environmental Impact Review, or EIR, required by the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA. 

Resources for Community Development, or RCD, the developer of the supportive housing at People’s Park, has pulled out of the project, according to an RCD statement.

An appellate court ruled Friday that UC Berkeley may not proceed with plans to build student and low-income housing at People’s Park, prompting calls from local and state officials to reform the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, at the heart of the lawsuit.

The 1st District Court of Appeal released an opinion regarding Make UC A Good Neighbor's CEQA lawsuit against the UC Regents alleging an inadequate environmental impact report, or EIR, for the regents' planned development on the site of People's Park on Friday.

The Berkeley City Council unanimously approved proposed zoning at the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations during a special meeting Thursday that extended into Friday, setting the building height limit at both stations to seven stories.

The city of Berkeley and its community members have denounced campus’s 2021 Long Range Development Plan, or LRDP, and its environmental report for its lack of consideration of impacts on the city.