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Local homeless activist Guy “Mike” Lee is filing two small claims lawsuits alleging that the city of Berkeley violated his constitutional rights during homeless encampment disbandments.
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Berkeley City Council unanimously passed the “Step Up Housing” initiative Tuesday night, working to address the homelessness crisis with plans to create up to 100 units of supportive housing.
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As Michael Cohen, a professor in the campus American studies and African American studies departments, watched his campus in flames Feb. 1, he couldn’t help but notice some striking differences between that evening and the 2011 Occupy Cal protests.
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The new City Council tackled housing in Berkeley at its first meeting of the year, winning approval from the homeless community and Berkeley residents.
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A homeless encampment near Berkeley Bowl was dismantled by Berkeley police and city officials at about 5:00 a.m. Wednesday — the twelfth disbandment to occur in a series of disbandments and relocations that began in October, according to homeless activist Guy “Mike” Lee.
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The capacity of storm shelters in Berkeley has doubled in response to a City Council directive discussed at last Tuesday’s meeting, providing about 130 people with nightly shelter as the weather in Berkeley worsens.
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City officials disbanded a homeless encampment near Old City Hall on Friday morning, after a series of similar incidents in recent months.
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The city has chosen the North Berkeley Senior Center to act as an emergency shelter this winter, replacing the former shelter at Berkeley’s First Congregational Church that was damaged in a fire this September.
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The city’s already precarious homeless situation was swept into further crisis after the emergency winter shelter at Berkeley’s First Congregational Church was damaged in September by a fire.
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Ten months after the original homeless shelter crisis declaration was issued, Berkeley City Council will consider extending the crisis declaration for another year, while discussing five other action items at the regular meeting Tuesday.
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