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More than 50 community members packed the room — with more people than chairs available — for the Landmarks Preservation Commission meeting Thursday to protest development at 1900 Fourth St., also known as the West Berkeley Shellmound.
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The developers of 1900 Fourth St. intend to sue the city of Berkeley if expedited development of their project is not approved.
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A 2017 California state law could allow a real estate developer to begin construction of an apartment complex on a site in West Berkeley considered sacred by Ohlone people after years of controversy and debate.
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About 15 people gathered at the West Berkeley Shellmound on Monday to pay a land tax and paint a ground mural that said “Save West Berkeley Shellmound.”
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For Corrina Gould, a member of the Ohlone tribe, the site at 1900 Fourth St. is more than a parking lot — to her, the site is a sacred burial land and the first inhabited village of the first people in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Local indigenous leaders held a press conference Friday to provide updates on their continued efforts to prevent development at the West Berkeley Shellmound site at 1900 4th St., which they consider to be a sacred burial site of the Ohlone Indians.
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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.
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