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A recent Albany City Council vote has removed a hurdle in the University of California’s plans for the development of a grocery store, senior housing complex and mixed-retail center on UC-owned land in Albany.
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Occupy the Farm protesters broke into UC-owned research land in Albany again Sunday to tend to the crops they planted on the Gill Tract earlier this spring.
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Occupy the Farm protesters have cut the lock of the gate on three occasions — most recently on Sunday — since the encampment was broken up by police on May 14 in order to tend crops they had planted during their occupation of the tract.
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Twelve weeks after Occupy the Farm embarked on an arduous pursuit of local farming, the shine of the once promising movement has withered away like the leaves of a weary crop. We are in favor of the council’s decision and frustrated by the uncooperative approach of the protesters.
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The Albany City Council approved a plan for development on UC-owned land in the city despite opposition from city residents and local activists.
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The Albany City Council will convene Monday to address upcoming commercial developments that may take place on UC-owned land in the city.
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