Berkeley City Council passes police reform amid national protests
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Berkeley City Council banned tear gas outright as well as police usage of pepper spray and smoke during the COVID-19 pandemic at a meeting Tuesday.
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ASUC hosts virtual town hall to discuss housing, COVID-19
The ASUC External Affairs Vice President’s office hosted a virtual town hall with a Berkeley city commissioner Tuesday evening to discuss COVID-19, housing and rent.
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LIVE: Updates on the COVID-19 situation in Berkeley
Here’s what we know about the city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley’s campus response to COVID-19, more colloquially known as coronavirus.
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Proposed Verizon Wireless 4G facility in North Berkeley garners health concerns
An application filed in December 2019 by Verizon Wireless with the city of Berkeley Zoning Adjustments Board to install a rooftop wireless facility in North Berkeley has been met with health concerns.
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Proposed 8-story housing complex would replace Urban Outfitters, The Ink Stone
The Urban Outfitters store on Bancroft Way closed earlier this month, making way for a potential eight-story mixed-use building project set across from the UC Berkeley campus that is projected to start construction mid-2021.
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Berkeley approves plan to demolish 2 buildings, build 156 housing units
A plan to turn two standing commercial buildings on Shattuck Avenue into a 156-unit apartment and commercial complex was officially approved Thursday, which marked the end of the city of Berkeley’s appeal period for the project.
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Berkeley City Council upholds enforcement of sidewalk regulations at regular meeting
Talks surrounding the affirmation of a Zoning Adjustments Board, or ZAB, approval of an administrative use permit for a project on 1444 Fifth St. and a proposed moratorium of the “Shared Sidewalk” policy dominated discussion at Berkeley City Council’s regular meeting May 28.
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Berkeley City Council approves construction of Kaiser Permanente offices, parking lot
On April 30, Berkeley City Council voted to approve the construction of a Kaiser Permanente medical office building and a surface parking lot to serve patients.
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Berkeley City Council to discuss zoning board appeal, missing middle housing
Berkeley City Council is scheduled to discuss a contentious Zoning Adjustments Board appeal and a much-anticipated missing middle housing report at its regular meeting Tuesday.
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Berkeley City Council returns 57-unit development project to zoning board
The Berkeley City Council narrowly voted to send a development proposal for a five-story development back to the Zoning Adjustments Board, or ZAB, at Tuesday regular meeting, holding off from approving the project until some design tweaks are implemented.
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