Zoning Adjustments Board

Years of resistance from community members failed to keep Berkeley Honda out of its new location, which opened for business March 23.

The housing development project at 1310 Haskell St. has appeared before Berkeley City Council multiple times, as neighbors have fought the proposed development. Now that the project has been approved, the developer, Matt Baran of Baran Studio Architecture, can apply for building permits, according to city spokesperson Matthai Chakko.

Berkeley City Council will meet Tuesday to discuss proposed reforms to Berkeley Police Department’s use of force policy, among other items.

City Council discussed a Zoning Adjustments Board, or ZAB, appeal and alternative sources of funding for homeless service nonprofit agencies at its regular meeting Tuesday.

Berkeley City Council will discuss proposals related to a city homeless fund and news helicopter noise, among other items, at its regular meeting Oct. 17.

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.

The 2902 Adeline Street Neighbors, an unincorporated nonprofit neighborhood association to protect low-income housing, is suing the city of Berkeley over a mixed-use construction project at its namesake address.

The five-floor project — to be called The Blake — will be located at 2035 Blake Street and will include 67 bike-parking spaces, electronic voltage-ready parking stalls and rooftop solar panels.

On Thursday evening the Zoning Adjustments Board convened to discuss a potential development project near the intersection of Adeline and Ashby. The project would involve the demolition of Flacos, a popular vegan Mexican restaurant.

“I don’t want to own rentals in Berkeley, I don’t want to own an office in Berkeley, and I don’t want to build in Berkeley, ever again,” Winkler said.