Court temporarily prohibits UC Berkeley from demolition, tree clearing at People's Park

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UC Berkeley is temporarily prohibited from moving forward with plans for demolition at People's Park to make way for student housing after a stay was granted by the California Court of Appeals.

is temporarily prohibited from moving forward with plans for demolition at People's Park to make way for student housing after a stay was granted by the California Court of Appeals.

"All construction, demolition, tree clearing, or other landscape alteration activities at People's Park inEarlier this month, we reported the university was in the process ofCal was set to begin building student housing this summer. The park has been the site of many protests during the 1960s and was recently named to the National Register of Historic Places. Representatives with Peoples Park Historic District Advocacy Group said a suit filed by them and Make UC A Good Neighbor, "seeks to force UC to study and to implement alternative sites for student housing, thereby preserving People’s Park.

According to the University a social worker and the city’s homeless response team are at the park on a daily basis. They identified 64 regular residents of the park, 40 of which have already been placed in transitional housing at a hotel.

 

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