Act Locally, Week of Sept 24 to Oct 1
Notes: Indivisible Berkeley Take Action page lists actions you can do from home,
September 25 is last day to comment on the DEIR (Draft Environmental Impact Report) for 2190 Shattuck Avenue – the 18 story, 194 ft mixed use building at Shattuck Ave and Allston. Building right in the view from Campanile Way.
As of Friday, September 22, 6:43 pm it is unknown if media personalities will appear and if “Free Speech Week” at UC Berkeley is on or off. Berkeley Patriot event organizers have not responded to UCB requests for a list of confirmed speakers. Whether Yiannopoulos will appear on Wednesday to speak at UCB is unknown.
City Council meeting for September 26 is canceled. The agenda for Oct 3 is posted here. All the agenda items from what was the September 26 th meeting are now listed as a special meeting starting at 4:00 pm and then the regular Oct 3 session starting at 6:00 pm. Porta Potties are on the 6:00 pm agenda.
Plan ahead, two day national conference, Take Back the Vote, October 7 and 8, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm at South Berkeley Senior Center
This meeting list is also posted on the Sustainable Berkeley Coalition website.
Tax the Rich rally, 5 pm – 6 pm, top of Solano in front of closed Oaks Theater
Children, Youth and Recreation Commission, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, 2800 Park St, Frances Albrier Community Center at San Pablo Park
Youth Commission, 6:30 pm, 1730 Oregon St, Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Services Center
Zero Waste Commission, 7 – 9 pm, 1901 Hearst Ave, North Berkeley Senior Center
Public Banking Funds Sustainable Energy – panel discussion at Oakland City Hall, 6 – 9 pm, Oakland City Hall, Frank H Ogawa Plaza
How the Farm Bill Affects Hunger – And What You Can Do About It, 5:30 – 7 pm, 7900 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, Alameda Co. Food Bank
Eviction/Section 8/Foreclosure Committee of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, 5:30 pm, 2001 Center St. Law Library 2nd Floor
Civic Arts Commission, 6:30 pm – 9 pm, 1901 Hearst Ave, North Berkeley Senior Center
Commission on the Status of Women, 6:30 – 9 pm, 1901 Hearst Ave, North Berkeley Senior Center
Disaster and Fire Safety Commission, 7 – 9 pm, 997 Cedar St, Fire Department Training Center
Energy Commission, Wednesday, Sept 27, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, 1901 Hearst Ave, North Berkeley
Senior Center
Peace and Justice Commission – Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Subcommittee, 12:30 – 2 pm, 2180 Milvia St, Cottonwood Conf. Room, Civic Center, 1 st Floor
Police Review Commission, 7 – 9:30 pm, 2939 Ellis St, South Berkeley Senior Center, agenda includes CPE report, new policy recording of law enforcement, urban shield, urgency ordinance, pepper spray ordinance and crowd control
Community Health Commission, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, 2939 Ellis St. South Berkeley
Senior Center, (no meeting in August or December, November meeting is 3rd Thursday
Mental Health Commission, 7 – 9:00 pm, 1901 Hearst Ave, North Berkeley Senior Center, agenda includes possible action on ZAB appeal of 2527 San Pablo and bylaws
Zoning Adjustments Board, 7 – 11:30 pm, 2134 MLK Jr. Way, City Council Chambers
- 2811-2815 Channing Way – merge 2 lots, renovate 8-unit apt building, convert single family home and duplex into triplexes for total 14 dwelling units – staff recommend approve
- 2510 Channing – demolish a two story commercial building and construct 7 story mixed use with 36 dwelling units and 2500 sq ft ground level commercial space. – staff recommend approve
- 1155-1173 Hearst Ave – merge 2 lots, substantially rehabilitate 7 existing dwelling units and construct 11 new dwelling units. 6 rent controlled dwellings are currently at this site. Multiple objections to this project plus a terraphase engineering technical memorandum on conditions of soil, flooding and report presented by developer, staff recommend approve
– 9:00 pm, 390 27 th Street, Humanist Hall, agenda “What It Takes to Defeat the Right: the Politics of
Unity
Nothing eventful yet – as of Friday, Sept 22,
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Nothing eventful yet – as of Friday, Sept 22,
Sunday, October 1, 2017
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