California governor signs bill to clear hurdles for student housing at Berkeley’s People’s Park

for about 1,100 of its students at the 3-acre People’s Park. While university officials said the project would bring much needed housing to its students, opponents wanted the university to preserve the park and build elsewhere. The park was founded in 1969 as part of the free speech and civil rights movement when community organizers banded together to take back a site the state and university seized under eminent domain.

The appeals court’s decision prompted Democratic Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, whose district includes Berkeley, to author the legislation. Newsom filed an amicus brief in April urging the state Supreme Court to allow UC Berkeley to continue with the housing project. A UC Berkeley spokesperson said the university will ask the Supreme Court to consider the new law in its ruling.

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California governor signs bill to clear hurdles for student housing at Berkeley’s People’s ParkDemocratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill aimed at clearing the way for construction of a controversial student housing project in a historic Berkeley park.
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