Last Summer, protesters took on police in an attempt to stop construction at People's Park in Berkeley. A new appeals court ruling late Friday goes even further.
According to Wiener, the court is arguing that the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, requires looking at what "kind" of people are going to move in. In this case, students, who are known to be loud. Wiener says that type of stereotyping is "dangerous."
In a statement to ABC7 News, UC Berkeley says they will appeal the decision to the California Supreme Court -- adding that this new decision "bestows new privileges and power to the privileged and powerful by arming NIMBY neighbors with additional weapons to obstruct the development of all new urban housing.""Basically anyone who has the money to hire lawyer can use CEQA to try to kill anything they don't like. Even if it is super pro-environmental," Wiener said.
The appeals court also finds that UC officials did not sufficiently explore alternative student housing sites.Here's why 48,000 University of California academic workers go on strike
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