You see Mr Barro, It's not that Michael Barnes opposes all housing it's just that this particular housing is bad because of some complicated process issue.
You see Mr Barro, It's not that Michael Barnes opposes all housing it's just that this particular housing is bad because of some complicated process issue.
This is not what I said. I clearly stated that I think the People's Park site should have already been housing. I disagree with the community group plaintiffs on that one. The other site, now a parking lot on the north side of campus, is designated for graduate student and faculty housing. I don't have any objections to that one, either. It should also be pointed out that UC Berkeley has been talking out long-term leases on newly constructed private apartment buildings in Berkeley, essentially turned them into dormitories. The city and the campus have reached an agreement that the campus will longer do that. I suspect that's because group quarters (dormitories, prisons, etc) generally cannot be counted as housing under the state's Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) goals. You can hear the plantiffs' arguments here:
You see Mr Barro, It's not that Michael Barnes opposes all housing it's just that this particular housing is bad because of some complicated process issue.
This is not what I said. I clearly stated that I think the People's Park site should have already been housing. I disagree with the community group plaintiffs on that one. The other site, now a parking lot on the north side of campus, is designated for graduate student and faculty housing. I don't have any objections to that one, either. It should also be pointed out that UC Berkeley has been talking out long-term leases on newly constructed private apartment buildings in Berkeley, essentially turned them into dormitories. The city and the campus have reached an agreement that the campus will longer do that. I suspect that's because group quarters (dormitories, prisons, etc) generally cannot be counted as housing under the state's Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) goals. You can hear the plantiffs' arguments here:
https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/03/california-housing-crisis-college-podcast/