Courtesy of saveoaks.comJudge issues key ruling in UC stadium lawsuit
Berkeley Daily Planet, 14 December 2007The myth of cooperation
Sharon Hudson, Berkeley Daily Planet, 7 September 2007Berkeley rejects athletic center settlement
Daily Californian, 5 September 2007Berkeley city council rejects UC offer over sports training center
San Francisco Chronicle, 4 September 2007_______________________
Anne Wagley on the Strawberry Canyon Watershed
19 August 2007City of Berkeley’s brief in Cal Stadium case
31 July 2007Lawyers question UC Stadium settlement offer
Berkeley Daily Planet, 3 July 2007University offers to scale back renovation plan
But shrinking parking garage, seismic test fail to sway city
San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2007_______________________
Photo: Daniella Thompson, 2006Town-Gown dialog following Judge Miller’s injunction
Now it all makes perfect sense.
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The University of California, Berkeley, can’t cut down century-old oak trees to start construction on a $125 million sports training facility until a court rules on lawsuits filed by groups opposing the project.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Barbara Miller of Hayward, California, issued a preliminary injunction today barring the university from removing the native oak trees or taking any action that “would result in change or alteration of the physical environment.”
Construction would cause “irreparable harm,” and the city of Berkeley and environmental groups would likely succeed in their lawsuits to block the project, Miller said.
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01/29/07 4:20 PST (BCN)
University of California, Berkeley Vice Chancellor Nathan Brostrom said today that he’s “very disappointed” that a judge has issued a preliminary injunction stopping the construction of an athletic training center near the university’s football stadium.
But Brostrom said he believes the ruling by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Barbara Miller is “only a temporary setback” in the university’s bid to build seven new facilities with a total of 451,000 square feet of new construction. [...]
Brostrom said the university hasn’t yet decided if it will review Miller’s ruling.
University attorney Charles Olson said the only legal ground to appeal the ruling is if it’s determined that Miller abused her discretion in granting the preliminary injunction.
Brostrom said the university’s next step is to hire a construction manager.
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01/29/07 7:40 PST (BCN)
Mayor Tom Bates said today that he hopes the University of California, Berkeley will reconsider its approach to the construction of an athletic training center and facilities near the university’s football stadium in the wake of a judge’s ruling. [...]
“I hope the university will take another look at its plan, and if they build a new facility, they put it where it is earthquake-safe,” Bates said. [...]
Bates said, “I would be shocked if the university would suddenly turn a cold shoulder to us because we wouldn’t turn a cold shoulder toward them.”
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Professors to the rescue of trees
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Hey, ho, Birgeneau, you say “Chop,” we say “No!”
Chant of student demonstrators
on Friday, 12 January 2007
Former mayor Shirley Dean, councilmember Betty Olds, and Save the Bay founder Sylvia McLaughlin spent an hour in an oak tree on Monday, 22 January 2007, to protest UC’s plans to cut down the Memorial Stadium oak grove. (photo: Daniella Thompson)
Photo: Daniella Thompson
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State Legislative Analyst’s Office recommends greater legislative oversight over UC’s LRDPs20 December 2006
City of Berkeley sues to stop Cal stadium expansion19 September 2006
Santa Cruz makes move to check growth at UC31 July 2006
State Supreme Court:
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