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Public discourse by BLUE members
and other concerned Berkeleyans

Photo: Daniella Thompson, 2005

The University as Neighbor

• The true state of City-University relations
   5 June 2008

• Greater legislative oversight over UC’s
LRDPs Recommended
   11 January 2007

• UC Berkeley has adopted a pecuniary state of mind
   8 October 2006

• Santa Cruz makes move to check growth at UC
   19 September 2006

• Town and Gown:
  Great things are happening... elsewhere
   11 July 2006

• Master Plan in whole, not in part
   21 May 2006

• The dark side of Cal makes some people BLUE
   22 October 2005 (illustrated)

• University Inc.:
   Book reveals universities behaving badly
   26 April 2005
• Self-government:
   An idea whose time has come?
   2 November 2004
• UC expansion poses threats to taxpayers, city services
   27 April 2004

• Lab growth threatens Strawberry Canyon site
   21 November 2003

• Lab stewardship includes caring for creek
   29 July 2003

Land Use

• Notes on NIMBYism [pdf]
   8–22 August 2006

Downtown Area Plan

• Planning for downtown Berkeley’s future
   2 December 2005

City-UC LRDP Settlement

• The City’s secret sellout to UC
   22 February 2006

• Secret meetings, secret votes, secret document:
   City sells out to UC
   27 May 2005

• UC deal requires public scrutiny
   24 May 2005

• Through the looking glass
   10 May 2005

UCB 2020 LRDP EIR

• Final LRDP shows university’s true colors
   And the city sees red, not blue and gold
   7 January 2005

• UC expansion causes major traffic impact
   7 January 2005

• Will the university’s transportation policies
    be part of the problem or part of the solution?
   18 May 2004

• LRDP review:
   UC’s latest release panned
   18 May 2004

UCB 2020 LRDP NOP

• UC plans hint at major expansion to come (Part 2)
   23 September 2003

• UC Plan portends major changes for city (Part 1)
   19 September 2003