Articles
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 UCs
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]
822 August 2006
Downtown Area Plan
Planning for downtown Berkeleys future
2 December 2005
City-UC LRDP Settlement
The Citys 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 universitys 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 universitys transportation policies
be part of the problem or part of the solution?
18 May 2004
LRDP review:
UCs 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