Letter, from Berkeley resident Stephen Alpert M.D. regarding city council overriding Landmark status for two turn of the last century buildings in order to build a 20-story and an 8-story apartment building.

Letter, by Berkeley resident Peggy Radel. Letter to the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. June 27, 2025. A response to the misleading Op-Ed by former YIMBY staffer published in the Chronicle on June 25, 2025.

Letter, by Berkeley resident Nico Calavita. Letter to the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. June 26, 2025. A response to the misleading Op-Ed by former YIMBY staffer published in the Chronicle on June 25, 2025.

Letter, by Berkeley resident Toni Mester. A letter to the City Council shows how the use of the downplayed density bonus was anticipated, more data on lot size is needed, there was insufficient outreach to the community , how private property rights could be affected due to the lack of recourse for negative impacts on adjacent properties, and how the proposal fails to utilize homeowner equity.

The Middle Housing Proposal in Berkeley is Discriminatory. A letter to the City Council from a group of organizations and individuals representing South Berkeley who explain how Middle Housing will destroy the already impacted South Berkeley communities, and debunk the claims that:
1) Middle Housing will generate market rate housing
2) With Middle Housing, Berkeley would end racist single family zoning

Letter, by Berkeley resident Barbara Hadenfeldt to the City Council describes how the Middle Housing Zoning proposal is a gift to corporate developers and that affordable housing shortage will not be remedied by this proposal.

Letter, by Berkeley resident Maggie Levanthal to Councilmember Rashi Kesarwani, in response to a form letter the Councilmember sent out to all the people who had written to her about Middle Housing.

48 Hills 23 June 2025
Berkeley’s Orwellian upzoning plan, by Zelda Bronstein
To make the General Plan conform with the Middle Housing plan, city staff have proposed amending the General Plan’s Citizen Participation Element. Purporting to improve and maximize citizen participation, the proposed amendment would eliminate public input in residential development projects, except in parts of the hills.

Letter , by Berkeley Resident Juliet Lamont, Green Infrastructure Expert and Founder of Creekcats Environmental Partners
A discussion of the drastic short term and long term consequences of the rezoning proposal, particularly how it would affect the environmental integrity of Berkeley.

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