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 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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