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UPDATE: After Councilmember Susan Wengraf insisted, Berkeley City Councilmembers got a hasty glance at the pre-drafted amicus letter supporting aspects of UCB Berkeley's appeal of Superior Court Brad Seligman's ruling that the university, just like any large for-profit corporation, must research the environmental impacts of its proposed expansion. The letter seems to be narrowly drafted, covering just the remedy of using the low 2020 COVID-19 enrollment as the basis for stopping added enrollment unti the enviromental review is complete. Only Councilmembers Hahn, Harrison and Wengraf appeared to understand this. However, the vote to authorize the letter was unanimous.
Read it here. 

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[Thursday night] This just in: Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin and his captive city councilmembers are meeting tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. to vote to expend City of Berkeley funds to suck up to the University of California.He and his cronies dropped the city's suit against the University for a paltry $80-some millions, an amount which doesn't come close to compensating for the school's reliance on our streets, sidewalks, water pipes, police and, and, and.... Presumably this is connected to Arreguin's rumored plan to run for State Senator Nancy Skinner's seat (Like Jesse, she's a former UCB Student Government product, now termed out) and Droste's parallel plan to replace him.