The footage was shot by Harold Adler, impresario of The Art House Gallery and Cultural Center in Berkeley and longtime photographer and videographer. Link below: -more-

On May 8th of 1978 the University of California's Associate Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs J. H. (Ted) Chenoweth signed a Letter of Agreement with People's Park's neighbors, gardeners, project participants and users affirming the use of the park as "primarily reserved for educational, research and recreational purposes." It included a suggested mechanism for disputes resolution, maintenance, and additional issues. It was the first of three agreements over 1978 to 1979. In his outgoing letter to Vice Chancellor Kerley, Chenoweth stated "I expect to remain active as a member of the People's Park Council" to assist with "communication and coordination." He is not the only original signer who lives nearby, ready to assist with a framework for the park's future. -more-

Editor, New York Times:

The opinion piece by your recent appointment to the editorial section, Mr. Manjoo, misses the point entirely in his support for SB 50.

The housing crisis in California is caused by gross imbalance in high paying tech jobs overwhelming the area’s resources. Normal incomes simply can’t compete with tech salaries. -more-

I hope you read the recent Planet article by Thomas Lord for exposing the basis of UC Berkeley's antagonism to People's Park. As he noted, the University is quite willing to hurt students and people generally to exploit public land for private gain. The University claims it wants to build housing for students in People's Park. But as Lord reminds UC there are plenty of other spaces on the campus to provide student housing. -more-

The letter below was sent to Berkeley City Council members:

The BCA Steering Committee is writing you to support plans to develop affordable housing on Berkeley's BART stations and minimize the carbon footprint of these dwellings.

The for-profit housing market has built and continues to build abundant market-rate housing in Berkeley. However, in many cases, this market-rate housing is not housing Berkeley’s residents but is rented out as short term housing. -more-

The President acting the role of “bad cop” warned North Korea with nuclear destruction, boasting about “a fury like the world has never seen”. Excited by the possibility of being nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, if he could reach a peace accord, the President abruptly changed his role to “good cop,” claiming he and the North Korean leader were “in love” but sadly Kim Jong-un rebuffed his advances. -more-

On April 25th, former Vice-President Joe Biden launched his 2020 presidential campaign. On May 18th, Biden gave his first campaign address in Philadelphia (http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1905/18/cnr.05.html), making clear what his strategy will be. His campaign is not policy based, it is personality based. Joe has taken the role of the anti-Trump. -more-

People with psychiatric disabilities cannot take for granted that we will always have our full faculties. While most people seem to assume their minds aren't playing tricks on them or failing them in other ways, people with mental illness cannot make that assumption, for numerous reasons. -more-

Weed Culture Goes Straight

We knew this day would come, 'way back in the Sixties. That was when the Underground Press revealed a major tobacco company had taken out a patent on the name "Acapulco Gold" (a widely popular variety of pot). Now, in the Tens of a New Century, we have alternative weeklies that are filled with pot news and weed ads celebrating the availability of a growing range of commercial marijuana products.

Even so, a recent two-page spread in the East Bay Express has raised the bar for ad firms working to engage new customers with targeted print media "pot spots." The pioneering hippies and potheads of yesterday would surely be appalled, but there it was: A photo of a clean-shaven, white Millennial, dressed in a neatly pressed business shirt and tie, contemplating a well-rolled reefer clamped firmly in his right hand. The high-minded ad copy read:

"Smoke for the job you want… Not the one you have.

Unlock your creativity with our CBD-rich daytime flowers, designed to get you into that successful headspace without the overwhelming high."

So forget that cup of morning Joe and dispense with the post-work mug of brew.

It you want to succeed in today's competitive business world, just inhale, get high, and get hired!

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Worth Noting and Showing Up:

Tuesday – 2:30 pm Agenda Planning committee for June 11 City Council meeting and 6:00 pm City Council Regular meeting

Wednesday – 6:30 pm Adeline Corridor Draft Plan presentation

Saturday and Sunday – 16^th Berkeley World Music Festival noon – 8:00 pm



Sunday, May 26, 201

Roses in Bloom Acoustical Series, 3 – 5 pm at Rose Garden

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/CalendarEventMain.aspx?calendarEventID=16112

Monday, May 27, 2019

Memorial Day Holiday

Tax the Rich Rally, with music by Occupella, 5 – 6 pm at the Top of Solano in front of the Closed Oaks Theater, Rain Cancels -more-