Events
The Berkeley Activist's Calendar, August 23-30
Worth Noting:
For the Week of August 23 – August 30 there are 5 City meetings and the Climate Emergency Mobilization Virtual Summit Series on Fossil Free Bay Area. City Council and most of the Boards and Commission are on recess.
Monday – Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board Subcommittee meets at 6 pm and the Homeless Services Panel of Experts subcommittee meets at 7 pm.
Tuesday – The Police Review Commission Subcommittee on the Acquisition and Use of Controlled Equipment meets at noon.
Thursday – The Zoning Adjustment Board (ZAB), 7 pm will be reviewing 2435 San Pablo with 42 residential units operating as Group Living Accommodations. Each 202 sq ft “unit” / room is expected to rent for $2000 with furnishings and utilities included per the staff report. ZAB will also preview 600 Addison commercial project with two buildings. The Design Review Committee (DRC) previewed this project August 20 and had many requests/suggestions for modifications, plus questions on traffic and concerns regarding sea level rise.
Friday – From 9 am – 12 noon the 2nd in a series of workshops from the Emergency Mobilization Task Force will focus on a Fossil Free Bay Area. The series is free though donations to the series are encouraged. In the evening the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board meets.
We are surrounded by fires and air quality has been pretty bad. If you have an iPhone you can check the Air Quality Index in an instant in your weather application. If you don’t have an iPhone go to https://www.airnow.gov
How to check the AQI (Air Quality Index) on your iPhone go to your weather application icon, scroll down past the future forecasts to the very bottom and you will see the AQI number and a description.
The higher the AQI number, the worse the air quality. Under 50 = good, 50-100 moderate, 101-150 unhealthy for sensitive groups, 151 – 200 Unhealthy for everyone including your pets, 201-300 Very Unhealthy, 301 and higher hazardous.
Other Useful Links:
Easy map check of locations of fires and evacuation areas - to use this resource click on the fire and it will bring up the map https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1svY2AKslVNUzuhv6cc3Y6FNMQRjjoqcMMuTZrGYIEPc/htmlview?pru=AAABdDdR3vs*EOZlDaere9E6UNE73SLk7w#gid=97357612
Want to check the wind go to https://www.windy.com
Prepare Your “Go Bag” so you are ready to evacuate https://www.cityofberkeley.info/WildfireEvacuation/#Evacuation_packing_list
Sign up for AC Alerts https://member.everbridge.net
If you missed the August 22 Town Hall on Berkeley’s response to COVID-19, you can pick it up on the Mayor’s website https://www.jessearreguin.com. City Council recess ends September 14, 2020.
Sunday, August 23, 2020
No City meetings or events found
Monday, August 24, 2020
Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board IRA/AGA/Registration Committee, 6 pm
http://www.cityofberkeley.info/rent/
Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/98762196582?pwd=ZW9jd1dMUHlIY2VJUTh5RzJad3o3QT09
Teleconference: 669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 987 6219 6582 Password: 741107
Agenda: Discussion possible action 4. to recommend revisions to Emergency Regulation 1017.5 to allow reduced or discounted rents during the State of Emergency with COVID-19, 5. Recommendations regarding laws to landlord-tenant issues associated with COVID-19
Homeless Services Panel of Experts Agenda and Work Plan Subcommittee, 7 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82860029765?pwd=SFIyZStYSEhqRVREZlJSWVU0UU9ZUT09
Teleconference: 669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 828 6002 9765 Passcode: 876523
Agenda: Consideration of Revising the Panel Work Plan and Proposing bylaws
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Police Review Commission Acquisition & Use of Controlled Equipment Ordinance, Subcommittee, 12 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85395953013
Teleconference: 669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 853 9595 3013
Agenda: 4. Continue review of proposed ordinance
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
No City meetings or events found
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Zoning Adjustment Board, 7 pm
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/zoningadjustmentsboard/
Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/91239441203
Teleconference: 669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 912 3944 1203
2795 San Pablo – on Consent – demolish existing 1-story dwelling and construct 3-story, 5 unit multi-family building w/600 sq ft commercial space
3100 San Pablo – on Consent – establish 17,700 sq ft of an oncology testing lab and medical office, 69,800 sq ft of R & D in existing 402,742 sq ft building as a Variance to allow a medical use within MU-LI District where otherwise prohibited
0 (2435) San Pablo – Action – construct 4-story, 20,526 sq ft mixed-use building with 42 Group Living Accommodation rooms and 800 sq ft of ground floor commercial/retail on two vacant parcels
600 Addison – Project Preview – demolish existing buildings on industrial site of approximately 8.67 acres and construct R & D campus containing 2 buildings totaling 521,810 sq ft and 1,044 parking spaces, MU-LI
Friday, August 28, 2020
Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force Virtual Summit Series, 9 am - 12 pm
Topic: Fossil Fuel Free Bay Area
Register in advance: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-emergency-mobilization-task-force-virtual-summit-series-2-tickets-116248385049 Event is free
Conference links provided with registration.
Workshops: Decommissioning California Refineries and Beyond, “I Can’t Breathe” Bay Area Air Quality and Environmental Justice, Power Mapping the Air District Climate and Environmental Justice Campaigns for controlling carbon pollution and How to defund the fossil fuel industry.
Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, 7 pm
http://www.cityofberkeley.info/rent/
Videoconference: not posted
Teleconference: not posted Meeting ID:
Agenda Not Posted check Tuesday
Saturday, August 29, 2020 and Sunday, August 30, 2020
No City meetings or events found
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Public Hearings Scheduled – Land Use Appeals
1346 Ordway, TBD
Notice of Decision (NOD) and Use Permits With End of Appeal Period
1575 Allston 9/8/2020
1451 Catherine 8/24/20
2716-18 Durant 9/1/20
3116 Ellis 9/1/2020
2410 Grant 8/24/2020
28 Hillcrest 8/25/2020
2956 Hillegass 9/1/2020
1231 Oxford 8/25/2020
832 Peralta 9-8-2020
2870 Webster 9/1/2020
91 Whitaker 9/8/2020
LINK to Current Zoning Applications https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Planning_and_Development/Land_Use_Division/Current_Zoning_Applications.aspx
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WORKSHOPS
Sept 29 – Digital Strategic Plan/FUND$ Replacement Website Update, Zero Waste Priorities, Vision 2050
Oct 20 – Update Berkeley’s 2020 Vision, BMASP/Berkeley Pier-WETA Ferry
Unscheduled Workshops/Presentations
Cannabis Health Considerations
Presentation from StopWaste on SB 1383
Systems Realignment
Previously Schedules and Unscheduled Items Removed From Lists
Sept 22 – Navigable Cities, Crime Report (per Mayor Arreguin the Crime Report will be rescheduled to a regular City Council meeting, the date is not available. The last crime report was in March 2019)
Ohlone Territory
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To Check For Regional Meetings with Berkeley Council Appointees go to
To check for Berkeley Unified School District Board Meetings go to
https://www.berkeleyschools.net/schoolboard/board-meeting-information/
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This meeting list is also posted on the Sustainable Berkeley Coalition website.
http://www.sustainableberkeleycoalition.com/whats-ahead.html and in the Berkeley Daily Planet under activist’s calendar http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com
When notices of meetings are found that are posted after Friday 5:00 pm they are added to the website schedule https://www.sustainableberkeleycoalition.com/whats-ahead.html and preceded by LATE ENTRY
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