Comment by breakyerself
17 hours ago
I would just say that NIMBYS that weaponize environmental regulation for purposes it wasn't written for aren't environmentalists.
17 hours ago
I would just say that NIMBYS that weaponize environmental regulation for purposes it wasn't written for aren't environmentalists.
That's a great hypothetical, but it's not supported by the article. There are claims that NIMBYs are doing this or that, but follow the links to the supplementary articles and it's baseless. I only find evidence that students and homeless protested. Those aren't NIMBY homeowners.
To me, it seems UC wants to bulldoze a park famous for homeless camps and replace it with student housing. Pro-development is trying to cast the UC expansion in the same light as folks asking for affordable housing. But, UC is not providing useful housing for residents of Berkley.
Fortunately, this egregious nonsense lead to the CEQA rules being modified so that NIMBYs like these can't weaponize them so easily in situations like this.
https://calmatters.org/housing/2025/06/ceqa-urban-developmen...