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Worth Noting:

Two Community meetings worth attending before plans are set in stone:

Monday at 6 pm is the redesign for Ashby BART Plaza.

Wednesday at 6:30 pm is Santa Fe Right of Way Park development planning meeting.

There are no City Council meetings scheduled including no council committee meetings. The October 11 City Council regular meeting is available for review. Agenda Item 23 is on the Hopkins Corridor. The October 11 special meeting at 4 pm agenda is not posted.

Thursday the Housing Advisory Commission and Landmark’s Preservation Commission both meet at 7 pm.

Saturday Berkeley Neighborhoods Council CANCELED the planned meeting for October 8.

Don’t forget to check for meetings posted on short notice https://berkeleyca.gov/

The Housing Element Draft Environmental Impact Report is a plan for adding 19,098 housing units not the RHNA 8,934. As stated at the Planning Commission in the presentation, the larger number is to push changing zoning in the City of Berkeley. The Comment Period ends October 17, 2022 at 5 pm. The document including appendices is over 500 pages.

https://berkeleyca.gov/construction-development/land-use-development/general-plan-and-area-plans/housing-element-update

Register to vote by October 24 for the November 28, 022 election. Ballot mailing starts October 10.

Register early for the EV test drive on October 15 at 11 am – 3 pm at https://tinyurl.com/RideElectric2022 or

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/5th-annual-ride-electric-at-the-harvest-festival-registration-406380624387

Monday, October 3, 2022 -more-

Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin has long been one of my favorite operas. So I looked forward to an acclaimed production of Eugene Onegin by Canadian director Robert Carson that is currently presented at San Francisco Opera. Alas, when I attended this production on October 1. -more-

The Free Speech Movement Archives (FSM-A) recently sent out a notice announcing a string of upcoming events celebrating famed singer/activist Barbara Dane." This is an edited version of the press release.

In October 1964, Barbara Dane, stood in Sproul Plaza atop a police car containing an arrested activist named Jack Weinberg. Dane sang some rousing, FSM-customized versions of classic spirituals like Go Tell It On The Mountain and then lowered her guitar to address the crowd of student protesters: “It was a long time there in the early fifties—especially when you couldn’t seem to get a rise out of anybody about anything, 'cause everybody thought they had to play it safe, play it cool, don’t take part, and I want to say that I, as a waiter and watcher and prodder and hoping that things would get moving again, I want to thank you all for being here. It’s marvelous.” Listen! to the KPFA recording.

And here's the good news: Barbara Dane has conspired with Berkeley's prestigious Heyday Books to release a new book, "This Bell Still Rings: My Life of Defiance and Song"—a jaw-dropping autobiography like no other. -more-