A message from our neighbors trying to save local businesses:
Tired of Build, Baby, Build! in Berkeley?
The Corridors Zoning Upgrade (CZU) is the City Council’s latest gift to real estate interests. In their
rush to get this giveaway passed, City officials have:
• not contacted local businesses
• staged bogus public input sessions in which the public was forbidden to ask questions in an open forum, while they
• had private meetings with developers, “stakeholders,” to discuss their wants
• lavished $600,000 on consultants
City officials supported runaway development that forced out small businesses and left downtown full of lifeless, empty storefronts. Now they propose bringing this to Elmwood, Solano, and North Shattuck, destroying the distinctive character of Berkeley’s neighborhoods.
• Let the City Council know you oppose their Build, Baby, Build! CZU scheme.
• Go to the City Council meeting Thursday, November 6th
School Board District Room, 1231 Addison St. (Arrive BEFORE 6pm)
• Read “Berkeley’s City Planning ‘Cancel Culture’”
https://48hills.org/2025/10/berkeleys-city-planning-cancel-culture/
• For more information: www.saveBerkeleyshops.org
Mayor
Adena Ishii
Phone: (510) 981-7100
Email: mayor@berkeleyca.gov.
City Council
| District 1 Rashi Kesarwani Phone: (510) 981-7110 Email: rkesarwani@berkeleyca.gov | District 5 Shoshana O’Keefe Phone: (510) 981-7150 Email: sokeefe@berkeleyca.gov |
| District 2 Terry Taplin Phone: (510) 981-7120 Email: ttaplin@berkeleyca.gov | District 6 Brent Blackaby Phone: (510) 981-7160 Email: bblackaby@berkeleyca.gov |
| District 3 Ben Bartlett Phone: (510) 981-7130 Email: bbartlett@berkeleyca.gov | District 7 Cecilia Lunaparra Phone: (510) 981-7170 Email: clunaparra@berkeleyca.gov |
District 4 Igor Tregub Phone: (510) 981-7140 Email: itregub@berkeleyca.gov | District 8 Mark Humbert Phone: (510) 981-7180 Email: mhumbert@berkeleyca.gov |