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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_123575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/Trappist-by-Colin-Burke-McClure-720x479.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-123575\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/Trappist-by-Colin-Burke-McClure-720x479-640x425.jpg\" alt=\"The Trappist in Oakland: one of the many spots that are part of a renaissance in craft beer appreciation . (Colin Burke McClure/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Trappist in Oakland: one of the many spots that are part of a renaissance in craft beer appreciation . (Colin Burke McClure/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Thomas Riley, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Craft beer aficionados in the East Bay have had much to celebrate over the past few years with a veritable explosion of new spots specializing in small-production handcrafted beers from across the country and around the world — many of which serve tasty bites as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's The Trappist, Beer Revolution, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/?s=Hog%E2%80%99s+Apothecary&x=-488&y=-108\" target=\"_blank\">Hog’s Apothecary\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/?s=Torpedo+Room&x=-488&y=-108\" target=\"_blank\">Sierra Nevada’s Torpedo Room\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/moxy-beer-garden/\" target=\"_blank\">Moxy Beer Garden\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/?s=The+Mead+Kitchen&x=-488&y=-108\" target=\"_blank\">The Mead Kitchen\u003c/a>, and more (check out \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/04/09/drinking-around-berkeley-a-nosh-guide/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside Nosh’s drinking map\u003c/a> for a sense of what’s out there).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And evidence suggests the craft beer phenomenon is still on the upswing, with more beer destinations slated to open this year, including \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/westbrae-biergarten/\" target=\"_blank\">Westbrae Biergarten\u003c/a> in Berkeley and, in Oakland, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fruitvale-Fermentation-Factory/1428800794017010\" target=\"_blank\">Fruitvale Fermentation Factory\u003c/a> from \u003ca href=\"http://aleindustries.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ale Industries\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://thegoodhop.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Good Hop Bottle Shop\u003c/a> on Telegraph, and a new Drakes Brewery destination in the Hive development at the corner of Broadway and 23rd Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the most compelling evidence that beer is where it’s at is in Alameda, where \u003ca href=\"http://www.duvinfinewines.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Du Vin Fine Wines\u003c/a>, an established player in the local wine scene for the past 12 years, has just morphed into Craft Beer & Wine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_123579\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 360px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/hog-apothecary.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-123579\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/hog-apothecary.png\" alt=\"Hog’s Apothecary (Berkeleyside)\" width=\"360\" height=\"274\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hog’s Apothecary (Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dan Marshall, Du Vin’s founder, has seen customer interest in his growing beer inventory intensify in the past three years. To capitalize on this rising tide of love for the suds, he has partnered up with Alameda native Russ Rasmussen to convert his wine shop into the area’s only boutique retailer of small-production beer and wine, with an emphasis in both lines on Europe, as well as a nod to quality local producers of both beverages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Craft Beer & Wine is a concept that Russ and I came up with some time ago. Coincidentally, we came up with very similar ideas independently of each other,” Marshall explained. “We’ve been meeting off and on for the past five or six years, discussing our mutual belief that the word 'craft' suggests beers and wines made with passion and care.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rasmussen, owner of the new establishment, spent many years in the insurance business before deciding to address head-on his ever-growing enthusiasm for quality beer, an interest born in his late teens during a trip to Europe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the perfect confluence of events,” Rasmussen said. “I wanted to get into the beer business and Dan wanted to expand the shop’s beer and wine offerings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rasmussen currently oversees 100 labels from around the world, with plans to carefully bring that number to 250, with an emphasis on local products as well as European ales and lagers. “I’m having fun introducing people to smoked lagers from Germany and sour ales from Belgium,” he said. Plans include a custom label of brews aged in a mix of wooden barrels from various sources, including wineries and distilleries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a wine retailer, Marshall has long focused on Europe, with an emphasis on Italy, Spain, and Greece; in fact, his lineup of Greek wines is one of the largest in the United States. With the expansion, he plans to deepen selections in all categories, eventually carrying 375 wines. 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It is a very friendly community and I think we will stand out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_123580\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 360px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/beer-revolution.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-123580\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/beer-revolution.png\" alt=\"Beer Revolution in Oakland (Berkeleyside)\" width=\"360\" height=\"287\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beer Revolution in Oakland (Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aaron Porter, co-owner of Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.thetrappist.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Trappist\u003c/a>, agrees with Marshall’s assessment of the East Bay beer community. “We tend to help each other out,” he explained. “We all recognize that we are a smaller city and we’re in this together. Whereas in San Francisco it’s people from all over the place who don’t really know each other. Everyone wants to be the hottest, best, latest new thing. The East Bay, however, seems more community-oriented. We know that helping each other out ultimately builds a better, stronger community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trappist opened on Eighth Street in Oakland in 2006, and a year ago expanded with The Trappist Provisions, a retail bottle shop with limited tap service on College Avenue on the Berkeley-Oakland border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further evidence of beer dynamism is the remarkable success of \u003ca href=\"http://beer-revolution.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Beer Revolution\u003c/a>, which opened near Jack London Square in 2010. Since then, according to owner and sole proprietor Rebecca Boyles, profits have risen 150 percent. She continues to carry more than 800 individual labels at any one time, as well as dozens of draft products that rotate on a regular basis. She, too, is optimistic about craft beer in the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People appreciate craft,” Boyles said. “It matters to them that the things they are eating or drinking are the result of passion and attention to detail. Also, Oakland has become a hub for the modern craft beer scene. And, happily, we have a diversity of outlets, which all play a particular role. What we do here at Beer Revolution is not what Aaron and Chuck are doing at The Trappist, or what is going on at Hog’s Apothecary, and so on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is there room for new players in this already busy game? Porter believes that while more and more outlets have diffused the crowd, a saturation point has yet to be reached. “We’re very aware of all the expansion in the industry right now and especially in terms of local growth,” he said. “It will take some time to see if the population exists for all this business. Right now, there’s still room here to grow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boyles is confident that Craft Beer & Wine is getting in at the right moment. “Not only will they be a welcome addition to the East Bay craft beer scene, this new shop will be a great asset to Alameda and the growth that’s taking place there,” she said, mentioning also the recent opening of a new brewery, \u003ca href=\"http://factionbrewing.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Faction Brewing\u003c/a>, at Alameda Point. “The diversity of beer today is incredible. There’s something for everybody, from the enthusiast to the beginner. What they do will help what the rest of us are already about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Many East Bay craft beer makers will be participating in \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbeerweek.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SF Beer Week\u003c/a>, which takes place Feb. 7-16 across multiple venues. Visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbeerweek.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SF Beer Week’s website\u003c/a> for full details.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside's Daily Briefing email.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Coincidentally, we came up with very similar ideas independently of each other,” Marshall explained. “We’ve been meeting off and on for the past five or six years, discussing our mutual belief that the word 'craft' suggests beers and wines made with passion and care.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rasmussen, owner of the new establishment, spent many years in the insurance business before deciding to address head-on his ever-growing enthusiasm for quality beer, an interest born in his late teens during a trip to Europe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the perfect confluence of events,” Rasmussen said. “I wanted to get into the beer business and Dan wanted to expand the shop’s beer and wine offerings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rasmussen currently oversees 100 labels from around the world, with plans to carefully bring that number to 250, with an emphasis on local products as well as European ales and lagers. “I’m having fun introducing people to smoked lagers from Germany and sour ales from Belgium,” he said. 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(Daniel Parks/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Tracey Taylor, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/01/16/congress-puts-hold-on-sale-of-berkeleys-main-post-office/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The House Appropriations Committee, in its \u003ca href=\"http://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hrpt-113-hr-fy2014-fservices.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommendations\u003c/a> accompanying the $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill passed by the House Wednesday, calls for the United States Postal Service to “suspend the sale of any historic post office” pending the completion of an investigation by the Inspector General into whether the USPS is following the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This could mean the sale of the downtown Berkeley Post Office, a landmarked building at 2000 Allston Way, could be halted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a spokesperson for Rep. Barbara Lee, who serves on the Appropriations Committee, recommendations do not have an enforcement mechanism, but are “typically followed.” She said that she was checking with the Congressional Research Service to find any examples of recommendations not being followed, but it would be “very rare.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spending bill \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/us/politics/in-defeat-for-tea-party-house-passes-1-1-trillion-spending-bill.html?ref=politics&_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">easily passed the House 359-67\u003c/a> and passed the \u003ca href=\"http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/ted-cruz-obamacare-affordable-care-act-senate-vote-102285.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate on Thursday night\u003c/a>. The Appropriations Committee recommendation is part of a \u003ca href=\"http://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hrpt-113-hr-fy2014-fservices.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">116-page report\u003c/a> providing explanations for financial services and general government, including the Office of the Inspector General (the passage relevant to the USPS is on page 75).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USPS spokesman Augustine Ruiz said today it is too early for the Post Office to take any action as a result of the potential legislation. “It would be premature and irresponsible to speak on what may or may not happen,” he said. Ruiz said the organization would wait to see what happens before making any decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Barbara Lee said the language was clear, however, and that the USPS needs to put sales of historic post offices on hold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_123830\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/bates-post-office.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-123830\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/bates-post-office-300x300.png\" alt=\"Mayor Tom Bates, flanked by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner and State Senator Loni Hancock, mailed a letter to the U.S. Postal Service appealing the planned sale of Berkeley’s main post office in May 2013. (Lance Knobel / Berkeleyside)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Tom Bates, flanked by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner and state Sen. Loni Hancock, mailed a letter to the U.S. Postal Service appealing the planned sale of Berkeley’s Main Post Office in May 2013. (Lance Knobel / Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One recommendation instructs the USPS to enact a moratorium on the sales until after the release of a pending Inspector General report on the legality of the sales. A second recommendation directs the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to issue a report on how to ensure the USPS follows the law in its sales of historic properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Lee said there is a need to press the pause button “while we wait to see what the Inspector General’s report and the ACHP reports say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Inspector General report will examine whether the USPS is following applicable historic preservation laws in its historic building sales procedures and whether it has solicited sufficient public input in this process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Buildings like the Berkeley Main Post Office are central to our communities and our cities, and while the USPS continues to grapple with financial woes, it must not resort to selling off historic properties without complying with federal historic preservation laws,” Lee said. “Based on the legislative language included in the omnibus bills, I expect the USPS to immediately halt all pending sales.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Rossmann, a partner in Rossmann & Moore, who is representing the City of Berkeley in its efforts to preserve the Post Office, said the Appropriations Committee recommendations were a very good first step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Each brick builds the wall, and it’s an important brick,” he said. “But it’s not a decisive one. From the City of Berkeley’s perspective, our interest is in preventing the sale of that post office and maintaining its historic character and purpose. What Barbara Lee was able to accomplish supports that goal. But it’s not yet the force of law that would give us the release that we need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The downtown Berkeley Post Office was listed for \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/10/08/berkeleys-downtown-post-office-is-listed-for-sale/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sale in October 2013\u003c/a>, nearly a year and a half after USPS announced that it \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/06/25/postal-service-plans-sale-of-berkeleys-main-post-office/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">intended to sell the building\u003c/a> and relocate services to a smaller space in downtown Berkeley. Opposition to the decision has been voiced by discrete groups at the local, state and federal level. The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to try to stop the sale. A campaigning group, \u003ca href=\"http://www.savethebpo.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Save the Berkeley Post Office\u003c/a>, has organized petitions and community meetings, and been in consultation with groups across the country who are protesting the divestment of post office properties. Protesters pitched tents outside the building for almost almost a month, until the encampment was \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/08/29/berkeley-post-office-protestors-leave-site-details-scant/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked to leave in August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The full text of the Appropriations Committee’s recommendation reads:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The Committee is concerned by reports that the Postal Service is attempting to sell off many of its historic properties without regard for the preservation of these buildings. The Committee is particularly concerned that the Postal Service may not be following Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act in the relocation and sales process of these historic properties. The Committee notes that the Office of the Inspector General is currently conducting an investigation into whether the Postal Service is complying with its statutory and regulatory requirements in the relocation of services, closure, and sale of these types of properties. Until such an analysis is complete, the Committee believes the Postal Service should refrain from the relocation of services from historic post offices, and believes the Postal Service should suspend the sale of any historic post office.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Catch up with \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/berkeley-post-office/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all Berkeleyside’s coverage of the downtown Berkeley Post Office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside \u003c/a>is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USPS spokesman Augustine Ruiz said today it is too early for the Post Office to take any action as a result of the potential legislation. “It would be premature and irresponsible to speak on what may or may not happen,” he said. Ruiz said the organization would wait to see what happens before making any decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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Loni Hancock, mailed a letter to the U.S. Postal Service appealing the planned sale of Berkeley’s Main Post Office in May 2013. (Lance Knobel / Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One recommendation instructs the USPS to enact a moratorium on the sales until after the release of a pending Inspector General report on the legality of the sales. A second recommendation directs the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to issue a report on how to ensure the USPS follows the law in its sales of historic properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Lee said there is a need to press the pause button “while we wait to see what the Inspector General’s report and the ACHP reports say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Inspector General report will examine whether the USPS is following applicable historic preservation laws in its historic building sales procedures and whether it has solicited sufficient public input in this process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Buildings like the Berkeley Main Post Office are central to our communities and our cities, and while the USPS continues to grapple with financial woes, it must not resort to selling off historic properties without complying with federal historic preservation laws,” Lee said. “Based on the legislative language included in the omnibus bills, I expect the USPS to immediately halt all pending sales.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Rossmann, a partner in Rossmann & Moore, who is representing the City of Berkeley in its efforts to preserve the Post Office, said the Appropriations Committee recommendations were a very good first step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Each brick builds the wall, and it’s an important brick,” he said. “But it’s not a decisive one. 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The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to try to stop the sale. A campaigning group, \u003ca href=\"http://www.savethebpo.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Save the Berkeley Post Office\u003c/a>, has organized petitions and community meetings, and been in consultation with groups across the country who are protesting the divestment of post office properties. Protesters pitched tents outside the building for almost almost a month, until the encampment was \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/08/29/berkeley-post-office-protestors-leave-site-details-scant/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked to leave in August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The full text of the Appropriations Committee’s recommendation reads:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The Committee is concerned by reports that the Postal Service is attempting to sell off many of its historic properties without regard for the preservation of these buildings. 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Until such an analysis is complete, the Committee believes the Postal Service should refrain from the relocation of services from historic post offices, and believes the Postal Service should suspend the sale of any historic post office.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Catch up with \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/berkeley-post-office/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all Berkeleyside’s coverage of the downtown Berkeley Post Office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside \u003c/a>is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"disqusTitle": "Berkeley Housing Boom: More Than 1,400 New Units Under Way",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_123561\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/DURANT-VIEW-3.1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-123561\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/DURANT-VIEW-3.1-640x552.jpg\" alt=\"The Durant, as it would be viewed from Durant Avenue. (Johnson Lyman Architects)\" width=\"640\" height=\"552\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Durant, as it would be viewed from Durant Avenue. (Johnson Lyman Architects)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Emilie Raguso, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1,400 housing units are currently in development in downtown Berkeley, with demolition preparations on one of the first big projects getting under way this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are eight projects, including a hotel, planned in the downtown core. Two more are planned just south of downtown, on Dwight Way, with another proposal on University Avenue just west of downtown that’s set to have its first public city review next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pre-demolition work on a former church-turned-office-space started this week, according to the Downtown Berkeley Association. CEO John Caner said that construction work on a new apartment complex at the site, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/the-durant/\">The Durant\u003c/a>, with frontage on both Durant Avenue and Channing Way, should start several weeks from now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_123563\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/berk-dev-map.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-123563\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/berk-dev-map-300x300.png\" alt=\"More than 1,400 units are in the works for downtown. (Downtown Berkeley Association)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 1,400 units are in the works for downtown. (Downtown Berkeley Association)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Downtown Berkeley Association calculations, the new projects will bring at least 1,414 new units and more than 88,000 square feet of new retail space to the downtown area. Not included in those calculations is the project just beginning city review, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/11/19/the-overture-apartments-planned-on-university-ave/\">The Overture\u003c/a>, which would bring an additional 44 units and 4,151 square feet of retail and restaurant space to the city’s core.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recently published association brochure described the growth as “explosive,” and described the population gains expected in the city as a result.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Downtown Berkeley has nearly doubled in population since 2000 and now counts some 3,000 residents in its thirty block footprint,” according to the pamphlet. “The number of residents will nearly double again to 5,000 with over 1,400 new housing units slated for completion by 2018.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say the boom signals a rebounding economy. The city has also taken steps to incentivize construction by \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/02/21/berkeley-aims-to-bolster-housing-fund-with-fee-discount/\">reducing associated fees\u003c/a> related to development within the city limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics of the boom say Berkeley may face problems as a result of increased density, whether from greater traffic and parking headaches to more issues with noise. Some criticize projects aimed to house students, noting that the university itself should be taking steps to shelter its students, rather than placing the burden on the city and private developers. Many say the city needs more family-oriented housing, as well. The specter of steeper rents and a lack of affordable housing are also causing public concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year at about this time, Berkeleyside provided an overview of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/02/07/1000-apartments-planned-for-downtown-berkeley/\">1,000 units in development at that time\u003c/a>. Projections have grown since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/01/14/explosive-downtown-berkeley-housing-boom-underway/\" target=\"_blank\">details of the specific building projects\u003c/a> under way in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside's Daily Briefing email.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He said the BSDC map excludes too many students, many of whom live in Cal co-op houses, dorms and International House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121289\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-121289\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/USDA-map-640x407.png\" alt=\"An intern in Councilman Kriss Worthington’s office created an alternate vision of a student district that adds Foothill, Bowles, Stern, I-House and 11 co-ops. (City of Berkeley)\" width=\"640\" height=\"407\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An intern in Councilman Kriss Worthington’s office created an alternate vision of a student district that adds Foothill, Bowles, Stern, I-House and 11 co-ops. (City of Berkeley)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city’s population must be split as evenly as possible among the eight council districts, which results in about 14,000 residents per district. As a result, the student-aged population, estimated at 25,000 to 30,000 people, will necessarily be divided. The ultimate question for city officials has been how to make the cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the numbers, the difference between the two maps is not significant. The BSDC map includes 87 percent student-aged voters, and the USDA map includes 90 percent. But supporters of the USDA map have said the real problem is that too many of the most progressive and diverse students — some of whom currently live in District 7 — are slated to be excluded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emotions ran high among council members discussing the maps Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilman Max Anderson said he saw the new map as “part of a continuum” of political maneuvering by the council majority aimed to concentrate power while shutting down the efforts of Arreguín and Worthington, whom Anderson described as “the two progressives” on the council. Anderson said the movement started with the\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/11/03/election-2010-results-the-winners/\"> 2010 election\u003c/a>, and described what he saw as an influx of hefty campaign contributions from Berkeley’s “commercial interests” and an increase in “partisan politics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the same rodeo,” he said. “There may be different bulls and different broncos being ridden, but the direction this is moving in is in the same path.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accusations flew in both directions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilman Gordon Wozniak claimed that Worthington had, in 2011, tried to “torpedo the whole Student District Campaign” and had previously proposed a map that did not include the co-ops, which have been the focus of so much of the discussion over the past few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He seems to change his argument depending on what year he’s in,” Wozniak said of Worthington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worthington bristled at Wozniak’s suggestions, saying he himself was the first member of the council to “address the issue of student districts” and that he had never tried to “torpedo” one of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a clear record in emails and a paper trail,” he said, calling Wozniak’s statements “provably false.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was actually the first person to say we should do what turned into \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/measure-r/\">Measure R\u003c/a>,” Worthington said. “Nobody else can show you a document. They weren’t even thinking about this back then.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lengthy discussion about the maps took place \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/12/04/berkeley-redistricting-map-approved-referendum-idea-looms/\">earlier this month \u003c/a>when a council majority approved the BSDC map on first reading. Tuesday night, adoption of the map was up for “second reading.” In most instances, once agenda items have gotten to this point in the legal process, there’s little debate or discussion on them. But this was not the case Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some officials and community members testified that the council should reconsider its previous vote and, instead, approve Elgstrand’s USDA map. Supporters of this map said it does a better job protecting the progressive voice and keeping neighborhood groups like Halcyon and Le Conte together. Some questioned the legitimacy of the public process surrounding the BSDC map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has been divisive and built on lies and misinformation,” said one student, Matthew Lewis, who said he is involved with the Residence Hall Assembly, an organization representing Cal dorms. “It is not a good map. It divides students and it divides neighborhoods, and therefore it is bad for both.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/george-beier/\">George Beier\u003c/a>, president of the Willard Neighborhood Association, said, in fact, the adopted BSDC map does a better job keeping Willard neighbors together in a single district. Beier — who ran against Worthington in District 7 in 2010 — also said he believed issues south of campus — related to crime, lighting and public safety — would be able to be addressed better under the BSDC map. Though he said he thought either map would be a step forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the public speakers both Tuesday night and earlier this month told council they supported Elgstrand’s map, and some council members had expressed concern that a map meant to unify students was in fact dividing them. But Cal student \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/safeena-mecklai/\">Safeena Mecklai\u003c/a>, ASUC external affairs vice president, told the council Tuesday that, despite the public testimony, the campus is “not particularly divided.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the BSDC map passed, students were excited,” Mecklai said. “It’s a very small number of students who are supporting the referendum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clock begins ticking Thursday, when the city clerk ratifies the council’s vote, for those who wish to pursue a referendum. They will have 30 days to collect 5,275 signatures to challenge the council’s decision. Some have noted that the group may face an uphill battle if students are the target audience, as many may be leaving for winter break when the semester ends Dec. 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they succeed, the county registrar would need to verify the signatures, which could be relatively quick — if a random sample comes back as legitimate — or longer — if there are problems with the sample, which would trigger a more thorough examination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assuming the signatures are sufficient, the referendum would automatically suspend the council’s decision on the BSDC map, which would revert council boundaries to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Home/Council_District_Maps.aspx\">existing districts\u003c/a>. The council would then decide whether to revoke its vote, or put the issue to the voters. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have no choice but to go forward with a referendum,” Elgstrand told the council during public comment Tuesday night. He said the BSDC map excludes too many students, many of whom live in Cal co-op houses, dorms and International House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121289\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-121289\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/USDA-map-640x407.png\" alt=\"An intern in Councilman Kriss Worthington’s office created an alternate vision of a student district that adds Foothill, Bowles, Stern, I-House and 11 co-ops. (City of Berkeley)\" width=\"640\" height=\"407\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An intern in Councilman Kriss Worthington’s office created an alternate vision of a student district that adds Foothill, Bowles, Stern, I-House and 11 co-ops. (City of Berkeley)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city’s population must be split as evenly as possible among the eight council districts, which results in about 14,000 residents per district. As a result, the student-aged population, estimated at 25,000 to 30,000 people, will necessarily be divided. The ultimate question for city officials has been how to make the cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the numbers, the difference between the two maps is not significant. The BSDC map includes 87 percent student-aged voters, and the USDA map includes 90 percent. But supporters of the USDA map have said the real problem is that too many of the most progressive and diverse students — some of whom currently live in District 7 — are slated to be excluded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emotions ran high among council members discussing the maps Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilman Max Anderson said he saw the new map as “part of a continuum” of political maneuvering by the council majority aimed to concentrate power while shutting down the efforts of Arreguín and Worthington, whom Anderson described as “the two progressives” on the council. Anderson said the movement started with the\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/11/03/election-2010-results-the-winners/\"> 2010 election\u003c/a>, and described what he saw as an influx of hefty campaign contributions from Berkeley’s “commercial interests” and an increase in “partisan politics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the same rodeo,” he said. “There may be different bulls and different broncos being ridden, but the direction this is moving in is in the same path.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accusations flew in both directions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilman Gordon Wozniak claimed that Worthington had, in 2011, tried to “torpedo the whole Student District Campaign” and had previously proposed a map that did not include the co-ops, which have been the focus of so much of the discussion over the past few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He seems to change his argument depending on what year he’s in,” Wozniak said of Worthington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worthington bristled at Wozniak’s suggestions, saying he himself was the first member of the council to “address the issue of student districts” and that he had never tried to “torpedo” one of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a clear record in emails and a paper trail,” he said, calling Wozniak’s statements “provably false.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was actually the first person to say we should do what turned into \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/measure-r/\">Measure R\u003c/a>,” Worthington said. “Nobody else can show you a document. They weren’t even thinking about this back then.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lengthy discussion about the maps took place \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/12/04/berkeley-redistricting-map-approved-referendum-idea-looms/\">earlier this month \u003c/a>when a council majority approved the BSDC map on first reading. Tuesday night, adoption of the map was up for “second reading.” In most instances, once agenda items have gotten to this point in the legal process, there’s little debate or discussion on them. But this was not the case Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some officials and community members testified that the council should reconsider its previous vote and, instead, approve Elgstrand’s USDA map. Supporters of this map said it does a better job protecting the progressive voice and keeping neighborhood groups like Halcyon and Le Conte together. Some questioned the legitimacy of the public process surrounding the BSDC map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has been divisive and built on lies and misinformation,” said one student, Matthew Lewis, who said he is involved with the Residence Hall Assembly, an organization representing Cal dorms. “It is not a good map. It divides students and it divides neighborhoods, and therefore it is bad for both.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/george-beier/\">George Beier\u003c/a>, president of the Willard Neighborhood Association, said, in fact, the adopted BSDC map does a better job keeping Willard neighbors together in a single district. Beier — who ran against Worthington in District 7 in 2010 — also said he believed issues south of campus — related to crime, lighting and public safety — would be able to be addressed better under the BSDC map. Though he said he thought either map would be a step forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the public speakers both Tuesday night and earlier this month told council they supported Elgstrand’s map, and some council members had expressed concern that a map meant to unify students was in fact dividing them. But Cal student \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/safeena-mecklai/\">Safeena Mecklai\u003c/a>, ASUC external affairs vice president, told the council Tuesday that, despite the public testimony, the campus is “not particularly divided.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the BSDC map passed, students were excited,” Mecklai said. “It’s a very small number of students who are supporting the referendum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clock begins ticking Thursday, when the city clerk ratifies the council’s vote, for those who wish to pursue a referendum. They will have 30 days to collect 5,275 signatures to challenge the council’s decision. Some have noted that the group may face an uphill battle if students are the target audience, as many may be leaving for winter break when the semester ends Dec. 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they succeed, the county registrar would need to verify the signatures, which could be relatively quick — if a random sample comes back as legitimate — or longer — if there are problems with the sample, which would trigger a more thorough examination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assuming the signatures are sufficient, the referendum would automatically suspend the council’s decision on the BSDC map, which would revert council boundaries to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Home/Council_District_Maps.aspx\">existing districts\u003c/a>. The council would then decide whether to revoke its vote, or put the issue to the voters. If the item goes onto the ballot, that could take place in June or November 2014, depending on how long the signature verification process takes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Elgstrand, more information about the referendum effort will be forthcoming this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Emilie Raguso\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/12/05/berkeley-bans-tobacco-smoking-in-apartments-condos/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/smoking-ban.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120138\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/smoking-ban.jpg\" alt=\"smoking-ban\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley residents who live in buildings with more than one unit will not be allowed to smoke inside beginning in May 2014. (Damian Kennedy/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Smoking cigarettes will no longer be allowed inside the units of multi-family housing developments in Berkeley, effective May 2014, after a unanimous vote by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/berkeley-city-council/\">Berkeley City Council\u003c/a> on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council decision, once it’s adopted on second reading, would \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-03-Item-30-Tobacco-Free-Multi-Unit-Housing.pdf\">prohibit tobacco smoke inside all residential buildings that have more than one unit\u003c/a>, and in all common areas of those buildings as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After considering the issue twice earlier this year, the council voted, on first reading, to approve the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-03-Item-30-Tobacco-Free-Multi-Unit-Housing.pdf\">new ordinance\u003c/a>, which puts forward enforcement guidelines that officials hope will protect the rights of both non-smoking neighbors as well as residents who receive complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the ordinance, the city’s Public Health Department will provide smoking cessation classes and education through December 2016. City staff will provide sample language about the ordinance and its enforcement to landlords to help spread the word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serena Chen, regional advocacy director in Oakland of the American Lung Association, told the council that, by her count, Berkeley would be the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Grid-of-EB-cities10.-by-provision.pdf\">17th city in the nation\u003c/a> to pass an effective smoke-free multi-unit housing ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But you will be the first city to enforce it right,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning in May, new leases for all tenants will include mandatory non-smoking clauses. Existing tenants will be offered a voluntary non-smoking addendum to their leases. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Item-30-Pres.pdf\">Read an overview \u003c/a>presented by city staff to council Tuesday night.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One challenge to the ordinance previously had been how it would be enforced equitably and who would be responsible for enforcement. Staff explained the process to council members Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120139\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/graph-640x383.png\" alt=\"Under Berkeley’s new tobacco-free multi-unit housing ordinance, a smoking resident would not receive a citation unless the city receives complaints from multiple residents. (City of Berkeley)\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under Berkeley’s new tobacco-free multi-unit housing ordinance, a smoking resident would not receive a citation unless the city receives complaints from multiple residents. (City of Berkeley)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under the new law, upon receipt of the first complaint about a resident smoking indoors — which must be made in writing using a city form — staff would send a notice to alert the resident about the complaint and provide information about the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If, within six months, the city receives additional complaints from two residents in two separate units about that same smoker, the city could issue a ticket or an infraction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smoking is already banned in the city’s commercial zones, and “Berkeley has implemented bans on smoking in public places such as restaurants, bars, grocery stores, and parks,” according to Tuesday night’s staff report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Council members \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/jesse-arreguin/\">Jesse Arreguín\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/max-anderson/\">Max Anderson\u003c/a> expressed concern about the use of the infraction as a method of enforcement, because it would send involved parties to court and potentially pose significant problems for residents singled out as smokers, justly or otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arreguín asked staff to include language that would require complaints to made under penalty of perjury to raise the bar for honesty in the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of my concerns was, what’s there to stop someone who just doesn’t like their neighbor from using this to file a complaint,” Arreguín said Wednesday. “We don’t want to create incentives for the ordinance to be abused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Arreguín also clarified Wednesday that \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Item-28-Rev.pdf\">he is not seeking a city-wide smoking ban\u003c/a> in all Berkeley housing, an idea that was raised in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-s-next-smoking-ban-may-hit-home-4984302.php\">San Francisco Chronicle story\u003c/a> in November. Arreguín staffer Anthony Sanchez said Wednesday that the idea had been raised rhetorically to question why the council had limited the scope of the smoking ban to residents of multi-family housing, and whether this signaled an unfair focus on tenants vs. single-family homeowners. Sanchez said the idea had not been an official proposal of any kind, despite what he described as its mischaracterization in the Chronicle.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/zach-cowan/\">City attorney Zach Cowan\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/christine-daniel/\">city manager Christine Daniel\u003c/a> assured council members that, under most circumstances involving code enforcement, the city sticks with citations rather than infractions because they’re much easier for staff to deal with and have a lower standard of proof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cowan said an infraction could be pursued when violations are severe or repeated, or when administrative citations are ignored, and said the city should wait to see how the new program works before speculating on problems that could arise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the staff report: “Under current state law, potential penalties, whether pursued as an infraction or an administrative citation, would be in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for a first violation, two hundred dollars ($200) for a second violation within one year, and five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional violation within one year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/mayor-tom-bates/\">Mayor Tom Bates\u003c/a>: “This is not a perfect law, but I’m committed, and council is committed, to monitor it and make sure it’s getting properly implemented.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We might be able to tinker around the edges down the road” if changes are needed, Bates added. “It’s, like, 95% there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley resident Carol Denney told the council during public comment that she is a cancer patient who lives next door to two chain smokers. She said she was glad Bates promised continued attention to the issue and that the city strengthened an earlier version of the ordinance, and was thrilled to see the new law win unanimous support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have hope for the first time that my building will be cleared of secondhand smoke,” she said after the meeting. “I’m really hoping for success here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://eepurl.com/lh_3b\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Emilie Raguso\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/12/05/berkeley-bans-tobacco-smoking-in-apartments-condos/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/smoking-ban.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120138\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/smoking-ban.jpg\" alt=\"smoking-ban\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley residents who live in buildings with more than one unit will not be allowed to smoke inside beginning in May 2014. (Damian Kennedy/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Smoking cigarettes will no longer be allowed inside the units of multi-family housing developments in Berkeley, effective May 2014, after a unanimous vote by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/berkeley-city-council/\">Berkeley City Council\u003c/a> on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council decision, once it’s adopted on second reading, would \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-03-Item-30-Tobacco-Free-Multi-Unit-Housing.pdf\">prohibit tobacco smoke inside all residential buildings that have more than one unit\u003c/a>, and in all common areas of those buildings as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After considering the issue twice earlier this year, the council voted, on first reading, to approve the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-03-Item-30-Tobacco-Free-Multi-Unit-Housing.pdf\">new ordinance\u003c/a>, which puts forward enforcement guidelines that officials hope will protect the rights of both non-smoking neighbors as well as residents who receive complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the ordinance, the city’s Public Health Department will provide smoking cessation classes and education through December 2016. City staff will provide sample language about the ordinance and its enforcement to landlords to help spread the word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serena Chen, regional advocacy director in Oakland of the American Lung Association, told the council that, by her count, Berkeley would be the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Grid-of-EB-cities10.-by-provision.pdf\">17th city in the nation\u003c/a> to pass an effective smoke-free multi-unit housing ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But you will be the first city to enforce it right,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning in May, new leases for all tenants will include mandatory non-smoking clauses. Existing tenants will be offered a voluntary non-smoking addendum to their leases. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Item-30-Pres.pdf\">Read an overview \u003c/a>presented by city staff to council Tuesday night.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One challenge to the ordinance previously had been how it would be enforced equitably and who would be responsible for enforcement. Staff explained the process to council members Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120139\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/graph-640x383.png\" alt=\"Under Berkeley’s new tobacco-free multi-unit housing ordinance, a smoking resident would not receive a citation unless the city receives complaints from multiple residents. (City of Berkeley)\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under Berkeley’s new tobacco-free multi-unit housing ordinance, a smoking resident would not receive a citation unless the city receives complaints from multiple residents. (City of Berkeley)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under the new law, upon receipt of the first complaint about a resident smoking indoors — which must be made in writing using a city form — staff would send a notice to alert the resident about the complaint and provide information about the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If, within six months, the city receives additional complaints from two residents in two separate units about that same smoker, the city could issue a ticket or an infraction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smoking is already banned in the city’s commercial zones, and “Berkeley has implemented bans on smoking in public places such as restaurants, bars, grocery stores, and parks,” according to Tuesday night’s staff report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Council members \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/jesse-arreguin/\">Jesse Arreguín\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/max-anderson/\">Max Anderson\u003c/a> expressed concern about the use of the infraction as a method of enforcement, because it would send involved parties to court and potentially pose significant problems for residents singled out as smokers, justly or otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arreguín asked staff to include language that would require complaints to made under penalty of perjury to raise the bar for honesty in the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of my concerns was, what’s there to stop someone who just doesn’t like their neighbor from using this to file a complaint,” Arreguín said Wednesday. “We don’t want to create incentives for the ordinance to be abused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Arreguín also clarified Wednesday that \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Item-28-Rev.pdf\">he is not seeking a city-wide smoking ban\u003c/a> in all Berkeley housing, an idea that was raised in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-s-next-smoking-ban-may-hit-home-4984302.php\">San Francisco Chronicle story\u003c/a> in November. Arreguín staffer Anthony Sanchez said Wednesday that the idea had been raised rhetorically to question why the council had limited the scope of the smoking ban to residents of multi-family housing, and whether this signaled an unfair focus on tenants vs. single-family homeowners. Sanchez said the idea had not been an official proposal of any kind, despite what he described as its mischaracterization in the Chronicle.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/zach-cowan/\">City attorney Zach Cowan\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/christine-daniel/\">city manager Christine Daniel\u003c/a> assured council members that, under most circumstances involving code enforcement, the city sticks with citations rather than infractions because they’re much easier for staff to deal with and have a lower standard of proof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cowan said an infraction could be pursued when violations are severe or repeated, or when administrative citations are ignored, and said the city should wait to see how the new program works before speculating on problems that could arise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the staff report: “Under current state law, potential penalties, whether pursued as an infraction or an administrative citation, would be in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for a first violation, two hundred dollars ($200) for a second violation within one year, and five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional violation within one year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/mayor-tom-bates/\">Mayor Tom Bates\u003c/a>: “This is not a perfect law, but I’m committed, and council is committed, to monitor it and make sure it’s getting properly implemented.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We might be able to tinker around the edges down the road” if changes are needed, Bates added. “It’s, like, 95% there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley resident Carol Denney told the council during public comment that she is a cancer patient who lives next door to two chain smokers. She said she was glad Bates promised continued attention to the issue and that the city strengthened an earlier version of the ordinance, and was thrilled to see the new law win unanimous support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have hope for the first time that my building will be cleared of secondhand smoke,” she said after the meeting. “I’m really hoping for success here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://eepurl.com/lh_3b\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/author/tracey/\" target=\"_blank\">By Tracey Taylor, Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_118790\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://calwalters.zenfolio.com/p583139309\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-118790\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/Painted-Redstart.jpg\" alt=\"Painted redstart in a Berkeley tree on Sunday, Nov. 17, the first time this species has been recorded in Alameda County. (Cal Walters/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painted redstart in a Berkeley tree on Sunday, Nov. 17, the first time this species has been recorded in Alameda County. (Cal Walters/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This weekend, hundreds of bird enthusiasts flocked to a Berkeley neighborhood to try to catch a glimpse of a beautiful little bird that's never been seen before in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The painted redstart (\u003ca href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Painted_Redstart/id\" target=\"_blank\">Myioborus pictus\u003c/a>) was still hanging around the Elmwood neighborhood on Monday, flitting between three large trees located on three adjacent streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond-based graphic designer Lory Poulson, who came to the neighborhood with her partner Susan Gluck to investigate, said they heard the warbler before they saw it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has a distinctive call that sounds like ‘too weet’ with the emphasis on the ‘weet,’” she said. She used her binoculars to scan a large birch tree on Lewiston Street where the pair had seen the redstart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-118793\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/Berkeleyside-logo-small.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeleyside-logo-small\" width=\"163\" height=\"38\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story started Wednesday last week when Katie Bertsche, \u003ca href=\"http://wanderingfalcon.com/\">a scientific illustrator\u003c/a> who lives on Prince Street, spotted a flash of bright red in a poplar tree while sitting on her deck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought, what is that? There are no red birds in California,” she told Berkeleyside. Bertsche ran inside to look up the bird in a reference book and to grab her camera. She had seen a painted redstart before, in southeastern Arizona, its natural habitat, and was fairly certain this was the same species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bertsche tried to snap some photos but the battery in her camera was dead. By this time she was cursing, she said, laughing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually Bertsche was able both to take photographs and record the sound the bird was making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was calling a lot, not singing,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bertsche posted her findings on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/GoldenGateAudubon\">Golden Gate Audubon Facebook page\u003c/a> and reached out to a contact at UC Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://mvz.berkeley.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Museum of Verterbrate Zoology\u003c/a>. “A lot of people will want to see it,” she was told.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That day, local bird experts Bob Lewis and Rusty Scalf came to see the redstart for themselves. They didn’t find it but spotted it the following day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lewis, who runs Bay Area birding site \u003ca href=\"http://www.wingbeats.org/\">Wingbeats\u003c/a>, said the last sighting of a painted redstart reported for Northern California was last November. “This is the first sighting for Alameda County,” he said via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_118796\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://calwalters.zenfolio.com/p583139309\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-118796\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/Painted-Redstart2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The painted redstart on a telephone cable in Berkeley. (Cal Walters/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The painted redstart on a telephone cable in Berkeley. (Cal Walters/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The painted redstart belongs to a group of \u003ca href=\"http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Passerines_and_Songbirds.html\" target=\"_blank\">passerines\u003c/a> called wood warblers, some of the most colorful of North American birds, according to Lewis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The normal range of this bird is in Arizona, south into Mexico,” he said. “When the California Bird Records Committee published 'Rare Birds of California' in 2007, only six records were known for the state of California, and all were from Southern California. Since that time, one was seen in Auburn in 2010, one in Point Reyes in 2012.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lewis said there may be a gap in sightings because \u003ca href=\"http://californiabirds.org/cbrc_book/\" target=\"_blank\">Rare Birds of California\u003c/a> only records to 2006, and the global online tool for birders, \u003ca href=\"http://ebird.org/content/ebird/\" target=\"_blank\">eBird\u003c/a>, doesn’t have a lot of data pre-2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In any regard, it’s an exciting find,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lewis said males and females of the painted redstart species are identical, so it’s not known whether this is a male or female.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How or why this particular bird ended up in Berkeley is something of a mystery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of these species migrate to Central and South America to spend the winter, and some few individuals get lost on their route, sometimes migrating in reverse direction, sometimes blown off course by storms, or overshooting their targets,” Lewis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the news was out that the bird was in Berkeley — Bertsche had posted a Rare Bird Alert for the benefit of the birding community — it was clear there would be a rush to see it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sensitive to the fact that her neighborhood could become “a mob scene” if many birders descended on the area, Bertsche made a flyer which she posted in neighbors’ mailboxes around Prince, Woolsey and Lewiston — the three streets on which the redstart had been spotted, in, respectively, a poplar, an oak, and a birch. She wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Dear Neighbors, I wanted to let you know about the sudden proliferation of Birdwatchers with Binoculars and cameras in the neighborhood! There has been a rare sighting of a bird called a Painted Redstart, which is often seen between Prince St. and Woolsey St. Normally this bird lives in Arizona and this is the first record of this bird being seen in Alameda county. As a result a lot of people are interested in seeing it while it is here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have been allowing birders access to my yard to look for it, birders should be polite about private property, please let me and them know if you are ok with allowing them to access your driveway or yard, or if people [are] being a bother, and I will convey this information to the birder community.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Bertsche included a photograph of a redstart and her phone number on the flyer so that people could contact her for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But quickly her “phone exploded,” she said, prompting her to leave voice mail messages for the dozens of callers with updates on the location of the small bird.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bertsche said neighbors have been very gracious about having the birders in their midst. She estimates that more than 200 people have seen the bird since Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poulson said the redstart was very “hyper” when she and Gluck saw it Monday. “It’s moving all the time, turning 180 degrees back and forth,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bertsche has only lived in the area for a year and said this event has proved a great way for her to meet the neighbors, including one man on her street who, it turns out, leads bird walks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When these sorts of things happen, people who don’t know each other connect and get to know each other through a shared interest,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bertsche is keeping a guestbook for birders to sign and, so far, enthusiasts have come from as far as Chico, Point Reyes and Lodi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's working on a painting of the special bird. She said the only reason she spotted it originally was because she had told herself to start each day by getting a coffee and then taking it to her deck to do a drawing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d been spending too much time doing non-art work, in front of the computer,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fortuitous decision that has made many bird enthusiasts very happy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cal Walters, whose close-ups of the painted redstart in Berkeley are included with this story, took the photographs Sunday, Nov. 17. Other photographs of the bird have been posted on eBird by Bob Lewis, Vicki Robinson, and Michael Park, among others. 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By this time she was cursing, she said, laughing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually Bertsche was able both to take photographs and record the sound the bird was making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was calling a lot, not singing,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bertsche posted her findings on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/GoldenGateAudubon\">Golden Gate Audubon Facebook page\u003c/a> and reached out to a contact at UC Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://mvz.berkeley.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Museum of Verterbrate Zoology\u003c/a>. “A lot of people will want to see it,” she was told.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That day, local bird experts Bob Lewis and Rusty Scalf came to see the redstart for themselves. They didn’t find it but spotted it the following day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lewis, who runs Bay Area birding site \u003ca href=\"http://www.wingbeats.org/\">Wingbeats\u003c/a>, said the last sighting of a painted redstart reported for Northern California was last November. “This is the first sighting for Alameda County,” he said via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_118796\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://calwalters.zenfolio.com/p583139309\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-118796\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/Painted-Redstart2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The painted redstart on a telephone cable in Berkeley. (Cal Walters/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The painted redstart on a telephone cable in Berkeley. (Cal Walters/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The painted redstart belongs to a group of \u003ca href=\"http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Passerines_and_Songbirds.html\" target=\"_blank\">passerines\u003c/a> called wood warblers, some of the most colorful of North American birds, according to Lewis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The normal range of this bird is in Arizona, south into Mexico,” he said. “When the California Bird Records Committee published 'Rare Birds of California' in 2007, only six records were known for the state of California, and all were from Southern California. Since that time, one was seen in Auburn in 2010, one in Point Reyes in 2012.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lewis said there may be a gap in sightings because \u003ca href=\"http://californiabirds.org/cbrc_book/\" target=\"_blank\">Rare Birds of California\u003c/a> only records to 2006, and the global online tool for birders, \u003ca href=\"http://ebird.org/content/ebird/\" target=\"_blank\">eBird\u003c/a>, doesn’t have a lot of data pre-2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In any regard, it’s an exciting find,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lewis said males and females of the painted redstart species are identical, so it’s not known whether this is a male or female.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How or why this particular bird ended up in Berkeley is something of a mystery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of these species migrate to Central and South America to spend the winter, and some few individuals get lost on their route, sometimes migrating in reverse direction, sometimes blown off course by storms, or overshooting their targets,” Lewis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the news was out that the bird was in Berkeley — Bertsche had posted a Rare Bird Alert for the benefit of the birding community — it was clear there would be a rush to see it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sensitive to the fact that her neighborhood could become “a mob scene” if many birders descended on the area, Bertsche made a flyer which she posted in neighbors’ mailboxes around Prince, Woolsey and Lewiston — the three streets on which the redstart had been spotted, in, respectively, a poplar, an oak, and a birch. She wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Dear Neighbors, I wanted to let you know about the sudden proliferation of Birdwatchers with Binoculars and cameras in the neighborhood! There has been a rare sighting of a bird called a Painted Redstart, which is often seen between Prince St. and Woolsey St. Normally this bird lives in Arizona and this is the first record of this bird being seen in Alameda county. As a result a lot of people are interested in seeing it while it is here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have been allowing birders access to my yard to look for it, birders should be polite about private property, please let me and them know if you are ok with allowing them to access your driveway or yard, or if people [are] being a bother, and I will convey this information to the birder community.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Bertsche included a photograph of a redstart and her phone number on the flyer so that people could contact her for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But quickly her “phone exploded,” she said, prompting her to leave voice mail messages for the dozens of callers with updates on the location of the small bird.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bertsche said neighbors have been very gracious about having the birders in their midst. She estimates that more than 200 people have seen the bird since Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poulson said the redstart was very “hyper” when she and Gluck saw it Monday. “It’s moving all the time, turning 180 degrees back and forth,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bertsche has only lived in the area for a year and said this event has proved a great way for her to meet the neighbors, including one man on her street who, it turns out, leads bird walks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When these sorts of things happen, people who don’t know each other connect and get to know each other through a shared interest,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bertsche is keeping a guestbook for birders to sign and, so far, enthusiasts have come from as far as Chico, Point Reyes and Lodi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's working on a painting of the special bird. 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(Fundly)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Sasha Fleischman, the 18-year-old Maybeck High School student who was\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/06/supporters-rally-for-berkeley-student/\"> set fire to while riding an AC Transit bus\u003c/a> on Nov. 4, are planning a solidarity march tonight, Thursday, Nov. 14, on MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland. The group plans to tie rainbow ribbons to bus poles to add to those already placed there in recent days. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Marchers should meet at 5:30 p.m. tonight at the corner of Park and MacArthur boulevards and walk to Ardley Avenue.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karl-fleischman/a-letter-to-my-community-after-my-child-was-lit-on-fire_b_4269089.html\">letter \u003c/a>to the Sequoia Elementary School community where he works as a kindergarten teacher, Sasha’s father, Karl Fleischman, said he did not want people to jump to conclusions about the motivations of the 16-year-old Oakland High School student who has been charged with a hate crime for setting fire to Sasha’s skirt. And a fundraising campaign to pay for the teenager’s medical bills was reopened yesterday after raising more than $20,000 in just a couple of days. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fleischman, a senior at the private Berkeley school who identifies as “agender,” was napping in the rear of a No. 57 AC Transit bus heading toward the family home in Oakland when 16-year-old Richard Thomas allegedly set the skirt Fleischman was wearing on fire, according to authorities.\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/10/maps/Yelp/Berkeley/reviews/berkeleyside-logo-small-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-103197\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-103197 alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Berkeleyside-logo-small.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeleyside-logo-small\" width=\"163\" height=\"38\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fleischman, with the help of other riders, was able to extinguish the flames but suffered second- and third-degree burns to the legs that require significant skin grafting. The victim is undergoing treatment at St. Francis Memorial Hospital’s Bothin Burn Center in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Karl Fleischman, his child is recovering well. “Sasha is now in stable condition and being very well cared for in a terrific burn center in San Francisco,” he wrote. “We have every reason to believe that Sasha will eventually be able to return to life as usual, although the recovery process will take some time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas was charged with a hate crime, aggravated mayhem and felony assault. He said he committed the crime “because he was homophobic,” according to notes taken by the Oakland Police Department when they interviewed him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karl Fleischman stressed in his letter to Sequoia School that assumptions about Thomas’ actions should be avoided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really important to keep in mind that none of us can know the mind, motivations, or intentions of the person who set flame to Sasha’s clothing,” he wrote. “Oakland Police have a 16-year-old high school student in custody, based on video camera footage from the bus. As far as I know, police are the only people who have viewed the footage. I certainly haven’t, so I can only guess at what happened. At this point, I choose to assume that this kid was playing with fire, and that he gravely underestimated the consequences of that. Others may make different assumptions, but it’s important to remember that they are all just that: assumptions. So when I talk to my students about this, I will emphasize the importance of fire safety: “Don’t play with matches or lighters.” And of course, “Stop, drop, and roll if your clothing catches fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fleischman’s family has reopened an online donation page to continue to raise money for the teen. Last week, funds poured in over just a couple of days and the family shut down the site after reaching a goal of $20,000, but repeated inquiries prompted the family to reopen it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using Sasha’s preferred pronoun of “they” rather than “he” or “she,” a post on the Fundly site, which was set up by Sasha’s cousin, explained that Sasha’s parents plan on using any funds that go beyond Sasha’s medical and rehabilitation needs to support organizations that promote education, tolerance, and non-violence. “They will decide on the final use of these funds when Sasha is more able to make such decisions,” they wrote. “They want Sasha to feel empowered by the support from the community at large, and to have a significant say in how the funds are used.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sasha’s mother, Debbie Crandall, told NBC Bay Area News that the community had come out and supported the family. “We just feel loved,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters who want to march today will meet at 5:30 p.m. tonight at the corner of Park and MacArthur boulevards and walk to Ardley Avenue, according to the Oakland Tribune. Marchers are encouraged to wear bright colors and bring colorful ribbons to attach to the bus poles. A dinner at St. Paul Lutheran Church at 1658 Excelsior Ave. will follow.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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(Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Camille Baptista\u003c/strong>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/07/10/new-yelp-feature-shines-fun-light-on-berkeley-hotspots/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://ecologycenter.org/\">Ecology Center\u003c/a> announced today that it will now collect more types of plastic items, expanding its curbside collection and processing to handle things like dairy tubs, tupperware, vitamin bottles, plastic cups and trays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s sort of been a long time coming,” said Martin Bourque, executive director of the Ecology Center, which has managed Berkeley’s recycling for 40 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, the center’s weekly curbside pickup accepts only those plastic products indicated with a No. 1 or No. 2 triangle, and, among those, only narrow-neck designs like disposable water bottles and milk jugs. Bourque said this is because containers with different designs, like yogurt cups, have different chemical compositions and must be processed separately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The plastics that we’re adding are plastics that some people put in anyway, so we’ve been sorting them out and selling them instead of sending them to the landfill,” he said.\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-103197\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Berkeleyside-logo-small.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeleyside-logo-small\" width=\"163\" height=\"38\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wide-neck No. 1 and No. 2 containers will now be accepted in the blue curbside carts, along with some No. 4 and No. 5 items. Read \u003ca href=\"http://ecologycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/eliminate-plastic.pdf\">the center’s tips for reducing plastic consumption\u003c/a>, which includes an explanation of the numbering system.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are still certain plastic items that the center will not collect and which need to be dropped off at recycling centers. These include styrofoam items, coffee lids, and plastic utensils.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a press release issued today by the Ecology Center, “The recycling arrows stamped on plastic products lead many people to believe that all plastic products are recyclable and being recycled, but that’s not the case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_103300\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-103300\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Recycling-truck-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"An Ecology Center truck makes its rounds. 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The center has consistently collected No. 1 and No. 2 because, according to Bourque, “they have end uses that we’re quite familiar with.” No. 1 plastics go into making fibers for carpet and clothing and are sometimes remade into plastic bottles, while No. 2 plastics are remade into many kinds of durable plastic and plastic lumber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Rosenau, an artist who works with found objects, said he supports the idea of expanding recycling as long as there is in fact a market for those recyclables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it’s really getting recycled, I’m thrilled,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Berkeley residents have pushed for increased plastics recycling for years, the Ecology Center has had to weigh the costs of processing and the market demand for recyclables before expanding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After collecting and sorting plastic items, the center typically sells plastics to firms in China for recycling. Part of the reason the center had to delay expanding the types of items it collects is China’s new “green fence” law, which bars some recycled plastics from being bought and imported there. This has decreased the amount of plastic the Ecology Center can sell. However, the center has decided to move forward with the expansion because recycling is in such high demand in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that the material does have value, and somebody’s going to want it,” Bourque said, referring to the plastics they collect and sell. “I’m sure that other markets will come online, whether it’s domestic or foreign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although it will now accept a higher volume of recyclable plastic, the Ecology Center is campaigning to encourage an overall decrease in the amount of plastic people buy and consume in Berkeley. 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That will secure educational programs for students in exchange for the district’s commitment to recycle and compost 90 percent of what can be recycled and composted by 2020 – the same goal, by the way, that’s been set for cities countywide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district will have to work to meet that goal, because as of June 2012 Berkeley schools were diverting – that is recycling and composting — just 36 percent of their total waste (including waste that is not recyclable or compostable). \u003c!--more-->\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-100002\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/06/Berkeleyside-logo-small.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeleyside-logo-small\" width=\"163\" height=\"38\">Neighboring school districts were doing far better last year: Alameda schools diverted 64 percent of trash, Albany 57 percent and Oakland nearly 50 percent. A typical school’s waste is estimated at about 95 percent recyclable or compostable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How could it be that the Berkeley school district isn’t at the head of the class when it comes to recycling? After all, the city was the \u003ca href=\"http://ecologycenter.org/recycling/about/\">first in the nation to offer curbside recycling pickup \u003c/a>back in 1973, and today the residential diversion rate is 76 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s incredibly ironic,” agreed StopWaste’s Spencer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But five and 10 years ago, the schools were actually doing a better job with waste – recycling and composting about half of it, estimate several people involved. That was above average at the time for schools in the county, Spencer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EARLY EFFORTS PAY OFF\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1998, then-Berkeley High parent Beebo Turman volunteered to promote recycling. Securing a grant, she started with five schools the first year, getting bins and signs and visiting every classroom to teach kids, she said. She got composting going in schools where a garden or science teacher would make compost – this was before curbside collection. Turman added five schools a year until she had them all covered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a nuisance to some principals,” she said. It was hard work, she said. “After five years I said, ‘That’s it, I’ve done what I can do.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turman passed the job on to another parent, Marcy Greenhut. The city’s waste management department had been paying first Turman, then Greenhut a small salary. When the city decided to cut the position, Greenhut said she asked the school district to pay her $25,000 a year, showing that recycling efforts were saving the schools $100,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district didn’t or couldn’t offer Greenhut pay – she doesn’t know why — and she, too, moved on to another job in early 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SYSTEM DECAYS FROM NEGLECT, LACK OF LEADERSHIP\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the recycling systems in place, it would seem like the program would continue to run. Not so, say the waste experts. Every year, “trained” students graduate, replaced by kindergartners. Staff and custodians turn over with time. And there is no one to keep the momentum going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greenhut said that even summer vacation –when custodians scrub the bins and store them away – can break down the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time Longfellow Middle School parent Anushka Drescher launched new composting and recycling efforts this year, recycling was almost nonexistent at the school, she said. Some teachers had classroom bins for paper, most not clearly marked – and didn’t realize those were getting put in the trash, not recycled, by the custodian. There was no recycling at all in the lunchroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, said Spencer at StopWaste, “I would hesitate to blame the schools. They have the same challenges as elsewhere: not enough resources for teaching. It’s understandable that recycling has gone by the wayside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turman added, “It’s sad to say you need a coordinator, but you do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A NEW PUSH FOR SCHOOL RECYCLING\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where the Berkeley-based Green Schools Initiative comes in. Two years ago, the group ran a pilot program at Rosa Parks Elementary School, which now diverts more than 50 percent of its trash. Then Green Schools got grants from the \u003ca href=\"http://altamonteab.org/\">Altamont Education Advisory Board\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.clifbarfamilyfoundation.org/\">Clif Bar Family Foundation\u003c/a>, and last year the group formed “green teams” of teachers, administrators and parents at Washington, Jefferson, Oxford, John Muir and Rosa Parks elementary schools, Longfellow and King middle schools, and Berkeley High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green Schools also organized a districtwide symposium on recycling and composting for custodians last October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most schools had some amount of recycling going on, Moore said. But at many of them, for example, “the compost containers had turned into another trash can,” she said. The group’s goals were to increase recycling and composting, and also to reduce contamination (for example, no recyclables in compost, no food in trash).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An audit was done at each school, and the green teams, including students, then improved composting and recycling efforts with signs, education and monitoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not enough to put out the bins and expect sorting to follow. At Oxford School, during one recent lunch, third-grade monitors Kovas and Lev were on duty to help kids sort trash. Some kids were careful, some were clueless. And try “educating” 6-year olds in a noisy lunchroom; what Kovas and Lev spent most of the time doing was moving food and plastics from the wrong bins to the right ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those efforts have produced results. Oxford teacher Jackie Omania, who heads up the school’s Green Team, pointed to an entry in her class’s log for the cafeteria – March 15: compost, 64 gallons; landfill (trash), 16 gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>MAKING PROGRESS WITH NEW FOCUS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, a number of the schools are now showing improvement, Spencer said. John Muir, Rosa Parks and Jefferson are all diverting more than 50 percent of their trash. At King, where paper towels in the bathrooms are being composted, the diversion rate is 63 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Longfellow, Drescher and her student team of “Green Tigers” got composting going in the lunchroom and collection of paper recycling from classrooms. Pickup for one of the school’s three trash dumpsters was canceled. At Berkeley High students have collected about 640 pounds of bottles and cans this year and improved composting in the cafeteria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spencer expects Berkeley’s 36 percent diversion rate will go up when all numbers are tallied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, StopWaste provides another set of services to the schools. The agency offers free field trips (bus included) to the\u003ca href=\"http://www.dsgardencenter.com/\"> Davis Street transfer station in San Leandro\u003c/a>, where the kids see a machine sort recyclables and then visit “the pit” – all the garbage destined for landfill – and see how much of that trash is recyclable and compostable. From Berkeley, eight fourth-grade classes and one high school group took the field trip this school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>StopWaste also sends educators to fifth-grade classrooms to work on waste-related projects. Students identify a problem at their school (such as not composting or using only one side of paper), create a plan, implement it and analyze the results. Eight Berkeley fifth-grade classes used this service this school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of anticipated budget cuts, StopWaste decided it couldn’t provide these programs to every school in the county in the future. So it’s prioritizing committed districts by asking them to sign the agreement. That means they’ll aim for the 90 percent recycling and composting goal, create a policy and keep statistics. This is the agreement the school board passed last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 10, Green Schools heard that it would get a grant for $32,000 from the Altamont Education Advisory Board to work with the remaining K-12 schools in Berkeley next year: Cragmont, Berkeley Arts Magnet, Malcolm X, Emerson, LeConte and Thousand Oaks elementary schools, Willard Middle School, Berkeley Independent Study and the Berkeley Technology Academy. They’ll continue to work with this year’s schools, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The challenge, recent history shows, will be making the programs sustainable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to figure out how the district can do this on their own,” Moore said. “We want our schools to live up to Berkeley’s values.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’ve seen in other districts,” said StopWaste’s Spencer, “is recycling doesn’t work if you say it’s the custodians' job. 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Securing a grant, she started with five schools the first year, getting bins and signs and visiting every classroom to teach kids, she said. She got composting going in schools where a garden or science teacher would make compost – this was before curbside collection. Turman added five schools a year until she had them all covered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a nuisance to some principals,” she said. It was hard work, she said. “After five years I said, ‘That’s it, I’ve done what I can do.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turman passed the job on to another parent, Marcy Greenhut. The city’s waste management department had been paying first Turman, then Greenhut a small salary. When the city decided to cut the position, Greenhut said she asked the school district to pay her $25,000 a year, showing that recycling efforts were saving the schools $100,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district didn’t or couldn’t offer Greenhut pay – she doesn’t know why — and she, too, moved on to another job in early 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SYSTEM DECAYS FROM NEGLECT, LACK OF LEADERSHIP\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the recycling systems in place, it would seem like the program would continue to run. Not so, say the waste experts. Every year, “trained” students graduate, replaced by kindergartners. Staff and custodians turn over with time. And there is no one to keep the momentum going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greenhut said that even summer vacation –when custodians scrub the bins and store them away – can break down the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time Longfellow Middle School parent Anushka Drescher launched new composting and recycling efforts this year, recycling was almost nonexistent at the school, she said. Some teachers had classroom bins for paper, most not clearly marked – and didn’t realize those were getting put in the trash, not recycled, by the custodian. There was no recycling at all in the lunchroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, said Spencer at StopWaste, “I would hesitate to blame the schools. They have the same challenges as elsewhere: not enough resources for teaching. It’s understandable that recycling has gone by the wayside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turman added, “It’s sad to say you need a coordinator, but you do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A NEW PUSH FOR SCHOOL RECYCLING\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where the Berkeley-based Green Schools Initiative comes in. Two years ago, the group ran a pilot program at Rosa Parks Elementary School, which now diverts more than 50 percent of its trash. 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