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About 50 people gathered at Berkeley’s David Brower Center last week for a discussion about the ballot initiative supporters say will put more “green” in local development, but which opponents argue will stop new projects that are contributing to a downtown renaissance and are bringing critical amenities to the city. Berkeley Councilman Jesse Arreguín faced off against Eric Panzer, chair of Livable Berkeley and the treasurer of the group opposing the initiative. They joined Berkeleyside co-founder Lance Knobel at Impact Hub Berkeley last Tuesday evening in the first of a series of informal discussions about Berkeley issues — co-sponsored by Berkeleyside and the Hub — called The B-Side. Arreguín — who represents the downtown district on the Berkeley City Council — is a main backer of the downtown initiative, which will be on the November 2014 ballot. He told the crowd he had been involved in planning for the downtown for about eight years, starting with the Downtown Area Plan Commission. That 23-member board examined downtown zoning issues prior to Measure R, the advisory measure voters adopted by a 64% plurality in 2010 to set out a blueprint for downtown growth. Although he was an opponent of that measure, Arreguín did vote for the Downtown Area Plan when it came before City Council in […]
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About 50 people gathered at Berkeley’s David Brower Center last week for a discussion about the ballot initiative supporters say will put more “green” in local development, but which opponents argue will stop new projects that are contributing to a downtown renaissance and are bringing critical amenities to the city. Berkeley Councilman Jesse Arreguín faced off against Eric Panzer, chair of Livable Berkeley and the treasurer of the group opposing the initiative. They joined Berkeleyside co-founder Lance Knobel at Impact Hub Berkeley last Tuesday evening in the first of a series of informal discussions about Berkeley issues — co-sponsored by Berkeleyside and the Hub — called The B-Side. Arreguín — who represents the downtown district on the Berkeley City Council — is a main backer of the downtown initiative, which will be on the November 2014 ballot. He told the crowd he had been involved in planning for the downtown for about eight years, starting with the Downtown Area Plan Commission. That 23-member board examined downtown zoning issues prior to Measure R, the advisory measure voters adopted by a 64% plurality in 2010 to set out a blueprint for downtown growth. Although he was an opponent of that measure, Arreguín did vote for the Downtown Area Plan when it came before City Council in […]
