9th speaker is District 1 resident, also opposed, criticizes YIMBY
9th speaker is District 1 resident, also opposed, criticizes YIMBY
10th speaker is a former councilmember, opposed as well, has many criticisms such as affordability, cutting down trees, etc
11th speaker is opposed, wants there to be low income housing included.
No Paola does not lol
12th speaker is a younger person who grew up in Berkeley. In support."If we don't change we're going to leave my generation behind".
13th speaker is also a former councilmember. Wants more time / wants the decision to be delayed.
14th speaker is @samjgreenberg.com , also in support, including the supplemental to allow more homes, so that smaller, cheaper homes get built
15th speaker is climate scientist, also in support of middle housing with the supplemental
16th speaker is also attending a council meeting for first time, has two kids, has been saving up for 15 years to buy a home, in support.
17th speaker is opposed, concerned about shadows and has a big poster showing how shadow from a 35-foot building would cover existing house and solar panels.
For those waiting on zoom, we have another 40-50 one minute speakers in the room
18th speaker talked about how a recent middle housing type building was still expensive with million-dollar units
Cutting down trees lmao. As if the new missing middle housing won't have landscaping???