31st speaker is a affordable housing & small infill developer, mentions how current zoning made it impossible for a community land trust to add homes. In support including supplemental
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32nd speaker mentions Middle Housing would increase land values and wants city to tax that increased value.
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33rd speaker mentions how neighborhood preservation of buildings has meant we haven't preserved a range of incomes. In support.
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For those waiting to comment online, we have about 25 more people lined up to comment in person, each has one minute
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40th speaker is also opposed.
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41st speaker supports, wants Berkeley to have housing for people moving here to avoid persecution elsewhere. 42nd speaker also supports, mentions existing housing too expensive for teachers
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43rd speaker in support including density supplemental, wishes Middle Housing had been approved earlier. 44th speaker is District 8 (East Berkeley) resident, wants some more flexibility in height by having limit be average rather than hard cap
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45th speaker is opposed, feels more people should be weighing in
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Hey who’s number 46?
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I'm speaker 46, in favor, including 90 units/acre, which is more suitable for smaller homes such as a 2-bedroom. 47th speaker in favor also, mentions city's mild climate.
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48th speaker is opposed, wants more conditions added to development, community benefits 49th speaker is opposed, mentions there are more For Lease signs spreading from downtown into neighborhoods
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50th speaker supports, mentions how as trans person, wants friends from less friendly parts of country to move here, also previously had to live in substandard housing due to lack of housing. 51st speaker also in support, wants apartments in all neighborhoods.
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34th speaker in support, mentions how it helps building housing, mentions climate change
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35th speaker is a renter who wants more options, in support. Likes the 90unit/acre density but wants more
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36th speaker complains that a 600 sq ft cottage in Ocean View (West Berkeley) was replaced by two 1900 sq ft units that cost too much - over a million each.
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37th speaker is a district 1 (northwest Berkeley) resident, wants more process. Has similar complaint about small house being replaced by multiple big houses.
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38th speaker also District 1, opposed, says the demand for housing here is unlimited since demand comes from beyond Berkeley so increasing supply won't decrease prices.
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39th speaker is from West Berkeley, opposed, calls it a gift to developers who would outbid people for single family houses. Complains about impacts of existing 1960s 6-unit apartment next door.
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