Only in Berkeley, the most conservative city (yea, I said it) in America, would this be important.
“ANCIENT OAK GROVE AT UC BERKELEY WINS COURT INJUNCTION”
Today Alameda County Superior Court Judge Barbara Miller issued a Preliminary Injunction barring the University of California at Berkeley 's proposed removal of a century-old stand of native Coast Live Oaks in response to motions filed by the California Oak Foundation and its co-petitioners including Save the Oaks at the Stadium.
Ancient Oak Grove? They were planted 90 years ago! How in the world does that constitute “ancient”? Heck, I have had family members older than that.
Not that there is anything wrong with saving some pretty trees. Lord knows I enjoy having some green in my city. But this all goes back to why Berkeley so often drives me crazy: absolutely any type of change is seen as a catastrophe. UCB is going to have to put in new buildings at one point, and unless they discover an unknown dimension within the schools confines, it will probably require re-working the property they already own. It was the college that planted the trees where they are to begin with.
What really makes me laugh however is if you happen to take a ride past this “ancient grove”, you will notice that this grove doesn’t have a lot of trees. This isn’t some endangered rainforest that gives comfort to a large supply of oxygen and habitats. This is a handful of trees that surely look nice, but are hardly endangered or ancient.
So please Berkeley, calm down. Your city is going to change, and these is no way you can keep it the same way it was when the 60s gave you more attention than you deserved. A nice city you have, but it will undoubtedly change. If you continue to stick your head in the sand, cling to your Communist Manifesto, and fight every piece of progress that rolls through your little town, you are going to be left in the dust.
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As much as I agree with your point, I do love those trees, and it would be a shame to lose them.
Hey, I love how the trees look as well, but like I said, Berkeley has to grow somewhere.
I love my Grandmother, but I know that one day she will pass into the next life and that I will have to move on. Acting as if the world I know and love today can be enshrined for eternity on this earth is crazy talk, especially when it comes to building on a universities property.
Great article. Thank you for helping to debunk some of the lies that the rich Panoramic Hill Association has been so deft in propagating.
This is a 90 yr old Oak grove that the University planted as simple landscaping, nothing more. Before the trees were there it was a big University garden.
Also does no one else see the hypocrisy involved? From radical nimbyism, to the fact that members of the Panoramic Hill Association probably had to cut down several trees to build their homes. Why are they exempt from criticism?
I can go on and on, pretty much forever brining truth to their lies, but I don't have time. Read my blog for the low down on the lie machine they employ.
Fellow native Californians, we are united in our support for full prosecution of UCB trespassers who have burdened us with greater than one million dollars of expense. It is shameful to think how some selfish criminals purposefully cost us funds that could have benefited and educated many.
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