Do you think we are in a Housing Crisis? Do you want to see more affforable housing in Berkeley? Want to hear others or talk about it?
Come to the Berkeley Homeless Union Housing Speakout Rally on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 6:00 pm at the Berkeley City Council Chambers (2180 Milvia Street in Berkeley). To learn more about the Berkeley City Council and upcoming meetings, please visit their website at http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil/.
Come support better housing.
Hope to see you there.
BOSS Community Organizing Team
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Get Involved
Each month the City of Berkeley Homeless Commission holds it's monthly meeting discussing issues regarding the homeless situation in Berkeley. If you want to learn more regarding homeless issues or want to voice your comments, please attend these meetings.
The meetings are scheduled for the 2nd wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm at the North Berkeley Senior Center. The North Berkeley Senior Center is located at 1901 Hearst Street in Berkeley.
If you want to learn more, check out the City of Berkeley Homeless Commission website at http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/homeless/default.htm.
Hope to see you there.
The meetings are scheduled for the 2nd wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm at the North Berkeley Senior Center. The North Berkeley Senior Center is located at 1901 Hearst Street in Berkeley.
If you want to learn more, check out the City of Berkeley Homeless Commission website at http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/homeless/default.htm.
Hope to see you there.
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Update on MTC Meeting
I went to the Wed. Urban Habitat Transportation Justice (TJ) meeting and spoke to the Metroploitian Transportation Coalition (MTC) whom voted to table adopting transportation principles #3 and #4, until the new MTC members come in (Mayor Tom Bates being one, whom with the rest of the Berkeley city council supported the TJ principles but we have lost SF Supervisor Tom Ammaniano a key TJ ally whom I talked to last year during a break).
In the meeting, the MTC presented charts countering ours which showed poor minority people don't really ride AC Transit; though their charts showed MUNI clearly was unfairly funded and utilized by poor minority riders.
I spoke to the MTC to the issue that due to the rate hikes, service cuts, overcrowding, grouchiness of overworked bus riders on the main Oakland lines poor people are voting with their tired feet and remain underrepresented.
I will have a blog closer to the next meeting, so if you believe problems exist in the transportation system and want to learn more, advocate, etc. you can attend the next meeting.
In common struggle,
Michael Diehl
In the meeting, the MTC presented charts countering ours which showed poor minority people don't really ride AC Transit; though their charts showed MUNI clearly was unfairly funded and utilized by poor minority riders.
I spoke to the MTC to the issue that due to the rate hikes, service cuts, overcrowding, grouchiness of overworked bus riders on the main Oakland lines poor people are voting with their tired feet and remain underrepresented.
I will have a blog closer to the next meeting, so if you believe problems exist in the transportation system and want to learn more, advocate, etc. you can attend the next meeting.
In common struggle,
Michael Diehl
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