<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-weight:normal">This week almost all of our commenters seem to be exercised about Sacramento's attempt to force Berkeley to add 9,000 new housing units to our already dense city.  And as a first, we actually got an actual signed letter from an actual YIMBY, which was in the last issue since it came in midweek.  It promptly elicited some stirring anti-YIMBY replies.  Lots of fun reading here!  The YIMBYgram is listed first below.  Also, see Councilmember Harrison's missive which has a useful ZOOM link you can use tomorrow at 5.</span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;font-weight:400"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-06/article/49231?headline=Berkeley-Together-Misunderstood-the-President-s-Opinion-on-Zoning--Darrell-Owens" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Berkeley Together Misunderstood the President's Opinion on Zoning</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Darrell Owens</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-09-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;font-weight:400"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-06/article/49232?headline=SB-9-the-Devil-is-in-the-Details--Rob-Wrenn" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">SB 9: the Devil is in the Details</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Rob Wrenn</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-10-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;font-weight:400"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-06/article/49233?headline=Don-t-Be-Fooled-by-YIMBYs--Thomas-Lord" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Don’t Be Fooled by YIMBYs</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Thomas Lord</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-10-2021</i></p></h4><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-13/article/49245?headline=How-Were-the-Regional-Housing-Needs-Allocations-Developed-br-Berkeley-Slated-to-Add-9-000-housing-units-in-10-years--Kate-Harrison-Councilmember-Berkeley-City-Council-" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">How Were the Regional Housing Needs Allocations Developed?<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Berkeley Slated to Add 9,000 housing units in 10 years</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Kate Harrison, Councilmember, Berkeley City Council </i><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-13-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-13/article/49241?headline=Friends-of-Adeline-Asks-Berkeley-Council-to-Reject-SB9--Friends-of-Adeline" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Friends of Adeline Asks Berkeley Council to Reject SB9</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Friends of Adeline</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-13-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-13/article/49242?headline=SMITHEREENS-Reflections-on-Bits-Pieces--Gar-Smith" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">SMITHEREENS: Reflections on Bits & Pieces</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Gar Smith</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-13-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-13/article/49237?headline=Current-Land-Grab-Efforts-in-Berkeley-Reminiscent-of-Past-Injustice--Patrick-Sheahan" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Current Land Grab Efforts in Berkeley Reminiscent of Past Injustice</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Patrick Sheahan</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-13-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-13/article/49243?headline=Facebook-in-the-crosshairs--Jagjit-Singh" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Facebook in the crosshairs</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Jagjit Singh</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-13-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-13/article/49239?headline=Downside-Up-UCB-s-Anchor-House-Housing---Arlene-Silk-and-Carrie-Olson" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Downside Up: UCB’s Anchor House “Housing”</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Arlene Silk and Carrie Olson</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-13-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-13/article/49244?headline=Registering-Women-for-the-Draft-Equality-in-Barbarism---Gar-Smith" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Registering Women for the Draft: Equality in Barbarism?</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Gar Smith</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-13-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-13/article/49234?headline=Twelve-year-old-Girl-Arrested-for-Starting-Berkeley-Hills-Fire--Bay-City-News" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Twelve-year-old Girl Arrested for Starting Berkeley Hills Fire</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Bay City News</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-13-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-13/article/49236?headline=THE-PUBLIC-EYE-Apr-s-Trump-Le-D-luge--Bob-Burnett" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">THE PUBLIC EYE:Après Trump, Le Déluge</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Bob Burnett</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-13-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-13/article/49240?headline=ON-MENTAL-ILLNESS-Mindfulness-and-Adverse-Circumstances--Jack-Bragen" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Mindfulness and Adverse Circumstances</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Jack Bragen</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-13-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-13/article/49246?headline=ECLECTIC-RANT-Manchin-Aligns-Himself-With-McConnell-and-Trump--Ralph-E.-Stone" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">ECLECTIC RANT: Manchin Aligns Himself With McConnell and Trump</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Ralph E. Stone</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-13-2021</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2021-06-13/article/49238?headline=The-Berkeley-Activist-s-Calendar--Kelly-Hammargren-Sustainable-Berkeley-Alliance" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">The Berkeley Activist's Calendar</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Kelly Hammargren, Sustainable Berkeley Alliance</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">06-13-2021</i></p></div></div>