either rescind Measure G (90% ghg reduction) or don’t complain about being in the iraq war for oil for your way of life. don’t rain on the BRT parade… what happened to economic opportunity and decent and fast transportation for the lower classes??

The Berkeley fogies against BRT are Hating on Poor People and are too attached to their CARS. Every bus rider i’ve asked is highly in favor of bus-only lanes. Common theme: “it’s about time.”

I too am annoyed by the repeated coverage of politicians who might run for higher offices… Jerry Brown might run for governor, Schwarzenegger might run for Senate. The fact that these stories are treated as big news repeatedly shows not only how understaffed mainstream media has become but also how short term the political memory of the public really is.

On a happier note, I too am loving Oakland Geology and was glad to stumble upon it via Brooklyn Avenue. It’s nice to read about the non-political side of Oakland sometimes.

“On Monday, when the sun is hot, / I wonder to myself a lot: / `Now is it true, or is it not, / That what is which and which is what?’” – some smart person

You’re welcome! Thank you for writing the blog. I have to confess, as the daughter of a geologist, I endured to more than my fair share of enthusiastic lectures about rocks as a child, and of course I hated it and decided that the earth was unbelievably boring. As I get older, I find myself realizing that my parents were right about an awful lot of things after all, and geology is definitely one of them.

Around these parts, we spend a lot of time fighting about responsible land use – the costs of sprawl and the benefits of infill development, and the congestion, parking, and quality of life changes that may accompany it. I never spend any time thinking about land use choices in the hills, so your thoughts on the matter were really interesting to me.

Ralph –

You’re probably right. Chinatown has been shut out of the process, and they deserve their own forum to talk about it. I’m just so frustrated with this entire process and really resentful that the draft zoning chapter is coming back to CED ZUC next week and there has been no additional opportunity for input since the last meeting.

edited a day later to correct some errors

Note: someone should probably do some research but I think this meeting in Chinatown was planned before the ZUC told the planning committee to have a mtg within the CBD. Correct me if i am wrong but this mtg was scheduled as a response asked at the boathouse mtg.

looks like the planning peeps plan to use this as that CBD mtg and claim to have met their requirements. honestly for the most part I am not opposed to the development in the CBD. I would probably prefer varied heights and footprints across all zones. But more than anything I want construction.

I can envision an Oakland with a downtown arts center like the DTC in Denver. A couple of restaurants. A hotel or two for visiting artist. why do they perform in Oakland but sleep in SF?