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2902 Adeline Community Benefits Now!

Sign our petition to support community benefits on a proposed luxury apartment development at 2902 Adeline! HERE

Developers are proposing new market rate apartments at 2902 Adeline, threatening to increase neighborhood rents, exacerbate parking and traffic problems, and continue the ongoing process of gentrification and displacement in the Bay Area. If our neighborhood is to be developed, the community demands that these negative impacts be mitigated.

Through a community-led process involving over 300 people and with the assistance of the East Bay Community Law Center, local residents developed these six demands and sent them to the developers on August 12, 2016. We requested but did not receive a response from the developers within 30 days.

As South Berkeley residents and other concerned members of the community, we demand that the proposed development at 2902 Adeline St include the following community benefits in order to mitigate the negative impacts of the project:

1. Minimum 40% affordable housing, including extremely-low, very-low, and low income units, and family-sized units to maintain the diversity of families who live here.
2. 5% rent proceeds dedicated to community-supporting nonprofits in South Berkeley.
3. Parking spaces for 85% of the units to reduce the impact of parking on neighborhood.
4. Four story building height in compliance with existing codes.
5. Green and safe construction standards.
6. Priority for rehousing displaced South Berkeley residents and hiring local labor.
Read our full letter to Realtex, Inc. [LINK: Upload letter and link to it]
See more information about the proposed project at 2902 Adeline on the City of Berkeley website. CLICK HERE

Read about the proposed development in the news:

“Op-ed: Proposed Berkeley development on Adeline highlights key community issues” Berkeleyside, August 29, 2016 READ BERKELEYSIDE ARTICLE- CLICK HERE
“Berkeley residents express concerns about 6-story project’s affordability, parking” The Daily Californian, August 6, 2015 DAILY CALIFORNIAN ARTICLE – CLICK HERE
“Berkeley: Residents wary of 6-story Adeline Street mixed-use proposal” The East Bay Times, August 6, 2016

CLICK HERE TO READ EAST BAY TIMES
“Berkeley neighbors say affordability will be key to proposed Adeline Street project” Berkeleyside, July 24, 2015 CLICK HERE TO READ BERKELEYSIDE