More ADU restrictions have been proposed for the Berkeley hills, including an off-street parking requirement – which may even violate state law! The proposal will be heard at Berkeley City Council tomorrow as item #17 on the agenda, which is the first item on the action calendar. Sorry for the lack of warning, but we need to speak up against these anti-housing changes!

One might ask, Are any of these changes about fire safety? Well, if the Berkeley hills truly faced such a fire risk, why is it still legal to build new single-family homes there or to expand existing residences?

Thankfully, Councilmember Rashi Kesarwani has put forward a supplemental that will fix the issues in the original proposal. Let's let city council know that we want Rashi's pro-housing supplemental, not the original, restrictive proposal.