Author Archive
Do Bribes and Mobsters Make Good Neighbors?
Archive Entry Date: 1/18/1979
The scandal that doomed the West Berkeley Industrial Park project
City Proclamation of NPO Day
Archive Entry Date: 5/7/1978
The NPO's fifth birthday was a cause for celebration
A Self-Serving City Master Plan
Archive Entry Date: 12/5/1975
BPO advocates felt that their opponents had hijacked the process around the new city Master Plan
Chamber of Commerce Voter Pamphlet
Archive Entry Date: 4/17/1973
Part of the Chamber of Commerce's campaign against the NRO: a "voter's handbook" that looked city-endorsed
“Neighborhood Preservation” Flyer
Archive Entry Date: 1973
The Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance, succinctly explained
Zoning—A Brief Berkeley History
Archive Entry Date: 4/1973
The co-author of the NPO cast the initiative as part of the fight to save Berkeley's "struggling flatlands"
Stop Highrise Now!
Archive Entry Date: 1973
The question asked by the Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance's authors: could your home be the next one demolished?
People’s Housing Conference Flyer
Archive Entry Date: 8/13/1972
The People's Housing Conference brought together a spectrum of housing advocates
Neighborhood Park Party
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
A rousing image of "the neighborhood," by a NPO organizer, that suggests the vision behind the ordinance