87. Berkeley gentrification with Kate Harrison
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Kevin L. Jones interviews former Berkeley City Council member Kate Harrison about gentrification and local politics in Berkeley.
Welcome to another episode of the Doomloop Dispatch, the news show covering the worst parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. In this episode, Kevin speaks to former Berkeley City Council member Kate Harrison about Berkeley politics, mainly the forces gentrifying the famously liberal city. We get into the fights over roads and sidewalks, the treatment of the homeless and why she quit the council. Follow Doomloop Dispatch on X: http://x.com/doomloopdisp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomloopdispatch BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/doomloopdispatch.bsky.social Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomloopdispatch YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoomloopDispatch Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DoomloopDispatch SOURCES Kate Harrison for Mayor of Berkeley https://www.facebook.com/kate4berkeley/ Councilmember Kate Harrison abruptly resigns, saying ‘Berkeley’s processes are broken’ https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/01/31/berkeley-kate-harrison-council-mayor Profile: Kate Harrison, Berkeley Mayor candidate https://berkeleyspeaks.org/profile-kate-harrison/ Empty empires: A few Berkeley landlords are sitting on several vacant buildings…
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