- A group of people on Telegraph Avenue, long a destination for travelers and transient people. Photo: Nancy Rubin/Berkeleyside
- You can learn more about the proposed ordinance in the articles linked at the bottom of this Storify. What follows are Tweets from those who attended the June 12 meeting, including The Daily Clog, a blog from the University of California at Berkeley's student newspaper.
- Before reading the Tweets, it might be helpful to familiarize yourself with the names of Berkeley city officials.
City Council: Roster - City of Berkeley, CA
Members of the City Council are elected by district. Councilmembers in Districts 1, 4, 7, and 8 serve until November 30, 2014. Councilmem...- People are gathered downstairs at #berkmtg and are watching the meeting on the television as no more room in chambers pic.twitter.com/bi9O2Es1om/bi9O2Es1
http://twitter.com/oyurovsky/status/212767367736983552
— Oksana Yurovsky (@oyurovsky)Wed, Jun 13 2012 04:44:29 - The line at #berkmtg to speak abt sidewalks measure is huge. Councilmember Worthington proposed extending mtg to 1130pm 2 hear comments
http://twitter.com/oyurovsky/status/212786498460844033
— Oksana Yurovsky (@oyurovsky)Wed, Jun 13 2012 06:00:29 - #berkmtg the chaos over sit-lie begins. The Titanic that is the ordinance is under attack - children and elderly are first
http://twitter.com/thedailyclog/status/212777224988934144
— The Daily Clog (@thedailyclog)Wed, Jun 13 2012 05:23:38 - Little boy speaks against sit-lie:"If people don't have a placebo sit or something then it is very sad bc then they have to walk around"
http://twitter.com/oyurovsky/status/212776694384312320
— Oksana Yurovsky (@oyurovsky)Wed, Jun 13 2012 05:21:31 - “Let Berkeley be Berkeley” is not a convincing argument. #berkmtg
http://twitter.com/LarsSkjerping/status/212783048037646336
— Lars Skjerping (@LarsSkjerping)Wed, Jun 13 2012 05:46:46 - #berkmtg Another song has erupted. The crowd joins in clapping. We motion for the Council meetings to all involve musical numbers. Seconds?
http://twitter.com/thedailyclog/status/212785562409631744
— The Daily Clog (@thedailyclog)Wed, Jun 13 2012 05:56:46 - #berkmtg Anon: "Does Darth Vader know you stole his identity?" Now that he mentions it, BCC is as stone faced as the Jedi High Council
http://twitter.com/thedailyclog/status/212788154615336960
— The Daily Clog (@thedailyclog)Wed, Jun 13 2012 06:07:04 - @thedailyclog Strong is Vader. Mind what you have learned. Save you it can!
http://twitter.com/Yoda_Bot/status/212788440192913412
— Jedi Master Yoda (@Yoda_Bot)Wed, Jun 13 2012 06:08:12 - #berkmtg Just one minute to speak? So much for having your voice heard...
http://twitter.com/thedailyclog/status/212790546996006912
— The Daily Clog (@thedailyclog)Wed, Jun 13 2012 06:16:34 - #berkmtg Berk loves its animals. A man in a cat suit said: "we NEED to sit". True, cats are a very sleepy species.
http://twitter.com/thedailyclog/status/212799835546456064
— The Daily Clog (@thedailyclog)Wed, Jun 13 2012 06:53:29 - #berkmtg a teddy bear was just flung to the ground in outrage. The saddest event all night.
http://twitter.com/thedailyclog/status/212800673014743041
— The Daily Clog (@thedailyclog)Wed, Jun 13 2012 06:56:48 - This meeting is devolving… RT @thedailyclog: #berkmtg a teddy bear was just flung to the ground in outrage. The saddest event all night.
http://twitter.com/LarsSkjerping/status/212800910928252928
— Lars Skjerping (@LarsSkjerping)Wed, Jun 13 2012 06:57:45 - #berkmtg votes to extend meeting yet again, this time to 1230am. People still lined up to speak
http://twitter.com/oyurovsky/status/212801305612271616
— Oksana Yurovsky (@oyurovsky)Wed, Jun 13 2012 06:59:19 - #berkmtg Shouting match erupts between Bates and the crowd. Democracy at its finest.
http://twitter.com/thedailyclog/status/212803984321286144
— The Daily Clog (@thedailyclog)Wed, Jun 13 2012 07:09:58 - #berkmtg Mayor Bates says the city provides more homeless services than any city around and is drowned out by the crowd of people in chamber
http://twitter.com/oyurovsky/status/212803689784672257
— Oksana Yurovsky (@oyurovsky)Wed, Jun 13 2012 07:08:47 - Public comment ends, Council moves to discussion on Civil Sidewalks. Immediately devolves to yelling. #berkmtg
http://twitter.com/LarsSkjerping/status/212803691743428608
— Lars Skjerping (@LarsSkjerping)Wed, Jun 13 2012 07:08:48 - #berkmtg quickly devolving. Anderson warns Bates not to use gavel on him, or else he will bring his own " you don't regulate what I say"
http://twitter.com/oyurovsky/status/212811767804465153
— Oksana Yurovsky (@oyurovsky)Wed, Jun 13 2012 07:40:53 - #berkmtg Anderson finishes a tirade against sit-lie by downing some apple juice. Fruit consumption is the best way to end a speech, indeed.
http://twitter.com/thedailyclog/status/212806742076162048
— The Daily Clog (@thedailyclog)Wed, Jun 13 2012 07:20:55 - #berkmtg Worthington similarly condemns the measure. We suspect his energy must derive from his tie. It's a terribly intimidating tie.
http://twitter.com/thedailyclog/status/212807798512304129
— The Daily Clog (@thedailyclog)Wed, Jun 13 2012 07:25:07 - #berkmtg Bates looks like he's about to throw a punch at Worthington. Ten member council is about to turn into an episode of Game of Thrones
http://twitter.com/thedailyclog/status/212808851110637569
— The Daily Clog (@thedailyclog)Wed, Jun 13 2012 07:29:18
