By Tim Redmond : 48hils – excerpt
Temporary order saves historic murals and could force the school to negotiate with the neighborhood that its development project will impact.
An Alameda County judge has blocked the University of California from moving forward on its massive planned demolition and construction on Parnassus Heights.
Judge Frank Roesch approved Friday a temporary restraining order barring the school from any action that would threaten the historic Zackheim murals at Toland Hall….
Since that’s the main area that UC has been preparing for construction, the order in effect slows down a project that violates the school’s longtime legal promises to the neighborhood.
In 1976, UC made a binding promise to limit its footprint on Parnassus Heights—in the middle of a dense residential neighborhood—to 3.55 million gross square feet… (more)