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==Berkeley==

==Berkeley==

[[Berkeley]] has gained a particular notoriety as a hotbed of extreme liberalism, in particular [[University of California, Berkeley]]. In 2008 the city board voted to protest a [[Marines]] enlistment agency downtown, saying the Marines are "uninvited and unwelcome intruders" to the city. In Berkeley the [[homeless]] are afforded more rights and protections than tax-paying residents.

[[Berkeley]] has gained a particular notoriety as a hotbed of extreme liberalism, in particular [[University of California, Berkeley]]. In Berkeley the [[homeless]] are afforded more rights and protections than tax-paying residents.

 

In 2008 the city board voted to protest a [[Marines]] enlistment agency downtown, saying the Marines are "uninvited and unwelcome intruders" to the city.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/07/berkeley.protests/</ref>

[[Tree sitter]]s hijacked a forested portion of the University of California campus, preventing several trees from being cut down in preparation for the building of a city-approved multi-million dollar athletics facility.<ref name=sitters>http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10419085</ref> The resulting standoff between the tree sitters and the University and police lasted 22 months and cost $800,000 and significant delays to traffic in the area and the student body.<ref name=sitterfines>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/21/BAUB131HLG.DTL</ref> The four final tree sitters were arrested for [[trespassing]] and violating a months-old court order to vacate the tree. None of these sitters were even students.<ref name=sitters/> They have been charged with numerous legal fees and judicial fines.<ref name=sitterfines/>

[[Tree sitter]]s hijacked a forested portion of the University of California campus, preventing several trees from being cut down in preparation for the building of a city-approved multi-million dollar athletics facility.<ref name=sitters>http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10419085</ref> The resulting standoff between the tree sitters and the University and police lasted 22 months and cost $800,000 and significant delays to traffic in the area and the student body.<ref name=sitterfines>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/21/BAUB131HLG.DTL</ref> The four final tree sitters were arrested for [[trespassing]] and violating a months-old court order to vacate the tree. None of these sitters were even students.<ref name=sitters/> They have been charged with numerous legal fees and judicial fines.<ref name=sitterfines/>