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Plan for iconic California park pits housing against history

At Atmaa Das, 28, who is homeless from Alabama, strums his guitar while singing parts of Woody Guthrie's anthem, "This Land Is Your Land" while sitting in a piece of construction equipment left behind at People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2022. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) At Atmaa Das, 28, who is homeless from Alabama, strums his guitar while singing parts of Woody Guthrie's anthem, "This Land Is Your Land" while sitting in a piece of construction equipment left behind at People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2022. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) At Atmaa Das, 28, who is homeless from Alabama, strums his guitar while singing parts of Woody Guthrie's anthem, "This Land Is Your Land" while sitting in a piece of construction equipment left behind at People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2022. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Graffiti covers the People's Stage at People's Park in Berkeley , Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Fallen fences and graffiti-covered construction equipment left behind sit at People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) FILE - Mario Savio, right, who led the Freedom of Speech movement at the University of California, speaks at a People's Park rally on the university campus in Berkeley, Calif., June 26, 1969. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Sal Veder, File) Ken Swofford, 69, rests on a massage table outside his tent at People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) FILE - A youth grimaces with pain from birdshot wounds received when police opened fire on what they described as rock-throwing demonstrators during a riot that followed a rally protesting the fencing in of People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., May 15, 1969. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Sal Veder) FILE - A crowd gathers at People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., on May 12, 1969. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/File) FILE - Men plant grass at the dedication of the People's Park on a large vacant lot in Berkeley, Calif., on May 12, 1969. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo, File) FILE - National Guardsmen stand guard on the other side of a steel mesh fence erected by University of California officials around People's Park at Berkeley, Calif., while some of the thousands who marched in protest pass by on May 15, 1969. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo, File) A cyclist rides past People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., on March 29, 2022. Many of the trees in the park were toppled on Aug. 3, 2022, during an attempt to start a construction project. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) A homeless man gathers up debris at People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) A fallen tree sits by a newly-erected barricade at People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) A sign marks 53 years of resistance at People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Atmaa Das, 28, who is homeless from Alabama, strums his guitar while singing parts of Woody Guthrie's anthem, "This Land Is Your Land" while sitting in a piece of construction equipment left behind at People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2022. The three-acre site's colorful history, forged from University of California, Berkeley's seizure of the land in 1968, has been thrust back into the spotlight by the school's renewed effort to pave over People's Park as part of a $312 million project that includes sorely needed housing for about 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)