Details are sketchy, but police in Sacramento have started to arrest members of Arnieville, the group of disabled activists who set up a camp on a median along Adeline Street this summer. The group went up to the Capitol today to protest against proposed budget cuts to programs that send assistants into the homes of […]
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Arnieville disability protest to be dismantled
A month after they set up a tent encampment on a median on Adeline, the Arnieville protesters are closing up camp – but they are not abandoning their cause. While there will no longer be a cluster of tents along one of Berkeley’s busiest streets, those protesting proposed state budget cuts to in-house aides will […]
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Comment: Arnieville is making news in its own way
By Jane Stillwater If you walk or drive down Adeline Street in south Berkeley right now, you will see dozens of disabled people camping out on the median strip in the middle of the street. “We call this place Arnieville,” I was told. That, however, is not breaking news. This story has already been covered […]
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Arnie Ville demonstrators set up camp in Berkeley
A group of demonstrators has set up camp on Adeline Street near Russell Street in Berkeley to protest state budget cuts — and they are calling their encampment “Arnie Ville.” One sign reads “We’re all crippled by the Gov. Terminator’s state budget cuts.” Another calls on Gov. Schwarzenegger to put a halt to cuts to in-home support […]