United States Postal Service v. Berkeley – Oral Arguments. TIME CHANGE!

The finale in the US Postal Service’s lawsuit against the City of Berkeley for rezoning the downtown Historic District, which includes the Post Office Building on Allston & Milvia, in late 2014 to prevent it from being used for most commercial purposes should it be sold, as the Post Service intended to do beginning back in 2013.

There will be two hours of oral testimony, one hour allocated to each side.

Federal District Court Judge William Alsup, who presided over a previous lawsuit by the City of Berkeley in its attempt to prevent the Postal Service from selling the property in 2014, will preside.

Berkeley activists from Berkeley Post Office Defenders, First They Came for the Homeless and Save the Berkeley Post Office have been fighting against the sale of the downtown Berkeley Post Office and the privatization of the US Postal Service since 2013. Twice the Post Office exterior was “Occupied” and numerous rallies have been held on its steps.