UC Berkeley expand fence "in preparation for extraction"

Thurs, Nov. 8th, UCPD are overseeing the installation of a second fence around the Memorial Oak Grove Tree-sit in Berkeley.

Police warned anyone attempting to give the tree-sitters food, water, or supplies, would be in violation of a court decision made last week (punishable by fines and arrest).

The company installing the fence, Tri-city Fencing, is not the same company that installed the previous fence before. Supposedly UC Berkeley did not pay the previous company . The cost of the first fence is estimated at $15,000. The new fence is slightly longer, and has required a larger work force and more machinery.

The top of each fence posts have different caps, which appear to be intended for the installation of razor- or barbed-wire.

UC Berkeley attorney, Olson, wrote a letter to Judge Barbara Miller informing her that they would be erecting a new fence to create a larger perimeter around the grove in preparation for extraction.

This is a call out to bay area activists to be on alert in the next coming days or weeks for a possible tree-sit extraction in the near future at the Oak Grove in Berkeley. For more information call Zachary Running Wolf at (510) 467-4482.