A leptospirosis outbreak at Berkeley's Harrison Street encampment—a tropical disease rarely seen in the developed world—exposed how court injunctions blocked the city from cleaning up the site for 16 months, even after rats tested positive and the city's public health officer sounded the alarm. Meanwhile, Berkeley's political class is under scrutiny on two fronts: archival footage revealed that UC Regents knew their 2020 SAT ban contradicted faculty data but voted for it anyway, and a Pirate Wires investigation exposed Berkeley professor Robert Reich's role fronting California's proposed wealth tax while earning nearly $400K annually to teach one class per semester.
Leptospirosis, common in underdeveloped countries, spread through Berkeley's Harrison encampment—and courts continued to prevent cleanup efforts.
Robert Reich earns $13,000/hour to denounce capitalism while blocking affordable housing in his own backyard. Now he's pushing a tech-killing wealth tax.
Archival footage reveals the 2020 board meeting where Regents admitted they were ignoring faculty data to appease one woman.