(Written by kencraw)

Not that this is a huge surprise to anyone, but the injunction has been extended 20 days. This occured because the California Oak Foundation and the Panaramic Hills Association have filed an appeal. It’s an “automatic extension”, whatever that means. Apparently there is no need to post bond or anything like that for the 20 day extension as some had wondered.

So we’re back to August 18th as the earliest the trees will be cut down.

Also of note is that the City of Berkeley is not on the list for the new appeal. That’s because at last nights city council meeting, they decided to delay taking any action. While in theory they could decide later to file an appeal, with the injunctions due to expire their decision to wait (it appears they’re going to wait for 58 days, although I don’t understand if that’s logistics because of their vacation and when they meet or if there’s some other reason) is effectively a killer blow to the appeal. There’s no way the PHA can come up with the bond money they’d need without the City of Berkeley there to cover for them.

So to sum up, unless Judge Miller does something remarkable on August 12th in the request for a re-trial or unless the tree-sitters and PHA can find an appellate judge who will give them an injunction without a bond, an even more remarkable occurance if it occurs, August 18th is tree-cutting day.