Berkeley street will not be renamed following public hearing

http://www.dailycal.org/2012/10/05/downtown-berkeley-street-will-not-be-renamed/

Plans to rename Harold Way in downtown Berkeley to Dharma Way have been abandoned, after an unfavorable public hearing took place Thursday to debated the religious connotations of the name.

At the hearing, the city’s Public Works Commission decided not to send a recommendation to City Council to rename the 99-year-old street, as they felt the word Dharma raised issues of establishing a harmful precedence.