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WEBSunday, September 8, 2024: From 10 am – 5 pm is the Solano Stroll with Solano closed to traffic. Monday, September 9, 2024: At 2:30 pm the Agenda and Rules Committee meets in the hybrid format. At 4:30 pm City Council meets in closed session in the hybrid format. At 6:30 pm the Police Accountability Board has a community input meeting on the ...
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WEBJan 12, 2021 · On December 8, the Berkeley City Council made its most important land use decision of 2020: It approved the Adeline Corridor Plan, authorizing much greater density in a historically Black neighborhood that has undergone significant gentrification and displacement. The plan area encompasses 86 acres …
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WEBAug 15, 2021 · Last month, the City of Berkeley and University of California Board of Regents approved a settlement agreement on UC Berkeley’s 2021 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) and lawsuits challenging UC’s enrollment increases and impacts on neighborhoods. The Berkeley City Council authorized execution of the settlement by an 8 …
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WEBMay 9, 2021 · Item 23 on the Berkeley council’s May 11 agenda is a request from Councilmember Kate Harrison that the council endorse Roadmap Home 2030 and send state legislators a letter urging them to adopt the recommendations of the plan. For reasons detailed below, Harrison should pull the item, wait until the community has vetted Roadmap Home 2030 in its entirety, and then decide whether she still ...
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WEBMay 1, 2024 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. On May 23, 2024, the Berkeley People’s Alliance (BPA) filed a complaint with the City of Berkeley’s Fair Campaign Practices Commission against “Californians for Safety and Security,” a right-wing PAC based in Sacramento and funded entirely by the Berkeley Property Owners Association, the Los Angeles police union, and the Personal Insurance ...
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WEBSunday, September 8, 2024: From 10 am – 5 pm is the Solano Stroll with Solano closed to traffic. Monday, September 9, 2024: At 2:30 pm the Agenda and Rules Committee meets in the hybrid format. At 4:30 pm City Council meets in closed session in the hybrid format. At 6:30 pm the Police Accountability Board has a community input meeting on the ...
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WEBFeb 20, 2022 · Mayor Arreguin and others are dead wrong about the cap on enrollment at UC Berkeley. The number of students admitted is decided by the University, and now they choose to enroll large numbers of foreign and out of state students because they pay more.
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WEBFeb 21, 2021 · This letter sets out our organization’s position on the proposed city council resolution to eliminate all R-1 zoning in Berkeley. The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association (BAHA) does not oppose efforts to create more affordable dense housing in …
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WEBJan 15, 2023 · Ralph E. Stone. Sunday January 15, 2023 - 07:54:00 PM. On the 21st anniversary of the first “ unlawful enemy combatants” arrival at the U.S. naval base base at Guantánamo Bay, more than 150 international human rights organizations in a letter dated January 11, 2022, called on President Joe Biden to close the prison.
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WEBJul 30, 2023 · While the rest of the world affirms the necessity of acknowledging and addressing racism, while the rest of the world comes together to organize against systemic racism and teach more accurate history, Berkeley joins Florida in its Trumpian effort to whitewash homeless arrest quotas and racist texts while distancing and silencing its new Police Accountability Board.