In her year of service as chief of staff to Mayor Tom Bates, Judith Iglehart developed a reputation for fostering a business friendly attitude for entrepreneurs in the city. Iglehart has stepped down this week to return to those entrepreneurial roots that made her so valuable to the mayor’s office in the first place. Read More…
The hotly debated Measure S failed Tuesday night, as final results showed that local voters had ultimately rejected the measure by 51.58 percent to 48.44 percent. Read More…
Mayor Tom Bates was re-elected with about 55 percent of the vote, all local election polling results reported in a little past midnight Tuesday. This will be the fourth term for Bates, who first took office in 2002. Along with Bates’ victory, the council also saw a unanimous re-election of Read More…
Incumbents have traditionally held certain advantages in local elections, but hope for change within the Berkeley City Council inspires challengers to run despite the odds. Read More…
Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday to set a $28,000 Affordable Housing Mitigation Fee that will be imposed on developers unless they include a set amount of affordable housing units in all new rental housing. Read More…
Berkeley community organizations have had unusual difficulty scheduling candidate forums this election cycle.
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Members of the Berkeley community gathered at Berkeley City Hall Monday to protest a recommendation that would place a measure that prohibits sitting on the city’s sidewalks on the November ballot. The demonstration against the Civil Sidewalks Ballot Measure, which could make sitting on sidewalks in commercial districts between 7 Read More…
Two candidates filed preliminary campaign paperwork this week to challenge 10-year incumbent Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates in this year’s November election. Local business owner Jacquelyn McCormick, a board member of the Claremont Elmwood Neighborhood Association, said she favors a community-oriented perspective in using city resources to address the local needs, Read More…
At its meeting June 12, Berkeley City Council will consider placing a measure on its November ballot restricting the homeless and city residents from sitting or sleeping on Berkeley sidewalks. The civil sidewalks ballot measure, which would prohibit people from sitting on city sidewalks from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Read More…
At its meeting Tuesday night, Berkeley City Council discussed results from a second community survey conducted to determine which bond measures voters want on the November election ballot. The survey included specific ballot measures that will generate tax revenue for the city to fix its aging infrastructure, which includes restoration Read More…
