Berkeley/East Bay Gray Panthers host a mayoral debate
The Berkeley/East Bay Gray Panthers held a forum between mayoral candidates at the North Berkeley Senior Center.
Let’s talk about quotas
CITY ISSUES: The city should work harder to hear local business input when making vital decisions on where businesses can operate.
Berkeley City Council made the right decision Tuesday in choosing to defer a vote that could determine whether and where certain businesses can operate on Telegraph Avenue. Before the vote is taken, the city needs to do more to involve the area’s business owners in this important discussion, which could Read More…
Election 2012 Endorsements: City ballot measures
Click on the links below to jump to a measure. Measure M | Measure N and Measure O | Measure P | Measure Q | Measure R | Measure S | Measure T | Measure U | Measure V | Yes on Measure M The city’s streets are in dire need of repair. Deteriorating pavement, riddled with potholes and Read More…
2012 election sees spike in complaints of Berkeley election law violation
The number of formal complaints of election law violations filed by city residents was more in this year’s election compared to those filed in previous years. Read More…
Outcome of Measure T remains uncertain as votes continue being processed
As of Sunday, Berkeley’s Measure T had been defeated by 440 votes, though results on Friday showed the measure passing by only five votes. Read More…
Election night sees long lines and delayed vote counts in Berkeley
UC Berkeley students and city residents turned out at the polls en mass Tuesday night to cast their vote, while just under half of Alameda County’s mail-in and provisional ballots continue to be tabulated. Read More…
Berkeley Measures M, R pass; Measures U, O, N, V fail; Measures S and T still uncertain
Update as of Wednesday 2:51 p.m.: Although tentative predictions are being made based on the votes that have been processed, the election is not over until every single ballot is counted, according to Alameda County Registrar of Voters Dave Mcdonald. Accordingly, the fate of some local measures including Measure T Read More…
Complaint alleges false information on local ballot measure flier
A formal complaint lodged last week with the city’s Fair Campaign Practices Commission claims that a flyer mailed out to voters in support of a Berkeley ballot measure contains false endorsements. Read More…
Incumbent at odds with challengers at first mayoral forum of election season
Berkeley mayoral candidates squared off at the first mayoral forum of the election season that was held by the Berkeley/East Bay Gray Panthers. Read More…
Bring in the green
CITY AFFAIRS: Berkeley should go forward with implementing all of Measure T to help alleviate the city’s estimated deficit.
It is never good practice for a city to drop the ball on expanding voter-approved lines of revenue — especially when that city faces an estimated $12.2 million deficit for the 2012 fiscal year. Unfortunately, the city of Berkeley is doing just this, losing out on a huge potential source Read More…