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City council member wants to repeal parts of Berkeley’s nuclear free act

This sign on College Avenue indicates Berkeley's status as a nuclear free zone, which it has been since the 1980s.
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This sign on College Avenue indicates Berkeley's status as a nuclear free zone, which it has been since the 1980s.

Berkeley City Councilmember Gordon Wozniak is working to repeal key portions of the Nuclear Free Berkeley Act — a measure that blocks the city from dealing with anything related to nuclear power. Wozniak takes issue with the section of the act, passed by voters in 1986, that prevents the city Read More…

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Nuclear waste

CITY ISSUES: The Nuclear Free Berkeley Act is outdated, and we applaud the efforts by one city official to repeal parts of it.

Members of Berkeley’s Peace and Justice Commission, who say the threat of nuclear war is still real, are up in arms in response to Berkeley City Councilmember Gordon Wozniak’s efforts to repeal parts of the Nuclear Free Berkeley Act. However, the act is a relic of a bygone era. Passed Read More…