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Proposition 1 authorizes $4 billion in general obligation bonds to fund affordable housing for veterans, working families, seniors, people with disabilities and homeless residents. The measure does not increase taxes, but California would have to repay about $170 million annually for the next 35 years.
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November’s midterm elections are fast approaching, and Berkeley voters should be preparing to take on active roles in determining California’s future. There are 11 state propositions on this year’s ballot. These measures cover a range of key issues, from veteran housing to funding for children’s hospitals. Proposition 10 repeals the
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U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger states that the proposition “unconstitutionally burdens the exercise of the fundamental right to marry and creates an irrational classification on the basis of sexual orientation.”
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I‘ve decided it’s best for me not to get confirmed.” I’ll never forget the face my grandmother made when those words drove their way out of me with a sheepish rasp. I was 16 years old when I revoked my membership from the Catholic Church in front of Uncle
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Wedding bells will ring at the Downtown Berkeley BART plaza as community members come together for Berkeley’s first all-inclusive mass wedding celebration and renewal of vows this Friday.
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In light of the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing of same sex marriage in California, the Berkeley City Council will consider closing the city’s Domestic Partnership Registry at its Oct. 1 meeting.
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Spencer’s mom Kristin Perry served as a defendant in Hollingsworth v. Perry, in which the Supreme Court decided in a close 5-4 ruling to void a previous lower court trial on California’s Proposition 8 bill which upheld the statewide ban on same-sex marriage.
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Following two U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding same-sex marriage on Wednesday morning, members of the Berkeley community celebrated a major victory for the LGBTQIA community.
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California Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) filed an amicus curiae brief in support of overturning California’s Proposition 8, according to a press release.
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In an interview during the 2012 election season, a prominent American politician spoke highly of advocates of traditional marriage. They are motivated by an impulse to “preserve and strengthen families,” he said. He avoided framing the debate over gay marriage as a civil rights issue, calling it instead a disagreement
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