With the final poll numbers showing that Measure S, Berkeley’s controversial Sit-Lie ordinance, narrowly failed in this year’s election, dismayed proponents of the ballot measure are in a time of reflection. Read More…
Late at night on July 10, Mayor Tom Bates faced a tough decision. The Berkeley City Council meeting, at the time focused on placing the contentious “sit-lie” measure on the November ballot, was being derailed by an unruly crowd of the measure’s detractors, who sang loudly in protest. Bates needed Read More…
After more than 100 members of the public commented during Tuesday’s Berkeley City Council meeting, the contentious civil sidewalks measure was approved for the November election ballot. The measure — which would prohibit sitting on sidewalks in commercial districts between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. and result in a misdemeanor Read More…
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…
Controversy over the civil sidewalks measure has been renewed as campaigns begin gearing up for the upcoming city election just over two months away. Read More…
