VIDEO: Sit-Lie Protest
Nolan Pack from the ASUC speaks to a crowd at the sit-lie protest at Berkeley City Hall./File
Proposed Sit Lie Law
Berkeley’s transient and homeless population sounds off on the proposed Sit Lie ballot measure.
What’s so ugly?
Savage heart murmurs
Ugliness makes my 5-year-old niece cry. While we were taking pictures on my laptop one day, Photobooth warped our faces into disjointed flesh across the screen. I thought we looked kind of cute, but she slid off my lap crying about how ugly we looked. If beauty lies in the Read More…
Sit in judgment
CITY AFFAIRS: We hope the Berkeley City Council puts a sit-lie measure on the November ballot to allow the city to decide on the matter.
Walking down Telegraph Avenue can be like navigating a maze, darting around passersby and engaging in conversation with some people while avoiding others. That could change if a sit-lie measure is placed on the November ballot for the city of Berkeley and passed. The civil sidewalks measure — which Mayor Read More…
Berkeley’s sit-lie measure fails by small margin, but more votes to be tallied
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…
Live Blog Election 2012: Reactions and Results from around Berkeley
Local results have started to come in. We bring you the latest on Proposition 30, local ballot measures and the race for Mayor and City Council in the city of Berkeley.
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Measure that would restrict sitting on city sidewalks aimed for November ballot
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…
Nancy Skinner encourages voters to scrutinize statewide and local ballot measure
Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, is encouraging voters to become informed about statewide and local ballot measure before they head to the polls this November. Read More…
Mayor faces criticism for controversial ballot measure vote
Late Tuesday evening and into Wednesday morning, some members of the Berkeley City Council skirted shouting and singing from protesting residents to approve the controversial civil sidewalks measure for the local November ballot. Read More…
Berkeley civil sidewalks measure approved for ballot
Three city council members are challenging the vote on the contentious measure slated to appear on the November ballot
The Berkeley City Council moved to have the civil sitting measure placed on the November ballot at its meeting Tuesday night. However, three city council members are challenging the vote on the contentious measure. Read More…