The actions of UC Berkeley administration regarding Ann Coulter’s pending visit to campus have generated heavy criticism from many community members, who are alleging that the administration is violating First Amendment rights. There have been numerous misconceptions surrounding the highly controversial issue.
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Berkeley City Council has expressed support for a new state bill that would prohibit the sale or distribution of a sugar-sweetened beverage in the state without a health warning.
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Berkeley City Council is set to resume discussion on a controversial Zoning Adjustment Board, or ZAB, appeal and the Berkeley Deep Green Building Initiative at its Tuesday regular meeting.
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Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín received death threats after posting a controversial statement on Twitter in response to the Milo Yiannopoulos demonstrations, as first reported by Berkeleyside. In the statement, Arreguín called Yiannopoulos a “white nationalist.”
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The city has chosen the North Berkeley Senior Center to act as an emergency shelter this winter, replacing the former shelter at Berkeley’s First Congregational Church that was damaged in a fire this September.
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The UC Berkeley Progressive Student Association, or PSA, filed a complaint Monday against the Committee for Real Affordable Housing for alleged violations by the “Yes on Measure DD, No on Measure U1” campaign, according to a statement from the ASUC Housing Commission.
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An unprecedented number of Berkeley residents and community members attended a convention Sunday, in which four candidates were chosen to run for the city Rent Stabilization Board on a pro-tenant slate this November.
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About 20 students rallied Friday to demand affordable student housing, as part of the ASUC-sponsored Housing and Tenants’ Rights Week. Contact Karen Lin at [email protected] and Toby Ho at [email protected]
Berkeley city council will meet Tuesday evening to discuss potential loans to the housing trust fund for affordable housing programs, and possibly adopt plans to increase shelter for homeless people.
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Under a tent set up on Shattuck Avenue in front of French cafe Le Petit Cochon, the kitchen manager mans a barbecue. His name is Charles Ruwet, and he likes “funk, soul and long walks on the beach.”
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