At a special work session Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council discussed implementing new fees on development projects in the city that would go toward beautification and transportation projects. The city currently collects fees on new commercial developments to fund affordable child care and affordable housing — collected at $1 Read More…
In a keynote address to attendants from cities and colleges throughout the state, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom focused on ways to strengthen California’s economy at the opening of the fifth annual Town & Gown Conference in Berkeley on Thursday. Following welcome remarks from Mayor Tom Bates and Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, Read More…
Representatives from cities and colleges throughout California will flock to Berkeley later this week, as the city hosts the fifth annual Town & Gown Conference. “Town-gown” describes the relationship between large universities and the cities they coexist with. Hence, the conference — which will take place Thursday and Friday at Read More…
The Berkeley, Albany and UC Berkeley Police Departments will no longer try to procure an armored vehicle they previously planned to acquire through a federal grant. Read More…
Currently a consulting attorney for the East Bay Community Law Center, Berkeley resident Osha Neumann has spent his life advocating for underrepresented groups, specifically the homeless community in Berkeley. Read More…
The Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday to send a $19.4 million bond and $604,000 parcel tax measure that would fund construction and renovation of the city’s swimming pools to the November ballot. Read More…
The Berkeley City Council heard from community members regarding its contentious mutual aid pact before deciding to move forward with the pact at its special meeting Tuesday night. Read More…
In a nearly unanimous vote, the Berkeley City Council voted to ask Gov. Jerry Brown to decommission two of the state’s nuclear power plants in Southern California. Read More…
