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Approving Measure Y1 would allow 16- and 17-year-olds the opportunity to vote in elections for the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Directors. The board’s decisions primarily affect students in the Berkeley school district, but as it stands now, most students graduate before they are old enough to vote. Y1
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For years, Berkeley championed tenants’ rights, but our rental ordinances have fallen somewhat behind those of the rest of our state. It’s time to start catching up. Measure AA would amend the rental ordinance to prohibit owner move-in evictions — when landlords evict tenants to open the unit for themselves
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Article 34 of the California Constitution requires that a city’s voters grant approval before the city can develop, construct or acquire any low-rent housing. Voting yes on Z1 will provide that approval. The article was put there as a tool for elites to keep their community’s exclusive. Although the supreme
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It’s a no-brainer: The politicians on Berkeley City Council shouldn’t have the power to draw and redraw district lines, especially when they’re the ones running for reelection. The redistricting process has been rife with political problems since it started in 1986, and in 2014, it was so contentious that district
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Voters who happen to care about young people, education, strong community schools and/or a reasonable future for Berkeley youth need to vote yes on E1: the Berkeley Schools Excellence Program. In 1986, the first BSEP passed for a 10-year span. In light of falling state funding for K-12 public schools,
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Welcome to Berkeley, where we have our very own campaign financing problems. Voting yes on X1 would pave the way for a more equitable, fair and honest campaign financing system in Berkeley elections. A considerable amount of Berkeley campaign money comes from outside the city. Moreover, according to city officials,
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The California Constitution requires that city residents approve increased expenditures every four years. So voters need to approve Measure V1. The measure doesn’t actually change anything. Approving V1 simply gives the city the authority to use the money it collects in taxes for services such as emergency response, public works
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With 12 city ballot measures, voters have the duty to decide on crucial aspects of Berkeley’s future Nov. 8 . From infrastructure bonds to education taxes to public campaign financing and beyond, city measures often have the most immediate impact on residents. The city website’s section for ballot measures mostly
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At this point, you don’t get to decide whether the minimum wage increases to $15. It already will. Measures BB and CC, which both would have increased minimum wage to $15 by different years, have been superseded by an ordinance City Council passed in July. Both must be rejected to
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In the hard-fought battle between Measures U1 and DD, Berkeley voters need to remember the adage of the pro-U1 campaign: DD stands for Don’t Do it. Placing U1 on the ballot required a tough fight in Berkeley City Council, where members with oft-conflicting opinions on affordable housing had to come
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