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The city audit found that BFD is understaffed and was using “unreliable” data to track property inspections, putting the city at risk for fire incidents.
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During Tuesday’s meeting, Berkeley City Council voted on resolutions to purchase 15 parking enforcement vehicles and to increase parking enforcement on UC Berkeley football game days.
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At Tuesday’s City Council meeting the council approved a new parking fine schedule to create an “enhanced fine schedule” to be used during Cal football home games, according to Farid Javandel, the city transportation manager.
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Berkeley City Council will address homelessness at a special meeting, in addition to discussing city data collection and busing at its regular meeting.
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Masao Yabusaki’s family nursery sold bonsai trees and garden plants in the city of Berkeley since his grandparents immigrated to the US, and while business had to shut down in 2014, Yabusaki will now likely get the chance to reopen it with a license to sell cannabis plants, the City Council decided Tuesday.
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Berkeley City Council will convene at its regular Tuesday meeting to discuss drafting a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, or SEIR, for Upper Hearst Development, a referral for the creation of a “vehicle dweller program” and support for SCA-1, which expedites public housing projects.
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Berkeley Police Department will now be able to pay up to $50,000 to community members who provide information on unsolved crimes, the City Council decided at its regular meeting Tuesday.
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The Berkeley City Council narrowly voted to send a development proposal for a five-story development back to the Zoning Adjustments Board, or ZAB, at Tuesday regular meeting, holding off from approving the project until some design tweaks are implemented.
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Berkeley City Council will discuss new amendments on Density Bonus and cannabis regulation ordinances at its regular Tuesday meeting, as well as a resolution that affirms city support for Tibetan people.
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Berkeley City Council decided to crack down on RVs on Berkeley streets at a special City Council meeting Thursday evening, amending existing municipal code to clarify the prohibition amid outcry from students, senior citizens and members of the homeless community who live in vehicles that now face harsher restrictions.
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