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Berkeley City Council endorsed a development plan for the expansion of the Bayer HealthCare West Berkeley campus at its regular meeting Tuesday.
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Berkeley City Council sought to address a “progressive blindspot” by examining the inequities present in the city’s contracting record.
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Berkeley City Council adopted an ordinance to include garage conversions under the definition of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, and increased the allowable ADU maximum height to 20 feet in all districts excluding areas at high fire risk at their regular meeting Tuesday.
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Of those with whom BPD used force, 43.07% were Black, 26.22% were white and 19.85% were Hispanic.
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Berkeley City Council voted to enter into a $6.5 million seven-year contract with Motorola Solutions to create an encrypted radio service for the Berkeley Fire and Police Departments, despite public opposition to the city working with a company known to aid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
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The Berkeley City Council began its discussion of an update that will determine the future of Berkeley housing policy at a work session meeting Tuesday.
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While California Gov. Gavin Newsom triumphed in Tuesday’s recall election, Berkeley City Council members discussed the city’s employee vaccine mandate and environmental goals — issues Newsom said were symbolically on voters’ ballots.
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Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín hosted a town hall Monday to provide updates on the COVID-19 pandemic and the delta variant, as well as to answer questions about the health order requiring masks in indoor public spaces.
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Berkeley City Council heard the terms of UC Berkeley’s Long Range Development Plan, or LRDP, and adopted items on its consent calendar Tuesday.
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Former Berkeley City Councilmember Max Anderson passed a resolution in February 2015 declaring all Mondays in the city as “Meatless Mondays” in support of sustainability efforts.
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