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During its regular Tuesday meeting, Berkeley City Council discussed ordinances restricting rent hikes and enacting a moratorium on homeless encampment sweeps during the coronavirus pandemic.
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At its March 31 meeting, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors reactivated the Disaster Relief Fund in response to the increasing needs of the county’s residents during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Students, Berkeley community members and local government officials gathered in the ASUC Senate chambers on Feb. 13 for a town hall on the 2020 census.
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The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved its 2019-20 budget on Friday, according to a Friday press release from Alameda County.
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In light of community opposition to the Urban Shield program, the Alameda County board of supervisors revoted Tuesday in a 3-2 decision to implement 60 recommendations, which were initially adopted Feb. 26, that call for demilitarized emergency response training and a community-focused response to disaster.
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M.B. was trying to turn her life around when a state debt collector withdrew all of the funds in her bank account to satisfy a criminal justice debt of more than $1,800. At the time, M.B. was living in a sober living facility. She was saving up her public assistance dollars,
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The Stop Urban Shield Coalition organized the rally to coincide with the final scenario exercises and vendor exhibitions of Urban Shield taking place this weekend, according to Jennifer Abella, a Gabriela Oakland member and Stop Urban Shield Coalition organizer. The rally also coincided with the People’s Climate March in San Francisco this Saturday.
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The sheriff’s office received a 5 percent budget increase for the 2018-19 fiscal year, according to Jose Bernal, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights senior organizer and advocate. Bernal argued that the money would be more effective if it went toward youth programs and solving homelessness and poverty.
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The Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to approve the child care and early education tax ordinance, taking it one step closer to being placed on the June 2018 ballot.
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The Stop Urban Shield Coalition released a 2017 Report Card on Friday alleging that militarization, racism and surveillance are the core issues plaguing the responder training program known as Urban Shield.
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