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Harrison was sworn into office in March 2017 and during her time on the council has worked on multiple issues, including police reform, affordable housing and homelessness. Now that Harrison has been re-elected, she said she is “gratified” by the results.
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Half of the city council could see a change come November, and there are fourteen people running in total for the four district seats.
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One factor for many voters this November is a candidate’s endorsements. Individuals of local and national renown have weighed in on the slew of candidates vying for four Berkeley City Council seats in the Nov. 6 election.
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Sylvia Mendez was the plaintiff in the landmark 1947 case Mendez v. Westminster. The case challenged the “whites only” policy of four Los Angeles school districts, and ultimately the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Mendez.
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At a Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD Board meeting, union members voiced dissatisfaction about their wages on Wednesday.
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After the last day of Berkeley High School’s Unity Week this year, two fights broke out between students near the school, which led to Berkeley Police Department allegedly using excessive force — an allegation that was discussed during the public comment section of Berkeley Unified School District board’s Wednesday meeting.
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Four Berkeley Unified School District students filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday against BUSD, the BUSD Board of Education and several BUSD and BUSD Board of Education administrators for allegedly failing to serve students with reading disabilities, such as dyslexia.
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Berkeley Unified School District’s board unanimously approved a policy designed to improve students’ access to educational resources and protect them from detention or deportation at its regular meeting Wednesday night.
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Berkeley Unified School District may soon adopt a policy making district campuses sanctuaries for undocumented and immigrant students after the Board of Education reaffirmed the district’s commitment to student safety at its meeting Wednesday.
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Incumbents Beatriz Leyva-Cutler and Judy Appel won the two open Board of Education director positions for the Berkeley Unified School District on Tuesday, defeating their sole challenger Abdur Sikder.
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