Darryl Moore

On Tuesday, former candidate James Reagan announced his withdrawal from the District 2 Berkeley City Council elections race.

At its Tuesday meeting, the Berkeley City Council approved and adopted a compromise budget for fiscal year 2017, which requires roughly $1.5 million in reserve funding and partially defunds programs including the Berkeley Drop-In Center and Youth Spirit Artworks.

At its regular meeting Tuesday, Berkeley City Council awarded a permit to the city’s fourth cannabis dispensary.

Nanci Armstrong-Temple filed her intent to run for the District 2 Berkeley City Council seat last Monday.

Two candidates — both of whom have served on the city’s Human Welfare and Community Action Commission — filed their intent to run for the District 2 Berkeley City Council seat this week.

At its regular meeting Tuesday, Berkeley City Council approved in a contentious 6-4 vote the reappointment of Cheryl Davila to the city Human Welfare and Community Action Commission as an elected representative of the poor.

Berkeley City Council will meet Tuesday evening to return to various agenda items ranging from a $1 million Housing Trust Fund loan to a referral establishing a living wage for city employees, as well as Berkeley Police Department's annual crime report.

Since 2009, the city of Berkeley has closed certain city offices on select days every year to counter tight budgets and the possibility of employee furloughs.

Darryl Moore, a current Berkeley City Councilmember, filed his intent to rerun for the district 2 seat, a position he has held for over a decade, according to city reports released Friday.

The city will consider funding a study gauging costs for possible restorations of the Berkeley Municipal Fishing Pier — which has been closed to the public without construction — according to a Tuesday off-agenda memo presented to Berkeley City Council.