Berkeley police Chief Michael Meehan resigns
Berkeley Police Department Chief Michael Meehan resigned Tuesday amid internal and public criticism of his departmental leadership.
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City Council to discuss green housing, police accountability at 1st regular fall meeting
Berkeley City Council is set to resume its usual regular meetings Tuesday night to discuss a proposed green housing incentive program and a possible ballot measure to promote increased police accountability after an eventful eight-week summer recess marked by several lawsuits and the approval of a city minimum wage ordinance.
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Jovan Grogan appointed new Berkeley deputy city manager
Dee Williams-Ridley, the city manager of Berkeley, announced her new second-in-command in a memo to City Council on Tuesday.
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Berkeley property owner coalition sues city over misleading ballot language
The Berkeley Rental Housing Coalition — the political action committee of the Berkeley Property Owners Association — filed a lawsuit against the city Wednesday over a city-sponsored measure’s deceptive ballot language that allegedly overstates the projected city revenue for the tax increase.
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City Council meets to discuss new prioritization system
At a special meeting Tuesday evening, Berkeley City Council discussed results of a new voting system that re-prioritized referrals from city departments through consensus voting.
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City Council votes down proposal for $1 million loan to Housing Trust Fund
After deferring the measure four times since it was first introduced in September, Berkeley City Council voted against a proposed $1 million loan from the city’s general fund to its Housing Trust Fund at its regular Tuesday meeting.
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Berkeley City Council to discuss living wage, Housing Trust Fund loan
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.
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City updates plans for storage locker facility for homeless
The city updated a storage unit pilot initiative for homeless individuals Friday, with proposed plans to add additional facilities and hire more city staff to oversee the program.
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City planning, development director Eric Angstadt resigns
Eric Angstadt, city planning and development director, submitted his resignation Friday to move on to Contra Costa County, leaving a position he has held since April 2012.
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City Council discusses problems, solutions for affordable housing crisis at work session Tuesday
Berkeley City Council held a special work session Tuesday — with presentations by regional researchers, city staff, developers, housing authority officials and campus city planning professors — where it discussed possible strategies to mitigate and resolve the city’s affordable housing crisis.
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