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State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, announced Monday the unveiling of SB 18, which seeks to expand state funding and offer rental assistance and legal aid to help California residents who are at risk of displacement.
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The report detailed some “community-based alternatives,” such as having cities sanction and support “informal settlements” and increasing the number of community land trusts.
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The accident took place during a trip with his girlfriend Victoria Nauman, which they’d been planning for a year in advance. On their way back to Berkeley, the two stopped at Toketee Falls to view what Lewinstein referred to as “the waterfall of all waterfalls.”
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Lewinstein, 23, was believed by officials to have crossed a safety fence to take a photograph from above the falls when he slipped and fell down the embankment, off the hills and into the water.
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Lewinstein, 23, crossed a safety fence to take a photograph from above the falls when he slipped and fell down the embankment, off the hills and into the water at about 2:48 p.m.
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Several speakers gathered at the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center about 12:30 p.m., according to Yesica Prado, a Berkeley Marina vehicular resident.
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Ability to Pay allows citizens who receive public benefits and have a monthly disposable income of less than $400 to receive reduced fines.
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The center, located on Second Street between Cedar and Virginia Streets, will offer shelter, meals, showers and laundry facilities for up to 45 people, as well as a variety of services including assistance in finding permanent housing.
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The Berkeley Marina vehicular community, which consists of about 20 vehicles and 45 people, gathered at 5 a.m. and demanded that the city either let them remain at the marina or provide another space for their vehicles. Community resident Amber Whitson said the protest was “lighthearted” until the Berkeley Police Department arrived at 8 a.m., when officers warned residents that if they didn’t follow the city’s directive their vehicles would be towed and cited.
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Prerna Lal, the only immigration attorney for UC Berkeley’s Undocumented Student Program, or USP, announced their resignation in a Facebook post Monday.
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