As an independent student newspaper and the paper of record for the city of Berkeley, the Daily Cal has been communicating important updates during this pandemic. Your support is essential to maintaining this coverage.
What we don’t want is temporary port-a-potties and handwashing stations that are taken away once the HAV epidemic is declared over — people need consistent access to sanitation and housing, or disease outbreaks will happen over and over again.
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I see access to public sanitation facilities as a basic human right that the government has accountability for. We share a vital trait: We are all humans.
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City Council approved a development project at 2527 San Pablo Ave. that will provide housing to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or IDD, at its Tuesday meeting, in response to an outcry of public support for individuals with IDD.
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City Council will consider a resolution to provide port-a-potties, wash stations, trash removal and hepatitis A vaccines to homeless encampment residents at its meeting Tuesday, in light of recent hepatitis A outbreaks in California.
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Berkeley City Council will discuss proposals related to a city homeless fund and news helicopter noise, among other items, at its regular meeting Oct. 17.
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