Jovanka Beckles, Buffy Wicks run for state Assembly District 15
Both Democratic candidates have similar platforms, hoping to address the housing crisis, environmental issues and the criminal justice system.
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Berkeley Unified School District board approves City Council to use board room for public meetings
The city will have exclusive access to the board room and its supporting facilities for public meetings Tuesdays and Thursdays after 3 p.m.
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State Assembly District 15 candidate Jovanka Beckles holds campaign event
State Assembly District 15 candidate Jovanka Beckles spoke at a community talk in Berkeley on Saturday that included the perspectives of multiple speakers involved in local politics.
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Berkeley promotes measures on housing, homelessness at campaign kickoff
Measure O will issue $135 million in city bonds to create and preserve affordable housing for Berkeley’s low-income residents, while Measure P will raise the property transfer tax from 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent on the top one-third of property sales to increase funds for homeless services.
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Berkeley sparks discourse over cannabis at town hall
The interest groups met to address future opportunities and remaining shortcomings of Berkeley’s cannabis regulation, such as the competitiveness of legally licensed businesses with the black market. Other concerns persist over public safety, youth access to marijuana and the hurdles cannabis distributors and cultivators face in setting up shop in the city.
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After primary elections, Assembly District 15 candidates reflect on campaign fundraising
In the election for the Assembly District 15 seat, candidates have faced the struggle of raising enough money for their campaigns in order to reach out to the optimal number of voters.
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‘It doesn’t stop’: Assembly District 15 primary candidates continue working in civic circles after losing
While Buffy Wicks and Jovanka Beckles will be campaigning for the District 15 seat in this November’s general election, many of their opponents in the primaries will be continuing their civic engagement to address issues afflicting the East Bay.
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Buffy Wicks and Dan Kalb lead in Assembly District 15’s primary election
Wicks received 31.4 percent of the vote, while Kalb received 14.2 percent. Both candidates will now advance in the Assembly District 15 election.
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Proposed law aimed at easing process of confiscating guns passes through California Senate
The bill, authored by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, strengthens an existing gun law she also authored by allowing police to confiscate firearm components such as ammunition and magazines from dangerous individuals with credible evidence of a threat.
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Le Conte Elementary School renamed after Sylvia Mendez, a key figure in California desegregation
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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