Mansour Id-Deen

Berkeley Copwatch, an organization formed in 1990 with the intention to “empower and unite the community to resist police abuse” through education and supervision, hosted a virtual forum Wednesday highlighting five events of alleged racist policing in Berkeley during the pandemic. 

Berkeley City Councilmember Cheryl Davila is seeking reelection for 2020 in hopes to “transform” policing and fund health services.

At a meeting on Tuesday, June 27 City Council passed the 2018 budget, unanimously voting on about $425 million in net appropriations.

The Police Review Commission gathered for a special meeting Wednesday evening to discuss Berkeley Police Department’s delay in releasing data regarding stop reasons and the use of force.

The Berkeley chapter of the NAACP sent a letter listing a series of complaints May 10 alleging discrimination against Black students and employees by the Berkeley Unified School District to the district’s Board of Directors.

Berkeley City Council discussed recommendations from the city auditor and city Personnel Board about enhancing equity in the city’s hiring and promotions system at a special meeting Tuesday evening.

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, held a community forum on racial justice Saturday at which she — along with Berkeley City Council members, campus activists and the Berkeley NAACP branch president — discussed issues faced by underrepresented minorities nationally and locally.

The City of Berkeley adopted the Biennial Budget of fiscal years 2016 and 2017 during their regular city council meeting Tuesday.

Measures to temporarily ban police use of less-than-lethal crowd control methods, implement a program to place body cameras on officers, and approve an investigation of police action during protests early last month are among the items up for approval by City Council at their meeting this Tuesday.

City officials and residents called for further investigation into the scope of Berkeley’s potential workplace problems at a Tuesday meeting complaints by Berkeley employees of nepotism and discrimination.