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Somewhere in Berkeley, a mother and daughter are sharing one room with an air mattress. Somewhere else, a single mother lives in a vehicle where she used to live with her son before he was taken away because she was unable to find housing.
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Berkeley City Council approved 18 months of Measure P funding, allocating potentially $8.47 million of funding to homelessness services for the city of Berkeley.
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City Council voted on two major budget proposals and enacted revised building codes to more effectively reduce emissions from newly constructed buildings.
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On Friday, the city of Berkeley’s Budget and Finance Policy Committee met to discuss recommendations to give to City Council regarding the budget, including allocation of funding from Measure P and Berkeley police presence on UC Berkeley’s campus.
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Berkeley City Council is moving forward with a midyear budget process that will decide the fate of millions of dollars in leftover revenues.
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Affordable rental housing in California is built by both nonprofit and for-profit developers in partnership with cities, counties and the state. The cost of development and construction is driven up by factors ranging from land prices and environmental review to the rising costs of materials and labor.
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YSA, a Berkeley art and job-training organization, has been planning its Tiny House Village since 2016. The village, which is projected to open July 1, 2020, will have 26 tiny houses in total — 22 for homeless youth and four for resident assistants.
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In this year’s homeless point-in-time count, it was reported that 1,108 persons currently experience homelessness in the city of Berkeley, an increase of 14 percent since the last count in 2017.
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Berkeley City Council unanimously approved a $895 million budget at its meeting Tuesday night to allocate money for different purposes, organizations and ventures for the next two fiscal years.
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Created in Oct. 2017, the Berkeley Homeless Fund has attracted $230,000 in donations and has helped fund several projects for the homeless community, as first reported by Berkeleyside.
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