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With fewer than 24 hours remaining, no UC Berkeley student has filed candidacy for City Council after years of lobbying to create a student supermajority district.
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Despite threats to the contrary, the student district placed on the November ballot will not face a counter-proposal map from Berkeley Councilmember Jesse Arreguin, who is now only moving forward with his previously announced plan to establish an independent commission for the redistricting process.
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Berkeley voters will now have the power to decide the fate of the city’s district lines after Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday to place a controversial redistricting map on the November ballot.
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In response to the city’s extended difficulties with drawing a new council district, Councilmember Jesse Arreguin submitted on Monday proposed ballot measures to transfer the power of redistricting from the Berkeley City Council to an independent commission.
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While UC Berkeley students have been among the most outspoken advocates for the creation of a new student majority district, it was community members who stepped up to foot the bill of a campaign seeking to overturn the recently-approved controversial district lines.
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After a long and contentious discussion Wednesday night, the ASUC Senate failed to pass a bill that would have supported a student-majority city council district including Northside student residences that are currently excluded in an alternate proposal.
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After two years of planning, some students are raising concern over the ASUC sponsored Berkeley redistricting map because the proposed student district excludes Northside residences, including 9 Berkeley student housing cooperatives and three dormitories.
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Berkeley City Council will hold a public hearing at its meeting Tuesday to draft an ordinance reflecting one of two city redistricting plans, both of which include a student majority district.
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The Berkeley City Council passed a motion on Tuesday night to push forward two new redistricting proposals which both include UC Berkeley student districts.
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Berkeley City Council met Monday evening in the North Berkeley Senior Center to present and discuss potential redistricting plans, including the establishment of a student supermajority district.
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