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At its regular meeting Tuesday, Berkeley City Council approved in a contentious 6-4 vote the reappointment of Cheryl Davila to the city Human Welfare and Community Action Commission as an elected representative of the poor.
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At a meeting Wednesday, the Human Welfare and Community Action Commission moved to reject a proposal that would have called Berkeley City Council to divest from Israeli businesses.
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A Berkeley resident was removed from a city commission last week after she brought forth proposal to divest city funds from companies affiliated with the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
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At the meeting, the commission reviewed a draft memo to City Council, which recommended rejecting the use of tasers as a means of de-escalating conflict with police. Other agenda items included a presentation about the criminalization of homeless people, and allocation of funding for the upcoming fiscal cycle.
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