Tonight the Berkeley City Council will vote on legalizing and regulating short-term rentals, defined as rentals which last for less than fourteen days. Currently, such rentals are illegal in Berkeley, though that hasn’t stopped multi-billion dollar companies such as Airbnb from ignoring the law. With Airbnb’s assistance, certain landlords around the state have been able […]
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UC Berkeley students transform themselves into packaged meat for anti-meat consumption protest
A student simulated being a package of “human meat” at an anti-meat eating protest on the UC Berkeley campus Thursday, Dec. 3. Photo: Ted Friedman A student simulated being a package of “human meat” at an anti-meat eating protest on the UC Berkeley campus Thursday, Dec. 3. Photo: Ted Friedman Activists with the UC Berkeley […]
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Redistricting plans focus on student-majority district
Berkeley’s existing eight council districts, with incumbent councilmember homes indicated by a dark red dot. Berkeley’s existing eight council districts, with incumbent councilmember homes indicated by a dark red dot. A student-majority district in Berkeley moved a step closer with the release of redistricting plans on Thursday. Six individuals and community groups submitted redistricting plans, […]
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Cal students file redistricting proposal with the city
The campaign to create at least one student-majority district in Berkeley reached a milestone today when a group of student leaders submitted their detailed redistricting proposal to the city clerk. “We need the city to know that the student community is a legitimate community of interest,” said Joey Freeman, external affairs vice president for the […]
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Cal leaders push to put student on Berkeley City Council
Will a student ever sit on Berkeley City Council again? In the 15 years since Berkeley adopted City Council districts, no student has been elected to the post even though they make up a quarter of the population. Now a coalition of UC Berkeley student leaders is aiming to change that. The group hopes to […]
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Israel-Palestinian question divides Berkeley students
Pro-divestment poster, courtesy of US Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel The controversy over relations between Israel and Palestine has been wreaking havoc in the halls of UC Berkeley in recent weeks. On March 18, after an emotional four-hour session with 80 speakers, the Associated Students of the University of California, the ruling […]
