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Posted inHousing & Development
Update: State housing regulators shot down Berkeley’s limits on cottages in the hills. Will the city court another fight?
The City Council deadlocked on a parking requirement for ADUs in the hills Tuesday, pushing a decision to its Oct. 3 meeting.
Posted inCity
Berkeley’s 2024 mayoral race already has 4 candidates
As Mayor Jesse Arreguín campaigns for state Senate, three city councilmembers have joined the race to replace him.
Posted inCity
Susan Wengraf won’t seek reelection after 15 years representing Berkeley Hills
Wengraf’s decision sets up an open race for the District 6 City Council seat in the 2024 election.
Posted inCity
Berkeley approves major changes for Civic Center but must figure out how to fund it
The ambitious project could cost up to $158 million and includes plans to study daylighting Strawberry Creek, rethink Center Street and create an “urban oasis.”
Posted inCrime & Safety
Berkeley to install 52 automated license plate readers around the city
The City Council voted 6-1 to move forward with using the mass surveillance cameras for a two-year trial.
Posted inCrime & Safety
ACLU says Berkeley’s plan to install license plate readers threatens residents’ privacy
Privacy advocates say the mass surveillance cameras — meant to deter auto thefts and other crimes — will endanger activists, religious minorities and those seeking reproductive health care they can’t get elsewhere.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Berkeley officials slam ‘drips of information’ in BPD text investigation
Councilmember Harrison said it breeds mistrust for the city manager’s office to make broad claims about the investigation’s findings but not make them public.
Posted inPolice
City says probe into leaked BPD texts found no ‘practice of racial bias’ or arrest quotas
Most details of the investigation, conducted by city-hired outside lawyers, will remain confidential. The police sergeant at the heart of the probe remains on leave but will return to work soon.
Posted inCity
Residents blast BART’s plan to build bulky power facility at Ashby station
An expanded power station could occupy a prominent spot along Adeline Street that Berkeley officials had hoped to line with businesses and housing.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Berkeley staffing crisis slows services, burns out workers, audit finds
Approximately 19% of city positions were vacant as of October 2022, according to the report. The city can’t offer as many services, employees are burning out and HR can’t keep up with turnover.
Posted inObituaries
Remembering Alan Goldfarb, former councilmember who readied Berkeley for ‘the Big One’ and pushed to ban gas-powered leaf blowers
Elected in 1986, Goldfarb pushed for one of the nation’s first leaf blower bans and tax incentives for Berkeley residents’ earthquake home retrofits.
