Laurie Capitelli and Sophie Hahn are facing off for the second time for the District 5 Council seat. Photos: Emilie Raguso Incumbent Laurie Capitelli and challenger Sophie Hahn will face off in November for the second time in a pitched battle for Berkeley’s District 5 City Council seat, in a race that has been tinged with […]
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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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City Council candidates respond to your questions
Berkeley Old City Hall. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Berkeleyside recently sent all the candidates for the City Council a set of questions, partly based on the suggestions our readers provided. Candidates are running in Districts 1, 4, 7 and 8. Of the 13 active candidates in the four districts, we received responses from six: Linda Maio in […]
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Election groundwork: Who’s running in November?
Old City Hall: four council seats are being contested. Photo: Wikimedia Commoms. Four Berkeley council seats and a variety of other Berkeley posts are being contested at the general election on Tuesday, November 2. Berkeleyside will have full coverage of all the races but, first, here is your quick summary guide to who is running for […]
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Will poetry be the key to voters’ hearts?
Kriss Worthington For his fifth bid for a seat on the Berkeley City Council, Kriss Worthington decided to try something unusual: communicate his message with a poem. Instead of submitting prose for his candidate’s ballot statement, Worthington turned in a poem. “I only have 200 words. What can you really say with 200 words? I […]