South Berkeley voters will have to decide whether they are happy with the leadership of four-year incumbent Ben Bartlett, or whether they want something new.
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Election 2020: District 3 candidates answer Berkeleyside questions
Meet your District 3 City Council candidates in Berkeley’s November 2020 election: Ben Bartlett, Deborah Matthews and Orlando Martinez.
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Election 2020: Who is Ben Bartlett?
Meet Ben Bartlett, one of three District 3 City Council candidates in Berkeley’s November 2020 election.
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Election 2020: Who is Orlando Martinez?
Meet Orlando Martinez, one of three District 3 City Council candidates in Berkeley’s November 2020 election.
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Election 2020: Who is Deborah Matthews?
Meet Deborah Matthews, one of three District 3 City Council candidates in Berkeley’s November 2020 election.
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4 take aim at open South Berkeley City Council seat
For the first time in 12 years, South Berkeley will have a new representative on the City Council. Four people are vying for the seat to be vacated by Max Anderson: Anderson’s pick, Ben Bartlett, is an attorney who is proud of his family’s deep heritage in Berkeley and has wracked up a long list of high-profile endorsements; real estate agent […]
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Election 2016: Who is Ben Bartlett?
Name: Ben Bartlett Job: Environmental attorney What office are you are running for? Berkeley City Council, District 3 What is the main reason you are running? Berkeley has blessed me and I intend to pay that back and also forward for the next generation. Berkeley is in my DNA. My family has been active here for generations. I am […]
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Election 2016: Who is Deborah Matthews?
Name: Deborah Matthews Age: 62 Job: Educator, real estate broker What office are you are running for? Berkeley City Council, District 3 What is the main reason you are running? I am a mother, educator & realtor who has lived and worked in South and West Berkeley for over 30 years. As a proud, long-time resident, I have seen first-hand […]
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Election 2016: Who is Al Murray?
Name: Al Murray Age: 67 Job: Retired from US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 What office are you are running for? Berkeley City Council, District 3 What is the main reason you are running? There are three theme in which I am running for office: 1. Resiliency to implement low to Moderate Housing Strategy for the City of Berkeley. Change […]
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Election 2016: Who is Mark Coplan?
Name: Mark Coplan Age: 60 Job: BUSD public information officer, retired What office are you are running for? Berkeley City Council, District 3 What is the main reason you are running? I’m running for Berkeley City Council District 3, because I want to serve South Berkeley the way I’ve served 9,000 students and their families in Berkeley schools […]
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Anderson and Belser vie for District 3 council seat
There isn’t a big policy divide between two-term incumbent Max Anderson and challenger Dmitri Belser in the race for the District 3 City Council seat. The South Berkeley district is one of the more diverse in the city, both racially and socioeconomically. Although crime rates are down (as they are throughout Berkeley), crime remains a […]