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Storm damage photos, outages linger, 30-year wait to underground utility lines is nearly over | Historic Asian American bookshop closing

Jovanka Beckles

woman listening, Young Democratic Socialists of America convention
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Millennial socialists who gathered in Berkeley believe in democracy, feminism and hashtags

by Gisela Pérez de Acha Feb. 20, 2019, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Participation in East Bay DSA surged during the 2016 election and after the election of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Its youth arm held its conference in Berkeley this weekend to gear up for 2020.

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Campaign notebook: Measures O and P bring in the most cash, campaigns get creative

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein Nov. 05, 2018, 4:49 p.m.August 4, 2022

Two Berkeley measures have brought in more than $400,000.

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Poll shows AD15 candidate Beckles with 4% lead over Wicks; many still undecided

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Oct. 31, 2018, 11:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

With less than a week before election day, a single poll shows the candidate who has served eight years in public office narrowly ahead of a campaign consultant in her first race.

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Jovanka Beckles, running for AD15, sees herself as the champion of the people in Berkeley and the East Bay

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Oct. 29, 2018, 3:00 p.m.August 4, 2022

Beckles was buoyed on Monday by an endorsement from Sen. Bernie Sanders. The Richmond councilwoman has staked out positions on the left of the Democratic spectrum.

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Bernie Sanders comes to Berkeley, praises Barbara Lee and urges people to vote

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Oct. 27, 2018, 2:16 p.m.October 4, 2022

The independent senator from Vermont did not endorse AD15 Candidate Jovanka Beckles, although she was one of the few politicians to sit on the stage behind him.

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On the road with Buffy Wicks: using grassroots organizing to capture Assembly District 15

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Oct. 25, 2018, 10:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

By Nov. 6, the Wicks campaign and its 500 volunteers plan to have knocked on 100,000 doors, part of the candidate’s strategy to connect with voters.

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Big money is flowing in to support and oppose measures O and P, AD15 race

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Oct. 19, 2018, 10:45 a.m.October 4, 2022

Companies that build affordable housing are pouring funds into support of the O and P measures, Realtors are opposing the proposed property transfer tax hike and Wicks is outspending Beckles in the AD15 race.

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Strong policy differences emerge between AD15 candidates Jovanka Beckles and Buffy Wicks

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Oct. 08, 2018, 2:02 p.m.August 4, 2022

They differ on their support for Proposition 10, housing, charter school reforms, whether California should immediately seek a single-payer health plan and more.

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Assembly District 15 candidates Buffy Wicks and Jovanka Beckles discuss food policy and agriculture issues

Avatar photo by Alix Wall Oct. 04, 2018, 2:29 p.m.August 4, 2022

At Food in the 15th, organized by the California Food and Farming Network, the candidates spoke on affordable food, urban agriculture social justice for food workers, more.

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Campaign notebook: Buffy Wicks campaign donors; Jovanka Beckles on vaccinations; gender at the polls

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Sept. 24, 2018, 3:42 p.m.August 4, 2022

Six weeks remain until the November election. Some races have already gotten ugly.

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