Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel There is a campaign afoot to waste Berkeleyans’ time and tax dollars. On Dec. 17, 2013, the Berkeley City Council adopted a long-awaited redistricting map that rebalances population across Berkeley’s City Council Districts. The vote came after two rounds of redistricting over the last three years, including a total of 17 community […]
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Tight deadline to get redistricting referendum on ballot
Xan Joi stook outside Berkeley Bowl on Dec. 24 to collect signatures to force a redistricting measure to go on the ballot. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel With only two weeks left to collect 5,275 signatures to force a city council redistricting measure on the ballot, members of the Berkeley Referendum Coalition are holding a rally on […]
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Berkeley redistricting map splits council, community
The Berkeley Student District Campaign map was approved Tuesday night. Image: City of Berkeley What some described as a historic move by the Berkeley City Council to approve a new student-majority district centered around Telegraph Avenue was decried by others Tuesday night as political “gerrymandering” aimed at splitting the city’s progressive voice and excluding some […]
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Redistricting map approved, referendum idea looms
Students crammed in to the Berkeley City Council chambers Tuesday night for a vote on new district lines in Berkeley. Photo: Emilie Raguso Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council approved a new redistricting map to redraw council boundaries to reflect the city’s population changes over the past decade and increase the number of student-aged voters […]
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Berkeley council may consider 2 campus district maps
Councilman Kriss Worthington’s office created an alternate vision of a student district that adds Foothill, Bowles, Stern, I-House and 11 co-ops. Following pleas to give students more time to get involved with Berkeley’s redistricting process, the Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday night to delay its decision on proposed changes to the city’s council districts that […]
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Redistricting meeting sheds light on past process
Currently, this Berkeley Student District Campaign map, authored by Eric Panzer, is the council’s choice going forward. Currently, this Berkeley Student District Campaign map, authored by Eric Panzer, is the council’s choice going forward. A small group of community members came together earlier this week at the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce to learn how the […]
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Berkeley Council denies last-minute redistricting proposal
The City Council approved a motion Tuesday to make the campus district map the preferred plan for redistricting. By Camille Baptista A new City Council redistricting plan was presented Tuesday during the second public hearing for redistricting proposals, but council members voted against considering it because of its last-minute introduction. Despite the submittal of the new […]
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Op-Ed: Berkeley must keep the one fair redistricting map in play
Not so very long ago, Berkeley proclaimed itself to be a “City of Neighborhoods.” Not so much now. Under the quiet and persistent guidance of the present Mayor and Council, policy and practice emphasis has steadily shifted away from neighborhoods — their well-being and preservation — to developing density and allowing increased project size and […]
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Berkeley Council to consider 2 city redistricting maps
Students showed up in droves to the Berkeley City Council meeting on Tuesday, May 7 to show their support for a new district that would offer them a seat on the council. Photo: Emilie Raguso Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council held a public hearing to learn more about seven recently submitted maps that aim to adjust […]
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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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City could face most dramatic redistricting in 27 years
A reference map of existing boundaries forms part of the redistricting packet Berkeley is seeking redistricting plans for the city’s eight council districts. Since 1986, Berkeley redistricting has been constrained to boundaries resembling the 1986 lines. After the passage of Measure R in November, those geographic constraints have been removed. Redistricting plans must be submitted […]
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Have a say in how the city’s district lines are drawn
Electoral districts, either within a city, a county, or a state, are drawn to best represent the people and communities within them. That is, unless you live in Berkeley. In 1986, Berkeley adopted districts for its City Council. Yet rather than permit districts that represent our communities as they grow and change, as is done […]