The son of a California civil rights leader, Rumford was honored with a plaque on Sacramento Street earlier this year.
Santa Fe Right of Way
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Berkeley’s next park: City gets $5M to turn rail corridor into gardens, playground
The former trackbed of a Santa Fe railroad line that once cut through West Berkeley could become a multi-block city park.
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Berkeley parks advocates push back after council drops bond from November ballot
The public dismay was palpable last month when the Berkeley City Council decided, in a surprise move, to put a parks tax before voters this fall without a related bond measure that would have infused parks and pools around the city with much-needed cash, reversing an earlier vote on the items. The $1.7 million parks tax, […]
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Berkeley voters likely to see joint parks funding measure
Two Berkeley officials put forward a new proposal Tuesday night for a combined bond and tax measure that could go before voters in November. The idea, presented by Berkeley City Council members Linda Maio and Laurie Capitelli, would cost property owners about $58 a year for an average Berkeley home, which is defined by the city as 1,900 […]
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Plans firm up for Berkeley soda tax, city parks measures
Berkeley officials voted Tuesday night on ballot language related to a November 2014 soda tax proposal, but exactly what sort of fundraising request might come before voters to help the city’s parks remains to be determined. Regarding the soda tax, voters will be asked whether the city should “impose a general tax of 1 cent per […]
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Berkeley groups want old railroad bed to be a public park
A group of local residents is asking the city to raise funds to turn an old, fenced-off railroad bed in South Berkeley, called the Santa Fe Right of Way, into open space with community gardens and a trail that connects to the Ohlone Greenway. The challenge is that the parks department is already seriously underfunded. […]