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Berkeley College is a residential college at Yale University, opened in 1934. The eighth of Yale's 14 residential colleges, it was named in honor of Bishop George Berkeley (1685–1753), dean of Derry and later bishop of Cloyne , in recognition of the assistance in land and books that he gave to Yale in the 18th century.
At Yale University, the undergraduate student government is known as the Yale College Council. [3] High school student governments usually are known as Student Council. Student governments vary widely in their internal structure and degree of influence on institutional policy.
Jesse Arreguín, 22nd Mayor of Berkeley. Josh Fryday, former mayor of Novato, California and Chief Service Officer, State of California. Nick Pacheco, member of the Los Angeles City Council from the 14th district (1999-2003). José Huizar, member of the Los Angeles City Council from the 14th district (2005-2020).
Jesse Arreguin, B.A. 2003 – Berkeley City Councilmember (2008–present) Mario Bergara, PhD 1998 – president of the Central Bank of Uruguay (2008–2013), appointed Minister of Economy and Finance; Bernice Brown, 1928 – First Lady of California, Wife of Governor Pat Brown; Josh Brown, B.A. 2003 – Kitsap County Commissioner, Washington state
The Memorial Quadrangle, completed in 1920, was the colleges' residential template.. As undergraduate enrollment in Yale College surged in the early 20th century, alumni and administrators began to express concern that the college had lost its social cohesion and lacked residential facilities sufficient for its size.
California law makes no distinction between "city" and "town", and municipalities may use either term in their official names. [6] They can be organized as either a charter municipality, governed by its own charter, or a general-law municipality (or "code city"), governed by state statute.
Some larger cities have a mayor–council government, with a directly-elected mayor who oversees the city government. In many council–manager cities, the city council selects one of its members as a mayor, sometimes rotating through the council membership—but this type of mayoral position is primarily ceremonial.
In California, councils of governments are voluntary organizations of local governments within a specific region. They are organized as joint powers authorities and funded by dues from their member governments. [ 1 ]