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On the Berkeley City Council, Robinson was a vocal advocate for increased housing production. Robinson led the city council in committing to end single-family zoning , [ 8 ] which was originated in Berkeley, and was an outspoken supporter of UC Berkeley 's proposed student housing and permanent supportive housing project at People's Park . [ 9 ]
A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously the mayor of Berkeley, California, from 2016 to 2024. He served on the Berkeley Housing Commission and Rent Stabilization Board from 2004 to 2009 and represented District 4 on the Berkeley City Council from 2009 to 2016. He is the first Latino elected Berkeley's mayor and was one of the ...
Ishii ran in the 2024 Berkeley mayoral race against Sophie Hahn and Katie Harrison, former District 4 City Council member. [11] Ishii's campaign manager was Cydney Chilimidos. [6] Ishii's campaign utilized Berkeley's public financing program that limited individual contributions up to $60 but matched those individual contributions at a 6–1 ...
It can then choose to provide almost all the services usually provided by the county (and more), or provide only a few and pay the county to do the rest. A city in this last arrangement is called a contract city; this type of contract is generally known among lawyers as the "Lakewood Plan", because it was pioneered by the city of Lakewood in 1954.
Berkeley’s City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt an ordinance giving the title of the land to the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, a San Francisco Bay Area collective led by women that works ...
Nancy Skinner became the first student to serve on the City Council, elected in 1984 as a graduate student. Rigel Robinson, who was elected in 2018, became the second student to serve on the City Council as he completed his master's degree while in office. Adena Ishii became the first woman of color to be elected Mayor of Berkeley in November 2024.
Police attempt to prevent a crowd from entering People's Park in Berkeley on Aug. 3. Protesters gathered to decry the clearing out of the park in preparation for the development of student housing.
University of California, Berkeley: 14,444 2 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: 3,735 3 Alta Bates Summit Medical Center: 3,100 4 City of Berkeley 1,658 5 Bayer: 1,500 6 Berkeley Unified School District: 1,200 7 Kaiser Permanente: 700 8 Pacific Steel: 600 9 Andronico's: 325 10 Berkeley City College: 300