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In December 2007, the President's Pay Agent reported that an average locality pay adjustment of 36.89% would be required to reach the target set by FEPCA (to close the computed pay gap between federal and non-federal pay to a disparity of 5%). By comparison, in calendar year 2007, the average locality pay adjustment actually authorized was 16.88%.
Illinois is the first state to declare Malcolm X Day a holiday only in 2015. Today, the holiday is only official in Berkeley, California since 1979 with city offices closed. All federal holidays [73] February 12 – Lincoln's Birthday; November 2–8 (floating Tuesday) – Election Day (in even-numbered years)
The station site is approximately at the historic location of Berkeley Branch Railroad's Newbury station, which opened after 1876. [6] The BART Board approved the name "Ashby Place" in December 1965. [7] The three stations in Berkeley were originally planned to be elevated, but the City of Berkeley paid extra tax to have them built underground.
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On October 22, 1904 the Berkeley City Hall was destroyed by a fire and shortly thereafter a paid department was formed. [8] In 1914, the Berkeley Fire Department became the first department west of the Mississippi to be fully motorized. [9] In 1923, over 600 homes and businesses were destroyed by the 1923 Berkeley, California fire. [10]
Today, Berkeley's downtown is highly eclectic, with numerous small businesses. Currently, the Berkeley City Council passed a new downtown area plan in an attempt to make the Downtown more sustainable and concentrate future development in the downtown area in conjunction with the announced plan of the University to build a hotel, conference ...
The Berkeley Historic Civic Center District is a 9.9-acre (4.0 ha) historic district in Berkeley, California, U.S. [2] [3] [4] It comprises portions of a five-block area surrounding Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park, primarily made up of civic-related buildings.
This is a list of mayors of Berkeley, California. The list includes people serving in the equivalent position of president, in the city's early history. Presidents, Town Board of Trustees (1878–1909) Abel Whitton (Workingman's Party) 1878–1881; A. McKinstry 1881–1883; W.C. Wright (Republican) 1883–1885; J.B. Henley 1885–1887