Barry Fike

Adena Ishii is the best candidate to get the Berkeley City Council and our community working together constructively. Adena’s nonpartisan, thoughtful, and civil approach to Berkeley politics is exactly what our city needs right now. Berkeleyside accepts submission of op-eds relating to election candidates and measures and publishes a balance of opinions at its discretion. We select those that are the most compelling, well-written and well-argued. Learn more about our op-ed guidelines.

Berkeley City Council District 4 residents deserve a council member focused on solving the problems they deal with every day. We love Berkeley and have lived here in District 4 for many years, raising our families and supporting our schools and this city. We believe it can be the kind of community again that drew us here. The current dysfunction in the city, both on the Council and in the administration, can be addressed and changed.