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Opinion: Prop. 38 is a business scheme disguised as a public health plan. Vote ‘no. Original
For over sixty years, we have been fighting for progressive budgets that make a difference for people who are struggling to get adequate health care, food, housing, childcare and the basic services that maintain human dignity. This year there’s a new threat to California’s ability to provide these life-supporting basic goods — it is on the November ballot for the voters to decide. The issue is Proposition 38. It directs the state to borrow $8.4 billion for immunology research.
Remembering Evie Wozniak, active in Berkeley politics and an aide at City Hall
Evelyn (Evie) Vetterlein Wozniak, passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 20, one week after celebrating her 86th birthday. Born to Katharine and Theodore Vetterlein on Sept. 13, 1939, in Providence, Rhode Island, Evie grew up in Barrington, Rhode Island, on Narragansett Bay, where she learned to love the sea and its bounty. On her mother’s side, Evie traced her ancestry back to William Brewster, who came over on the Mayflower.
Remembering Evie Wozniak, active in Berkeley politics and an aide at City Hall
THE LONG-AWAITED ROLLOUT of the new generation of the Clipper Card payment system begins Wednesday, when Bay Area travelers will be able to pay for …
Loni Hancock: No more excuses, California must pass the Mandela Act to limit solitary confinement Original
In February of 2014, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano and I co-chaired an informational hearing on the need to reform solitary confinement in California prisons.
Remembering Malcolm Burnstein, attorney for the Free Speech Movement
Malcolm Burnstein, a lifelong advocate for equity and justice, passed away on March 6 after a massive stroke, at home with his friends and family. He was 89 years old. During the tumultuous years of the 1950s and ’60s, Mal was a central figure as a civil rights advocate and attorney, and throughout his life, he was a leader in the political organizing that made California the progressive bastion that it is today. To paraphrase EarthJustice, he was there when progress needed a good lawyer.
Opinion: Yes on Measure L
This November, Berkeley’s future is on the ballot. As current and former mayors, we know that residents have long ranked affordable housing, climate resiliency, and repairing our aging streets and infrastructure as top priorities. We’ve been listening, and Measure L is our response. While recent bonds have enabled the city to create affordable housing and improve parks, streets, and other public facilities, funds have been fully committed. We need Measure L to continue the progress.
Remembering Frank Daar, who helped bring leftist Berkeley candidates to power in the '70s
Frank Daar. Credit: Friends of Frank Daar With great love and respect we inform community of the passing of Frank Daar, a longtime community member and a leader in the social and political movements that shaped Berkeley in the 1960s and ‘70s.
Remembering David Mundstock, progressive political activist, historian of Berkeley electoral politics
David Mundstock, a progressive political activist, world traveler, Cal and UC law school graduate and historian of Berkeley electoral politics, passed away Aug. 28th at his home in Berkeley. David was 72 and his sudden death shocked his family, the members of his longtime walking group and the numerous other friends he made over the decades he lived in Berkeley.
Remembering David Mundstock, progressive political activist, world traveler, collector of campaign art
David Mundstock in 2015. Photo: Facebook David Mundstock, a progressive political activist, world traveler, attorney and historian of Berkeley electoral politics passed away Aug. 28 at his home in Berkeley. David was 72 and his sudden death shocked his family, the members of his longtime walking group and the numerous other friends he made over the decades he resided in Berkeley.
Opinion: Buffy Wicks is the best choice for the 15th Assembly District
We have served a combined 34 years in the California Legislature and believe that Wicks shares our values and will bring her quite remarkable organizing experience to the Legislature. After an exceptionally crowded primary election, many of us were not sure how to choose between the “top two” remaining candidates.
Opinion: 10 reasons to support Lori Droste for the Berkeley City Council
Opinion: 10 reasons to support Lori Droste for the Berkeley City Council Two former Berkeley mayors and seven current and former City Council members believe Droste is the best qualified candidate. By Gordon Wozniak, Polly Armstrong, Fred Collignon, Loni Hancock, Tom Bates, Susan Wengraf, Linda Maio, Darryl Moore, Laurie CapitelliOct. 12, 2018, 10 a.m.October 11, 2018 Lori Droste is a leader with a great track record.
Saving after-school programs from unintended effects of raising minimum wage
In his first inaugural address in 1959, Gov. Edmund G.
Keep coal out of Oakland port
Keep coal out of Oakland port Oakland is considering a proposal to bring in, and then export, up to 9 million tons of Utah coal per year. Trains bringing this coal to Oakland would crisscross a large swath of Northern California on their way to the Bay Area. Ground zero for this shipping operation would be a terminal at the former Oakland Army Base, now being developed through a public-private partnership. Coal is the most carbon intensive fuel on Earth.
It’s time to make Prop. 13 fairer for homeowners
Saturday marked the 37th anniversary of Proposition 13, California’s landmark law that capped all property tax increases at 2 percent a year. For homeowners and renters, Proposition 13 was an extraordinary victory, and a huge relief that helped millions, especially those on fixed incomes, stay in their homes.
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