Agenda packet, first session — Berkeley City Council, March 11, 2025 (part 5 of 6)

Please note that the Exhibit A data analysis heatmap on page 5 of the Citywide Restroom Study 2000 Executive Summary indicates that the City property between 9th and 10th on University is perfectly situated to meet the needs illustrated by the study.
https://berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Citywide%20Restroom%20Study%20and%20Executive%2 0Summary%20-%202020-10-06%20-%20Final. pdf
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
• https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/06/25/opinion-berkeley-should-design-streetscapes-that-create safe-neighborhoods
• https://www.cpted.net/Primer-in-CPTED
Sincerely,
Aimee Baldwin
and
Meryl Siegal
Beautiful San Pablo
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Analisa Madron <[email protected]>
Thursday, February 20, 2025 5:31 PM
All Council; PWWorks; Amiri, Wahid
annamarta; Crossroads1970
proposed public toilet
hi, I am a tenant at crossroads village located at 1970 san pablo avenue in berkeley. the proposed public toilet is slotted to be placed directly outside our university avenue building entrance. there are many reasons why this will have a detrimental effect on our building and tenants.
many residents are vulnerable, and attracting homeless people to spend time outside our gate puts elderly and disabled tenants at risk from people who may not be stable or always safe. I have been charged by one such homeless man who hit me and ran away, just outside that gate, and other residents have similar stories. I support people without housing to have the services and care they need, but I'm not sure that an unattended bathroom within feet of our door is wise, given that there are so many other locations that would provide services without so directly impacting our building.
further our building has a responsibility to our commercial tenants who already struggle to keep their small businesses afloat. this intersection has lost so many businesses in recent years, and now many buildings stand empty. an unattended public toilet will only further discourage business and prosperity from our neighborhood. as residents of this neighborhood this is not what we want when there are much more suitable options. we want a return to the thriving west berkeley neighborhood this once was, and we think there are far better ways to take care of our neighbors who don't have housing than plunking down a porta potty in the middle of the sidewalk in a busy intersection that has high foot traffic. lastly, from a very personal perspective, my apartment faces university, and my primary windows overlook the street. I am disabled and almost entirely bedbound. having a porta potty right outside my door could become a real hardship for me. I am extremely sensitive to scents and chemicals, so on a hot summer day with my windows open I will likely be inundated by both the human and chemical smells. since I'm not mobile without help I'm unable to just leave my apartment as an able person might do to avoid this, and closing my windows is equally a hardship as both mine and my downstairs neighbor's apartment are prone to overheating from our southwest facing windows. I think this proposed public toilet will impact our quality oflife in these apartments in particular, as well as our downstairs commercial tenant. this alone warrants considering all other available options.
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as tenants we are in agreement thc1.t there are better locations than directly outside our door, and we urge your committee and the city council to take our concerns into account, and find a better location for this essential service.
sincerely,
analisa madron
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Maggie .Dilley <[email protected]>
Thursday, February 20, 2025 11 :42 AM
All Council
Cesar Chavez off-leash dog park
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Dear council,
I'm a Bay Area native, born and raised in 1985 near Lake Merritt. I've been a professional dog walker here for almost 3 years now. This job has changed my life for the better, it's improved my mental and physical health exponentially. I've struggled with major depression and anxiety my whole life so I don't take this lightly, I am honestly the happiest and healthiest I have ever been and for those who really know me that is saying a lot. I owe it all to being able to take 'my' dogs to a place like the Cesar Chavez park's off-leash dog area. This particular location is so important to me for multiple reasons, I'd like to share them with you now:

1. Its expansiveness allows for dogs to sprint while still being visible as opposed to the hiking trail which is more often shrouded by foliage and blind corners. I have found that this sort of unobstructed visibility is essential for building trust with high energy dogs that need to run but show me that they will circle back when I call them, allowing me to positively reinforce that behavior with much more confidence. Equally important, I'm able to see where I am in relation to others at the park which allows me to keep a distance if I choose to.

2. This is the safest place I'm aware of to bring dogs when winds are high. I don't know of any other place that allows dogs and isn't surrounded by tall trees, like eucalyptus or pine, that are at risk of falling when winds pick up the way we've seen in recent weather.

3. Charlie:) ... Cesar Chavez was the only place I would bring 11yr old Charlie. I first brought him there because his owner was dangerously allergic to poison oak and, after seeing first-hand what it did to her, I decided I would only take him there where I knew no poison oak was hiding. I also witnessed Charlie's behavior and recall improve during my time with him, which I think was due him being able to run and still see me. It seemed that in his old age he'd become somewhat confused and unaware of his surroundings so, aside from the issue of poison oak, this was still the only place I felt comfortable allowing him free movement off a leash. And that to me is the bottom line: allowing dogs to move freely in a large open space is essential to their well being and behavioral development.

4. At this particular dog park I felt the most welcomed by a community of like minded dog lovers and handlers. And knowing this was a designated off-leash area gave me the peace of mind that an unwanted encounter with someone afraid of dogs was unlikely.

The sense of community is a major point to be made here. Our animals as well as ourselves thrive with a strong connection to the outdoors and each other. And I have no doubt that ifthere are specific issues with the current state of the park we can come together to find solutions that work for everyone. To deny us and our dogs this unique haven, only 17 out of 90 total acres, would be heartbreaking and in my opinion is reminiscent of the sort of rigid exclusionary acts we're seeing oh a much larger stage today.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
Maggie Dilley
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Good day, City Council:

Amy Thomson <[email protected]>
Sunday, February 16, 2025 4:07 PM
All Council
Save CC
Cesar Chavez Park Support of Dogs
Cesar Chavez OLA support .pdf
Attached, please find my letter in support of dogs in the Off Leash Area (OLA) at Cesar Chavez Park.

Thank you,
Amy
Amy Thomson, PMHNP-BC
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Berkeley City Council
2180 Milvia St,
Berkeley, CA 94704
Dear Council Members:

Amy Thomson, NP
775 60th Street
Oakland, CA 94609
• 415-370-3255
[email protected]
I am an Oakland Resident, a mental health provider, and a frequent visitor to the Off Leash Area (OLA) in Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley with my family and dog Olive. This letter is in response to the webpage and movement to remove all dogs from the Berekely Marnia to allow the park only to permit human beings. I am writing in support of keeping the Cesar Chavez park open to dogs and people alike as it has been for decades.

Our off-leash area community has been intact for over 20 years. We work together to care for one another, the dogs, and the environment, filling holes, removing waste, planting trees, and eliminating puddles. We have events coordinated with the Park Department to care for the area and ensure it is safe for people and animals.

This open space is truly a "medicine" for many of us who walk here with our dogs. We get time to clear our minds and connect from a place of peace and spaciousness to one another. There are few places I go in our community that allow me to feel safe, supported, and nurtured. We treasure being able to wander through the park and play with dogs and our friends. With the recent polarization in our government and climate-related stresses, I have come to rely on this park as a healing part of my daily life._
I ask for your support in continued access to the Off-Leash Area (OLA) at Cesar Chavez.

Thank you for your consideration.

Amy C Thomson, NP

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Katherine Westine <[email protected]>
Sunday, February 16, 2025 10:06 AM
All Council
Cesar Chavez Park and OLA
Dear Mayor Ishii and Council-members:

I am writing on behalf of keeping Cesar Chavez Park as it is - a wonderful and beautiful park for people AND dogs.

The Off-Leash area is an inviting area for inclusion of all people and dogs.

Cesar Chavez was a dog-lover and I think he would have been so pleased to see dogs romping and people walking, talking, smiling at the happy canines cavorting together in the off-leash area.

Please retain this maNelous park as it is. Keep it beautiful and a place for all.

Thank you,
Katherine Westine (and Enzo, my dog)
6389 Florio Street
Oakland, CA 94618
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RANDEL GEE <[email protected]>
Thursday, February 13, 2025 2:00 PM
All Council
[email protected]
Caesar Chavez Park
letter to mayor.docx
February 13, 2025
Dear Mayor lishi and Berkeley City Council Members,
It has come to my attention that there are people advocating for Caesar Chavez Park in the Berkeley Marina to be made into "A Park for People" that would ban dogs entirely from the park. I strongly disagree with this idea and hope you will block any attempts to create such a space. I have been a Berkeley homeowner since 1989 and have enjoyed the outdoor spaces throughout the city, by myself, with my family, and especially with my dogs. Caesar Chavez Park is a wonderful park that allows me a safe, open, and refreshing area to take my dog and allow her to either walk with me on leash, or to be free to explore areas in the off~leash space.

As a retired senior with a soon to be 8 year-old dog, I frequent Caesar Chavez park daily, for exercise, fresh air, and a chance for my dog to run around without a leash. The gentle terrain of the park is ideal for someone like me with a medically diagnosed mobility issue, to maintain my current level of mobility and independence, cardiovascular integrity, and peace of mind.

Please do not take allow this special part of Berkeley that is valuable to my family (including our pet), and me to be converted into "A Park for People". It should remain a park for all! I
Thank you.

Randall Gee
District 6
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February 13, 2025
Dear Mayor lishi and Berkeley City Council Members,
It has come to my attention that there are people advocating for Caesar Chavez Park in the Berkeley Marina to be made into "A Park for People" that would ban dogs entirely from the park. I strongly disagree with this idea and hope you will block any attempts to create such a space. I have been a Berkeley homeowner since 1989 and have enjoyed the outdoor spaces throughout the city, by myself, with my family, and especially with my dogs. Caesar Chavez Park is a wonderful park that allows me a safe, open, and refreshing area to take my dog and allow her to either walk with me on leash, or to be free to explore areas in the off-leash space.
·As a retired senior with a soon to be 8 year-old dog, I frequent Caesar Chavez park daily, for exercise, fresh air, and a chance for my dog to run around without a leash. The gentle terrain of the park is ideal for someone like me with a medically diagnosed mobility issue, to maintain my current level of mobility and independence, .cardiovascular integrity, and peace of mind.

Please do not take allow this special part of Berkeley that is valuable to my family (including our pet), and me to be converted into "A Park for People". It should remain a park for all!!
Thank you.

Randall Gee
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Angie FM <[email protected]>
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 3:44 PM
All Council
Support for Keeping Cesar Chavez Park Dog-Friendly
Dear Mayor and Council members,
I am writing to express my strong support for maintaining Cesar Chavez Park as a dog-friendly space. I am aware of the ongoing discussions regarding a potential ban on dogs in the park, and I strongly oppose this initiative. Cesar Chavez Park's off-leash area (OLA) is a vital part of the community, providing a safe and welcoming space for both dogs and their owners to enjoy the outdoors.

Visiting the OLA is not just beneficial for my dog-it is also essential for my own well-being. The park fosters social connections, encourages outdoor activity, and enhances my overall quality of life. Losing this space would negatively impact many residents who rely on it for recreation and community engagement.

I appreciate the city's past support of the OLA and would like to be involved in the planning process to ensure its continued existence. Please let me know how I can contribute to efforts that preserve this important community resource.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to your response.

Best regards,
The Froedin-Morgensen Family
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To whom it may concern,
antonio guzman <[email protected]>
Thursday, February 20, 2025 9:46 PM
Berkeley Mayor's Office; Kesarwani, Rashi; Taplin, Terry; Bartlett, Ben; Tregub, Igor; O'Keefe, Shoshana; Blackaby, Brent; Lunaparra, Cecilia; Humbert, Mark; All Council Save CC; antonio guzman
Cesar Chavez Park and the Off-Leash-Area
My name is Antonio Guzman and I've been a Berkeley resident since 2018.

I'm aware that there is an idea of banning dogs, entirely, from Cesar Chavez Park floating around, and I'd like to provide my response and perspective to that idea. Let me also say that I'd like to be involved in the upcoming planning process.

I want to stress that visiting Cesar Chavez park almost daily is a cornerstone of keeping active and leading a healthy life.

My visits to the park aren't just for my dog. In fact, my wife and I enjoyed daily visits to Cesar Chavez well before we had our wonderful dog.

I also want to thank the city council for the past 20 years of support of the OLA and ask kindly if there is anything I can do to ensure another 20 years of the OLA, please let me know.

I can't imagine not being able to visit the park on a daily basis with my dog. It provides me with much needed exercise as well as a sense of community and belonging that I didn't have before getting my dog and visiting the OLA. My dog not only provides me with much-needed companionship when visiting to enjoy the park, but I've made some wonderful friends at the OLA that I look forward to seeing every week. The park and the OLA are essential to my social and emotional well-being.

Thank you so much for you time and consideration,
Antonio Guzman, Berkeley resident and daily Cesar Chavez park visitor-- mobile US: 917.673.0733
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wini williams <[email protected]>
Monday, February 24, 2025 7:34 AM
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Cesar Chavez Park
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Hello
I am a disabled senior long time Berkeley resident and home owner with a dog. I walk the Marina off leash area one or two times a day. My grandchildren and great grandchildren have accompanied me and my dogs over the year. It is a place of socialization and joy for us all. Meeting dogs and people has been an important part of accustoming my children to the wonders of animals, domesticated and wild. They expressed their enjoyment meeting so many different people and dogs.

This park has been an integral part of our lives for many years (many years ago we dumped our garbage there). Banning dogs has no value to the community. Everyone can and do use the park. The introduction of dogs to all children and adults is an important part of their growth, teaching them kindness, compassion and understanding of different species.

Please reject the idea of banning dogs; just as I would reject the idea of limiting the OLA to only those with dogs.

Preposterous idea, isn't it?
Respectfully,
Wini Williams
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Lucy Thrupp < [email protected]>
Saturday, February 22, 2025 1 :42 PM
All Council
[email protected]
Cesar Chavez Park
My name is Lucy Thrupp. I've lived in Berkeley for 2 years and grew up in San Francisco. I'm a school psychology intern working with the youth of West Contra Costa in Richmond and Pinole full time. My work is stressful and I could not do it without the ability to destress by taking my emotional support animal to the wonderful parks in the East Bay, namely.

Cesar Chavez.

I am aware that there is a movement to ban dogs from CC. I urge you to continue to allow people to use the park with their animals. Going to Cesar Chavez with my Labrador Sebastian often brings me more joy than anything else I do with my time and is a great way to get to know others in the community.

Also having grown up in San Francisco, I feel what separates the East Bay from the city is having wide open spaces to enjoy. As someone who needs an ESA, I feel there is nowhere large enough for my dog and I in SF. I feel cared for and healthy because the city of Berkeley provides dog friendly areas and I'm not sure where I'd go if CC were taken away.

Thank you,
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From: Save CC <[email protected]>
Saturday, February 22, 2025 4:51 PM
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Attachments: Rowan Letter.JPG
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Dear Friends of Cesar Chavez Park, the Off-Leash-Area (OLA), and the Berkeley City Council! I haven't yet shared some of the many letters I have received from our group. However, today I would like to send one that speaks directly to the author of 'A Park For People' on a very personal level.

In her blog posted on 11/15/2024 at Martin Nicolaus' website, Ms. Kathy Baylor writes about her proposal, "A Park For People:"
By creating a dedicated space where individuals and families can enjoy the outdoors without the presence of dogs, we can ensure that everyone has a park experience that meets their needs whether for relaxation, recreation, or simply a peaceful retreat. (See https://chavezpark.org/park-news-11-15-2024/)
Today, I had the absolute pleasure of receiving and reading a letter written by 7-year-old Rowan to Terry Taplin D-2. Rowan writes:
"I am seven years old and I like to go to Cesar chaves park with my two dogs arid it is very fun to watch the binds hunt, especially the white taled kite when they huver. I love my two dogs and it is fun to play with them at ceser chaves Park"
It seems as though Rowan and his wonderful family who frequent the park with their two fun loving dogs, Rufus and Holly, are already enjoying the park just as it is.

Rowan's mom already sent her letter to the City Council and Mayor with Rowan's letter attached. However, I thought it would be helpful to send Rowan's letter separately so everyone could be certain to enjoy it.

It's never too late to send letters to the Berkeley City Council in support of a dog friendly Cesar Chavez Park so other children can continue to enjoy their time at the park with their family and dogs. 1

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Thank you, Rowan and family, for your wonderful thoughts about keeping our park dog friendly. Jeff See Rowan's letter attached
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Attachments: Rowan Letter.JPG
Dear Friends of Cesar Chavez Park, the Off-Leash-Area (OLA), and the Berkeley City Council! I haven't yet shared some of the many letters I have received from our group. However, today I would like to send one that speaks directly to the author of 'A Park For People' on a very personal level.

In her blog posted on 11/15/2024 at Martin Nicolaus' website, Ms. Kathy Baylor writes about her proposal, "A Park For People:"
By creating a dedicated space where individuals and families can enjoy the outdoors without the presence of dogs, we can ensure that everyone has a park experience that meets their needs- whether for relaxation, recreation, or simply a peaceful retreat. • (See https://chavezpark.org/park-news-11-15-2024/)
Today, I had the absolute pleasure of receiving and reading a letter written by 7-year-old Rowan to Terry Taplin D-2. Rowan writes:
"I am seven years old and I like to go to Cesar chaves park with my two dogs and it is very fun to watch the binds hunt, especially the white taled kite when they huver. I love my two dogs and it is fun to play with them at ceser chaves Park"
It seems as though Rowan and his wonderful family who frequent the park with their two fun loving dogs, Rufus and Holly, are already enjoying the park just as it is.

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Thank you, Rowan and family, for your wonderful thoughts about keeping our park dog friendly. Jeff See Rowan's letter attached
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Frances Shaw <[email protected]>
Sunday, February 23, 2025 11 :49 AM
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All Council
Subject: Re: 7-year-old Rowan writes to Terry Taplin D-2:
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So sweet. And why can't dog owners have use the way kite fliers do. I do have some concern for knowing how much real problems like biting people crop up. If we have to compromise with a fence we can. I go have a friend who was attacked and seriously bitten by an off leash dog but it wasn't even on the off leash area. We need to acknowledge the problems.

I imagine very rare but needless if we all follow the rules and admit to our dogs nature.

Francie Shaw
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 22, 2025, at 5:53 PM, Save CC <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Friends of Cesar Chavez Park, the Off-Leash-Area (OLA), and the Berkeley City Council! I haven't yet shared some of the many letters I have received from our group. However, today I would like to send one that speaks directly to the author of 'A Park For People' on a very personal level.

In her blog posted on 11/15/2024 at Martin Nicolaus' website, Ms. Kathy Baylor writes about her proposal, "A Park For People:"
By creating a dedicated space where individuals and families can enjoy the outdoors without the presence of dogs, we can ensure that everyone has a park experience that meets their needs-whether for relaxation, recreation, or simply a peaceful retreat. (See https://chavezpark.org/park-news-11-15-2024/)
Today, I had the absolute pleasure of receiving and reading a letter written by 7-year-old Rowan to Terry Taplin D-2. Rowan writes:
"I am seven years old and I like to go to Cesar chaves park with my two dogs and it is very fun to watch the binds hunt, especially the white taled kite when they huver. I love my two dogs and it is fun to play with them at ceser chaves Park" 1

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It seems as though Rowan and his wonderful family who frequent the park with their two fun loving dogs, Rufus and Holly, are already enjoying the park just as it is.

Thank you, Rowan and family, for your wonderful thoughts about keeping our park dog friendly.

Jeff
See Rowan's letter attached
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From: Cameron Woo <[email protected]>
Saturday, February 22, 2025 6:32 PM Sent:

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Subject: Re: 7-year-old Rowan writes to Terry Taplin 0-2:

Thank you so much for sharing!
Cameron
_On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM Save CC <[email protected]> wrote:

In her blog posted on 11/15/2024 at Martin Nicolaus' website, Ms. Kathy Baylor writes about her proposal, "A Park For People:"
By creating a dedicated space where individuals and families can enjoy the outdoors without the presence of dogs, we can ensure that everyone has a park experience that meets their needs whether for relaxation, recreation, or simply a peaceful retreat. (See https://chavezpark.org/park-news-11-15-2024/)
Today, I had the absolute pleasure of receiving and reading a letter written by 7-year-old Rowan to Terry Taplin D-2. Rowan writes:
"I am seven years old and I like to go to Cesar chaves park with my two dogs and it is very fun to watch the binds hunt, especially the white taled kite when they huver. I love my two dogs and it is fun to play with them at ceser chaves Park"
It seems as though Rowan and his wonderful family who frequent the park with their two fun loving dogs, Rufus and Holly, are already enjoying the park just as it is.

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Thank you, Rowan and family, for your wonderful thoughts about keeping our park dog friendly. Jeff See Rowan's letter attached
Cameron
Cameron J. Woo
2810 8th St Berkeley, CA 94710
510.207.0827 tel.
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2180 Milvia St
Berkeley, CA 94704
Dear Berkeley Council:

Joseph Lee <[email protected]>
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 2:50 PM
All Council
Round Park on Parkside Drive in Berkeley
I am writing to demand that the City of Berkeley not take any action or expend any funds under Item 25 as described in the November 19, 2024 minutes as adding to an ordinance "a $150,000 allocation to create a park at the Parkside Drive terminus median" (hereafter "the $150,000 allocation") unles·s and until the action is approved as part of a properly agendized action under The Ralph M. Brown Act (CA Gov. Code,§ 549501 et seq.) ("Brown Act").

The $150,000 allocation was approved at the City Council's November 19th meeting as part of Item #13 but was not part of the notice for that item. Instead, the item was raised on a motion from the floor by Councilmember Mark Humbert without any notice to the public that this action was going to be considered by the Council at the November 19th meeting. This appears to be a clear violation of the Brown Act. Until and unless this violation is cured, spending any money for this project and entering into any contracts for the project would be unlawful.

The history of this action is somewhat obscure. There was an item properly noticed for the November 12th City Council meeting to "refer" an allocation of $150,000 to the Budget and Finance Subcommittee for consideration to include in the Annual Appropriations Ordinance. That motion was approved.

While I have been unable to find minutes of the Budget and Finance Subcommittee meeting that occurred on November 14th, it is clear that the $150,00 allocation was not included in the recommendation for funding from the Budget and Finance Subcommittee and was not part of the Mayor's recommendations for inclusion in the Appropriations Ordinance on November 19th. Therefore, the $150,000 allocation was not noticed under the Brown Act for the November 19th Council meeting and could not be considered for action at that meeting.

Nevertheless, at the Nov 19th Council meeting Councilmember Mark Humbert proposed and the Council approved the $150K allocation.

Because the Annual Appropriation is created as an Ordinance, it requires two readings. The second reading was on the consent calendar on December 3d. However, there is no specific mention of this item in the description of the consent calendar item (No.3) for Annual Appropriation action and therefore once again there was no notice of this action under the Brown Act.

The failure to give adequate notice under the Brown Act meant that the Parkside neighbors were not given the opportunity to express their concerns about the action. Neighbors have more recently expressed their dismay at the City's action and I refer you to their petition and letter to the City, a copy of each is attached. It explains why the City should not have sought to approve the budget request.
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Please confirm that the City will not spend any of the improperly approved $150,000 unless and until the action has been properly noticed and fully considered.

Sincerely,
Joseph Lee
155 Parkside Drive
Berkeley
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Joseph Lee <[email protected]>
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 9:33 AM
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Fw: Round Park on Parkside Drive in Berkeley
Round Park Letter.pdf; Round Response.pdf
Two attachments were missing from yesterday's email. They are now attached.

Thanks,
Joseph Lee
155 Parkside Dr.

Berkeley
Dear Berkeley Council:

I am writing to demand that the City of Berkeley not take any action or expend any funds under Item 25 as described in the November 19, 2024 minutes as adding to an ordinance "a $150,000 allocation to create a park at-the Parkside Drive terminus median" (hereafter "the $150,000 allocation") unless and until the action is approved as part of a properly agendized action under The Ralph M. Brown Act (CA Gov. Code,§ 549501 et seq.) ("Brown Act").

This appears to be a clear violation of the Brown Act. Until and unless this violation is cured, spending any money for this project and entering into any contracts for the project would be unlawful.

Nevertheless, at the Nov 19th Council meeting Councilmember Mark Humbert proposed and the Council approved the $150K allocation.

Please confirm that the City will not spend any of the improperly approved $150,000 unless and until the action has been properly noticed and fully considered.
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Sincerely,
Joseph Lee
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Berkeley
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January 22, 2025
Oear Councilmember Humbert: r: . . ..
~e are your constituents and residents of Park~lde Drive and others who live near the median area referred to as Round Park. We ar~ serfo,1J:Jsly \9oncerned with the City ptoposal to designate Round Park as a ''Park'' and l
'\o expendve~ substantial funds-w~ ~nderstand it to be $150,000-.to evaluate how 1t should become an offictal park. We request that the City yancel the February 6 scheduled visit of the Park Commission and not !t(nove forward with any other action towards changing the $tatos or use of /Round Park at thhs time.
fhe September 2Tletter you received from Allan Abshez on UCAN $tationaryproposed thatthe City begin action to make the location.an !official park, indicating that he spoke on behalf ofthe ,.falTlilies who have I •
!joined UCAN. 111 fc;ict, thi$ was, c;lone without a vote by the UCAN members ·t:.
!(UOAN represents only half of the neiijhborhood's households in the first lt>tace), or any inputfrom the adJacentneJghborhood. Hwas even written Jand sent before UCAN had an elected Board of Directors (not scheduled to /take p!ac~ unrn Pebru~ry SL and before it had convened a neight:,~rhood committee for evaluating what should be done to the Round Park, if ,anything (which is, now in process).

Round Park has been a natural area for over 100 years, where .kids can run ~nd throw balls and engage in unstructured imaginative play, and where peighbots t;hatwhile their dogs chase balls. It is a unique open $t,c:1c:e in the center of our increasingly built-up and paved city environment. We have riot yet had the. chance to come together as a commupity ,fo discuss any possible ch~nges to thi$ wonderful space.

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11 ~ppreciate your quick response to .our letter, but we are toncernedthat you may have :p1roceeded .onthe misconception that there was an, open and transparent pre>cess determining ;cpmmunity st.Ippordor tlte City'$ .a.ction and thatwe are now undemocratically atten1Pting to ld;erail it.. This is; not so. • A$. discussed below; then~ was simply ho notice or il'lp\.lf from Jhe l
lcpmm1,111it.Y before you received the. Septemb.~r letter requesting the median's :re.;designation ~r before your November request to the' City.
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f'#e are npttryingto stop meetings or community engagement around the issue of what to do / f Ith the median on Parkside. On the contrary, we tlte 1:1sking for an open and transparent !Wocess before the City acts, one where our communi~vtafJ gathertog,ethetto disc~sswhat I
lfvel of chaoge the neighborhood ,seeks and whether thatis better met by keepingJts cw·rent ,ltatµs or by chc:1nging it to a City park. In U~ht of the. well•known .$trains on the City's bud~et, we .lter.e very surprised to lear~ the City hasallo~ated $~50,000tostuqytak~~g an action t~at i '¥ould put another park on its books, furthermcrei:lSJOgthe•d.ema.nqs on1ts·budget .. This use of ; P,UbUc fonds qr,d propqsed action were riot onlynotrequest~d 1:,ythe adjacent nelehbors, but I 1aughtthern b.y surprise. Leavi11g aside the perplexing d~dskm (o, increase the City's bUd8,etary qurd.ens at.an alre.ady difficLllttime; It puts the cart before the hPrse tQ change the median to a p.arkbefore a consensµs has ~1:en reached about the desired outcome forthis space 'and how • bestto achieve it,
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As we described ih our first lette.r to you, the median .has been.succ;essfully U$ed .and • i;naintained by the neighborhoo(;{ for o\lerone hundred years. While the City cloes provide some ~aintenance, much of the weeding and.cle:aning is done.bythe adjacentneJghb.ors at no cost to the City. It is unclear. to us why the City of Berkeley, Which is facing .significant budget issues ! . . • ·. .•.. . •••
lhatmay get much worse in light of the new Washington administration, would spend $150,000 to study a new status for the median; This decis.ion is particularlyttolJblingwhen there are other parks and areas ofour City, includ1ngwithir1 qur own southeast (SE) quadrant,.with gret;1l:er population density and fewer resourc;:es that are in need of much more attention and . jmpro,vementthan the Claremont/Uplands neighb9rh9od, a relatively well-off area of Berkeley. • the open and transparent process we ate requesting may well showthatthe. neighborhoo(i • prefers rec€iving a much,smaller amount df.City money to use fotlandscaping.and making pther modest irnprovementslo the median, freeing \JP City resources for these other areas.

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• ~our response to us as well as yo.ur budget reqµest to ~he City appear to rely on the assumption ~hat theSeptember letter you received was prececled IJy c1 vote, a survey or .even notice to. the peighbors. It was not. ln fact, almost every one qf the people who signed our letter and others in th.e neighborhood were blindsided on several froms: • : ; • They had never heard of.the idea to change t.he median into. a park, let alone 1 Qeen asked their views on such a major action
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:•· £veh after the NovemberCityaqtion, they believed the City allocated $1SQ,OOQ to the neigltborh9oc:i to SP~nct ortmedian improvemehtS ahd future maJntgnanc:e as its aw fit, tath¢r thf;ln m9neyfor the:City to spend .oh conducting a study , ·aboutthanglng tbia rn.edipn into J,l Pi;lrk
• (~ttached to th!s letter is a descrl~tlon ofsome of the inf9rmatio?provided to.UGAN n.1embers ,l;)outwha::act1ons UCAN.was.formed to:undert1;1.ke,tb.eprqcess1twoµl<:I 4se m purSUlflgthose qtans; and the actions it did take.)
L . . . •·. . .. . . .. .. . . . . . .... ~QW thatyoµ know about the lack of nonce to Qr e~gagemeht With.the t.ommurlity peforethis CiW ·~ctiQn oc,mrred, we askyouas our represetttativeto pause Y1>wreffort;stowa.r<:1 r~- [ Je.signa(ing.the median. If theneJghborhood consensus>sypportsturoingthe111edian into an • 1Jffic;i~lpar~,.wewoyl~ .lookto you to restartthe.rt~ .. a'esignatioh efforts c1ithat.tlr:ne, assuming ! ~he City stHI f~.els it lsa goqq use 9f itslimited resources. We do ho.Pe that, oegt tlOO~; you. i .·~. ·.a. J.·.:. ,e·ff·o.rt$·•·.t.·.o c. o. 11.fi. r.m .•.. t. bat .. a···.·n···.·openl tr.anspare'nt; process has oc:curred at1~ that you are fqlly 1 ~ppr1sedofthe. results of that effort; . .

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l,JCAN was principally formed to put in and manage licE!hse platE:? r:ead,ers. To mou.nt that effort , as the UCAN website explains. - around 30 neighbors got together (called the :Steering icommittee) and generated ideas for activities and formed subcommittees. [ ( i
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I qne of those su.bcommittees - consisting of just 3 self-selected. members- generated a . ls;ubcommittee report with preliminclry views in earlY2024. That report was. not .sent c1round to 1 the heighbor:s 1:>utwc,1s descr:ibed on the UCAN web site as having "Explored the potential for ! iprucing up shared public spaces like .Round Park; longJ>ark and mote." : f
This stat$ment describes no more \han.a i(potentlai" for "sprucingup" areas; It makes ·no mehJion of changin•gthe status.of Round ~ark.fro'm a medianto an offi.cial park, i 1 - , - , , , ' , ' I
i i . Although this preliminary 3-persqnsyb<:ommittee report recommended th~ re'" desi~natlc:m.1 it specifically noted the iss.ues assocjateci with this and .other neighborhood 'medians woufd be evaluated by a tocbe.:fClrme.d subc<:>mmittee (Which:dld not begin to meet I Until 2()2~~ well after the tt,GAN letter was sent to your office.)· The report Itself was placed on itpe UCAN website as page 15 of. a compendtµm of other ~ulM2ommittee reports, but it is shnply :not '"notice" to attachsornethlng to a website, partic~larlyWhE11 the website~s summary of the • report omitted that it contained this recommendation .

The UCAN website specifically advised: "UCAN's initial budgetincll;ldes so.me money [$10,000] for professional landscape planning and community outreach for this project (Round Park's ~djacent homeowners will be asked to take a leading role), aswell as ,evaluating improvements to Long Park (the landscaped hillside and informal path between Uplands and : ~arkside), Oak Park and the Hillcrest hairpin at Hilkrest and.Eucalyptus. The overriding goal ls to • add to the be9uty of our open spaces~ and in so doing, enhance public safety and Qur; p.roperty • yalues/ •
' The owners living adjacent to the median did NOT.take a leading role in the ded$ion to ask the City to change the me~ian into a City park. In fact, they h.ad no idea .lt w~s happening.

On November 9,. 2024, Mr. Abshez sent an email to UCAN members that said:
"In September, UCAN re,3ched out to Councilmemher Mark Humbert to ask that the City , dedicate some long overdue.TLC to Round Park, In response Coundlmember Humbert has tequested that the City allocat.e $150,000 from Berkeley's year-2025 budget to develop a plan for the Park's improvement."
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• it requested that the median>s stat.us bt;: changed to~ park.

Your re'quest to the City dh:I NOT <!$1< It to prnvlde money (implicitly, to the : oeighbo.rhood) to develop a plan· forthe median's Improvement; it asked for. $150,000 for the i City to spend on ev(lluating changing the legal s,atus of the median to a park.

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Joseph Lee <[email protected]>
Sunday, February 23, 2025 6:33 PM
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Re: Round Park on Parkside Drive in Berkeley
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM, Joseph Lee
<[email protected]> wrote:
2180 Milvia St
Berkeley, CA 94704
Dear Berkeley Council:

I am writing to demand that the City of Berkeley not take any action or expend any funds under Item 25 as described in the November 19, 2024 minutes as adding to an ordinance "a $150,000 allocation to create a park at the Parkside Drive terminus median" (hereafter "the $150,000 allocation") unless and until the action is approved as part of a properly agendized action under The Ralph M. Brown Act {CA Gov. Code,§ 549501 et seq.) ("Brown Act").

The $150,000 allocation was approved at the City Council's November 19th meeting as part of Item #13 but was not part of the notice for that item. Instead, the item was raised on a motion from the floor by Councilmember Mark Humbert without any 'notice to the public that this action was going to be considered by the Council at the November 19th meeting. This appears to be a clear violation of the Brown Act. Until and unless this violation is cured, spending any money for this project and entering into any contracts for the project would be unlawful.

Nevertheless, at the Nov 19th Council meeting Council member Mark Humbert proposed and the Council approved the $150K allocation.

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Please confirm that the City will not spend any of the improperly approved $150,000 unless and until the action has been properly noticed and fully considered.

Sincerely,
Joseph Lee
155 Parkside Drive
Berkeley
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Bingo Fantasy Football <[email protected]>
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 6:58 AM
All Council; [email protected]; Mora Tulian Gamondes; Mayer, Tess

MY HOUSE IS VIBRATING OUT OF CONTROL YELL-SO WHAT
BERKELEY, Calif. - Business owners joined forces to file a lawsuit,· and my house is vibrating out of control. On a scale of 1-10 it's a [20] at 3am. Laughing out loud. It's a new "game" I lead [B] three games to nothing. We push the pawn Google: [B] the mission statement: strategic, cxganizational, Leadership. [B] its strategy victimize the public you see why my house is vibrating out of control to force a class action law suit. I'm sick, So What, go see the doctor. More-on proof.

Steven Tully, an attorney for the businesses. Claims the law suit. pleading "This case is about whether the City of Berkeley, when acting as a landowner, must follow the same nuisance laws that any private landowner must follow, and whether it owes an obligation to its citizens, enforceable"
ASSUME NOT. [B] is for Berkeley under immunity Bylaw21. Wrong for [B] to take, take, take. UC Berkeley's $3.8 billion budget is supported by federal and other contracts. Stop funding [B] by any other name and let a variety of sources, including tuition and fees prove its worth like any other business. [B] contracts are leveraged with "goodwill", here say they create, homeless, of its goodwill sees my house is vibration out of control. Why? Because [Black] people like me, are to stupid to stand up and argue our rights Bylaw21. SO-WHAT, it stands 3) reckoning in court. I do Your Honor.

Let the state Of California take thy budget and claim a scheme, [email protected] Dancing the State-Of California the power of belonging by the book, did accuse the City Of Berkeley, as the Mayor's Office. We see you shaking hands by the picture a strategic alliance with [B]. Ask your Asian friends, why they celebrate, YEAR OF THE SNAKE? Year of the RAT? Or year of the Monkey? And, my house is vibrating year of the DOG?
Laughing out loud, So-What. Read the power of belonging as the arc of the covenant, for which you're sworn in to justice. In support of clowns. The evidence is braking news. Business owners filed a lawsuit against Berkeley. HE sees the new administration for a "Culture Of Care" funding immigration, DEi, and using [Black] peoples rights, paid for in our losses, of Fair Housing & Employment. We shall overcome-Today.

You say So-What, white people are the civil rights act of 1964. Girl please have that Liob], we just want the money. Put it on a [Black] card, State Of California. Why? Because [Black] People are to stupid to enforce any laws. For which white people can just call any Police Department [Period]. True story they feel its vibrations and blamed me. I dialed 311. Continued, they taking [Black] [Jobs] be fine. Read [B] school of law as published, they are the scholars. Keep reading "how to" organize strategic-Leadership including the city Of Berkeley under [email protected] "Check" You signed the voucher of eligibility, MALFEASANCE.
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The world is watching. "Check" Haas School Of Business, strategic alliances. Your move is on YouTube. Our Mayor's Offices published: 4) "REDRESS" the [Black] community. The courts shall find fraud if it persist: First, my house is vibrating out of control. MARGIN CALL: Yell, So-What 1) A representation was made in 2018 to study [Black] Reparations in "America". 2) The representation is made false if it index 23 other countries not [Black] America. 3) That when [B] knew [Black] Reparations is clearly stated in the US Constitution, the representation was false-as [B] School Of Law Law is the foremost in America. Otherwise, [B] is unethical to make a statement "recklessly" without knowledge of its truth about the US Constitution for [Black] people [B] claims it might not be Constitutional, and could run afoul Prop 209. 4) If the fraudulent misrepresentation was made with the intention for the Reparations Task Force to rely on It. 5) The Department Of Justice Reparations Task Force did rely on that statement afoul of prop 209, quoting • Dean Chemerisky at [B].

Standing before the States Capitol hear his exact words, not to run afoul of prop 209. Play the press conference over again on YouTube, and hear her concerns. 6) Did [Black] people suffer harm as a result of fraudulent misrepresentation. See [email protected] dancing (for us) on You Tube nobody consulted with [Black]-As Me. As if I'm standing in The Superior Court of California, I do Your Honor.

Once again it's to late for [Black] people. As you see now our budget stands for illegal immigration, taking [Black] [Jobs], DEi, and most importantly, the act of "mother nature". Is she vibrating my house?
KTVU's request Berkeley for comment on the lawsuit. Does Berkeley follow the same nuisance laws? All together now: MY HOUSE IS VIBRATING OUT OF CONTROL. STAND FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND YELL~SO WHAT. Bring this 311-email to court. My Bed is rendered useless, Your Honor: Because I'm just One Citizen [Blac~] verses the institution of civil rights with a $10 billion budget. Billion with a [B].. Keep talking slick I'm sworn in-touche. Got You. 2

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Bingo Fantasy Football <[email protected]>
Friday, February 14, 2025 8:29 AM
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I DIALED 311 AGAIN AND AGAIN IT 3AM
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' I dialed 311, Allie #1448, ask me what is causing my house to vibrate?. She continued was it the earthquake She said just probing. Do I live by the train tracks? Safe At Home Program Please, put me in a witness protection program: What is domestic violence:

Google: aggressive behavior within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner. Apply the term within my house is [domestic violence].

My entire houses' foundation is cracked, Get The Picture Attached to this e-mail. For The Record.

How shall it be the burden of proof to show the institution of Indifference. Berkeley miss its trust building out homelessness. You Who are vibrate my house by the court of law as proof 24 hours a day 7 days a week did this.

It's not the typical type of [Domestic Violence]. The City Of Berkeley's indifference defines "domestic": Home, Family, House. You see Berkeley funding domestic homelessness, as their home family house. By adding outhouses and wash sinks, demonstrates clear evidence aiding homelessness. Fremont is the precedence anyone aiding the homeless violates its laws.

Define violence. My house is vibrating "violently" out of control get the pictures attached to this e-mail.

Let violence be: Aggressively, Fiercely shaking my house until the foundation cracked. Now I must fight who's at fault it in court. My house is as "Domestic". Aggressively, is as Violence. Put it together [my house is vibrating out of control] is Domestic Violence. Google: "police, social services, and voluntary agencies are working together to tackle domestic violence". Get the picture attached to this e-mail, its the institution for [Black] people you are indifference to any law .. Therefore it was written in to Congress, Assembly Bill: AB3121. Stupid as [Black] People can't speak for themselves, and [Black] as me can't make the institution read AB3121. So say ignorance. Ignorance of law is unacceptable as a defense in California. My House is Vibrating violates every nuance laws or any goodwill claims by the City Of Berkeley.

Forward, my house is vibrating out of control shall be considered [Domestic Violence] BPD already responded for thy "whites" complaint on four occasions. Ignorance of law as to my complaint see my foundation pictured attached to this e-mail See those agency follow the pattern that call to action the Congressional Black Caucus.

It shall take an act of Congress to stop my house from vibrating out of control. [Domestic Violence] at home. As it stands, redress appeals to the Secretary Of State, of California. Safe At Home Program.

I'll call 800 799 7233. Put for Berkeley City Counsel.
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VIBRATIONS SEES: YOU'RE FIRED, OTHERWISE RESIGN [DOT-GOV] CUSTOMER SERVICE DISPATCH #1448 SPEAKS FOR BERKELEY. She said her name was Alley Probing for information: 1) Do you feel the earthquakes? 2) Did the earthquakes cause your house to vibrate? 3) Do you live across the train tracks. 4) Alley said right, she's not competent about the issues, or nuisance laws.

Once again she said just probing. 5) Alley claims Berkeley has hundreds of departments to reference about MY HOUSE IS VIBRATING AT 4am 2/16/25. Compare 2/12/25, and 2/14/25 Berkeley let me sleep. Wonder what happened in the "built environment" of so what, once YOUR FIRED.

In the News: The Agency finds that you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the current needs, and your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment.. Not put for The library news. You're just the witness.

You Are Government Employees [Period].! dial 311 every night for the record to show my house is vibrating.

Hear say SO-WHAT. I went to the Corporation Yard 2/14/25, 1326 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94702. It's Customer Service to voice my complaint in person. Now you have two-who speak for Berkeley .. She said her name was Celested,
The lady who allowed me in the lobby instructed me to have a seat while she gets someone. In the lobby of the Corporation Yard, Customer Service is vibrating too. Celested ask, what's the problem? Pure Evidence I said my house is vibrating just like this office. Can You feel it? I ask Celested, No she said.

I pressed her. You don't feel this vibration? There again, she said no. Then stated it's "that" construction going on outside. BINGO. She ask, is construction going on near your house. Back up I say. You don't feel the vibration but you attribute it to the construction. See Celested speaks for Berkeley, and without all her senses, since she can't feel the vibrations but sees it as the construction's contributing factor.

Then Celested continued WRONG. Maybe you should seek, Medical Profession. Of the volley, I asked for her "business card". As the clown I continued. No one in this office of "customer service" has a "business card" I pressed. Then Celested disappeared, image to her Cubical, and returned with the paper in which she pawned the city of Berkeley. First Pawn: Jordan Klien [email protected]. Last pawn Bruce Pratt [email protected]. See those three stacks of business cards sitting in the window, I said. Give me one, just for fun.

In The News: The US should "delete entire agencies as a part of "his" extraordinary strategy delete as opposed to leave part of them behind. I say using dot-gov, make the liability. "My house is vibrating out of control", who cares once you're fired. Celested speaks for Berkeley, slight of hand, talking about a Medical Professional. She pawned a board of directors:: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
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Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the General Services Administration (GSA), What make you special? NOTHING.

Hear say clean out your desk, and fork your [jobs] over to [Black] people. And here's why. Everything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. Watch TV as those pleading for justice, with the courts.

You see, keep laughing. Who cares. imagine the [Black] community pied. The fact PG&E writes Speak Up.

Say it Again, Speak Up. Berkeley's Planning And Development Department's mission: safety, work with community to protect distinctive neighborhoods. AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. WEST BERKELEY was our community that segregated US [Blacks]. Our generation's community got: ["heroin", "prostitution", "crack cocaine", "marijuana"], and eventually escort to prison by BPD. Our future generation-me, was put out by Planning and Development. The last straw was "that" shootout down the street that lasted over 30 minutes.

Department of Government Efficiency on YOU'RE F;IRED. If you don't remove the roots, the weed will grow back. Firing people and demanding resignations and layoffs. Stop working soon and be paid through 30- , September. Rulings, up to the US supreme court, precipitating a constitutional crisis. The fight for dignity and fairness for public servants. Now you know [Black] as me, for which you say, SO-WHAT. Approximately 75,000 federal workers, have accepted a resignation.

Do US a favor and quit. Give your [job] to a [Black] person. Mrs. Vice President is proof. We are more than qualified over you. Hear say your employment, and education is bias, based on [PURE] DISCRIMINATION of Natural Selection: U-U-U &U. The bonus is [Blacks] are paid 35% less money, than "whites". Saving "G" in the Billions, as American productivity. •
It builds a Corporation with compassion for others, and a strong line of employees. You're Fired, get rehired as the line-employee: cafeteria worker, porter, garbage man, and-the like. There you can work your way back up.

I
UG Berkeley, School Of Law is represented here by her e-mail, "out of the office until January 2, 2025". "But Words" insinuate the institution of "[email protected]" is still out of the office. And, getting paid with our budget/ Therefore, Stand Up And Quit. Once again, .do US a favor and give your [job] to [Black]-As-Me. Can you write to this? Otherwise hang on as if you're standing on the tracks before the train. Hero .. 2

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[email protected]; Mora Tulian Gamondes; All Council; [email protected]; Mayer, Tess
UC [BJ THE EYEWITNESS NEWS 4 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
Play the expert witness, for the bay area. LUXURY CONDOS MARK THE LANDSCAPE ALL AROUND BERKELEY-CALIFORNIA. Department Of Government Efficiency, wonder who can afford "those" units? Nobody. Imagine it's UC [B] $4 Billion budget. They claim an index of 23 other countries out America first. Berkeley-Li brag "We Make California" .. Meanwhile, all-society pays for their make, a budget deficit for everyone else. Imagine Berkeley is laughing at our expense. Get Smart.

Here the city of Berkeley's.Mayor's Office is a partnership between Berkeley-University, shaking hands with the Chancellor. Strategic, Organizational, Leadership combined for Absolute Power. Now the city of Berkeley's Planning and Devolvement Department, profits. Learn there are cost associated with profits. Check Hass School Of Business. You See Berkeley does not pay its cost of goods sold.

They assume unfair business practices by leveraging our "goodwill". They passes its cost on to US. Aiding-HOMELESSNESS, and my house is vibrating out of control, from 4am-4pm all day and night for years. Hear say, So-What.

Department Of Government Efficiency is necessary because U C [B] has run afoul of the law. With absolute power, they organize Leadership that control our outcomes. Therefore, add 110% tariff/tax, on those Luxury Condo, lease agreements, since they index 23 other countries. Use Berkeley's public records to identify the thousands of new building permits that mark, the cost of goods sold. [Pure] Discrimination makes my house vibrate, as it makes Homelessness, but for [B] to budget its profit.

Berkeley Planning & Development Department operate without regard for the safety of others-ME, but for the organizational strategy in concert with Berkeley-University-Cal. See: Exhibit-1, my house's foundation is severely cracked, and it continues to worsen. Exhibit-2 My Doctor's report claims distress, but for the fact my bed is rendered useless. Get the picture, and see my medication for "vibration syndrome".

[email protected] IS-FIXED TO FAIR HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT, 7/11/16 Dana C. Johnson of The EEOC signed the letter for Debra Harrington, Labor Relations Director, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. "Notice Of Rights To Sue": Equal Pay Act, and Title VII. As I Am "Just" One Citizen. Berkeley-Li filed its motion under oath, "So-What" pleading the Demurer, thus case dismissed. The gimmick "Sees" U C [B] is sworn .in to the "good book", Bylaw21 The Respect And Civility Statement is a signed covenant. Now, Case No.: RG17865 ... is turned over to [Black] reparations for the State Of California DOJ Reparations Task Force. My case is given to the real land Lord, I do Your Honor. Recall PG&E pledged to "SPEAK UP" ..

It took a tiny crack to let the rats in [email protected]. It's the week link using [dot-edu]. It's a government agency, "sees" malfeasance. It never pays for its cost of goods sold while laughing out loud. Let society pay for its cost. WAKE UP and read the SIGNS. Clear as day Berkeley-Li struck 1

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50,000 employees at cost, So-What. The Sign reads let society assumed the position for thy profits.

Then the Hollywood writers went on strike following [B]. The act created a trend, or domino effect. "Sees" all employees going on strike. Still You See in 2025, Berkeley-Li profits. "Berkeley Common".

You're Fired by the Department Of Government Efficiency shall be the only way. Berkeley will pay their cost of goods sold. They sell US, as we the people.· MARGIN CALL.

Massive layoffs shall dump your retirement plan off wall street. That way U C [B] shall pay its share (in cash). Read the sign MARGIN CALL. Once your stocks are dumped. And your banks collapse again, this time there will be no bailout.· Consumption, shall take your insurance agencies on the way.

Then, and only then, will you see "your companies" are not fit to compete. They are exposed, like the tell, Bernie made off with billions, with a [B]. Hereafter the US [Black] population can buy stock in America. Real companies for their productivity .. So, you see [Black] start up capital, but for everyone.

Thanks Chuck.

Now, let Berkeley pay its own building permits. MARGIN CALL. Read the sign, the helping hand is at Glide. And, the soup line is over here. The Facts: Strategic, Organizational, Leadership by the School Of Law at [B]. Put on the news as "trust". [email protected]. [B] stands at the podium, talking with its pants down around its ankles. REDRESS THE [BLACK] COMMUNITY. Thus, in order to walk they must shuffle. Read the sign as reparations, say goodbye to UCLA. And, Say goodbye to USC. Then say why did Cal receive no votes applying to other conferences? With its pants down around its ankles, they shuffle [email protected] for the City Counsel in which we trust. [B], with its mouth wide open, the power of belonging, Cal begged its way to a closed door meeting. There Berkeley-Li put US on the Eastern Seaboard ACC-Politics. Read the sign. [B] should move its campus to Virginia since they are the ACC. Berkeley-LI Sold US.Out. Keep laughing Champ, [B] created an opportunity for the HBCU's to move "right" in on campus.

Thank You Celebrity. Step into the marching bands. Yell, [B] Your Fired, otherwise Just Quit. . 2

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BPD Webmail; All Council; Mora Tulian Gamondes; [email protected] PLEASE MAKE [23.414.040 Nuisances] POLICE REPORT
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My name is Edward. I live on 10th Street, Berkeley, California. I need a documented [nuisance complaint/report]. My House is vibrating out of controlfor "YEARS" all day everyday from 4am to 4am. On a scale of 1-10 my house is vibrating at a [20]. And, It's 3am Sunday Morning.

Please provide a point of reference, for investigations to be used by Me-the victim, for insurance purposes. My house's foundation "spilt" as the vibration cracked my "slab". CSAA is my insurance carrier.

Chronic Medical Condition As The Victim-Me, now I have "vibration syndrome". I have permanent nerve damage, call my Primary Care Physician. My feet and legs twitch in pain on the floor, of my house. It vibrates from 4am to 4am every day, and night. (Who knows) the source of the vibration. I filed a report on 311, and never heard back. Next, I went to the Public Works Corporation Yard, Customer Service. "Celested" who I spoke with in person, said she can't tell the source of the vibration. Conclude, my house is vibrating out of control.

Sleep Deprivation, my bed is rendered useless, caused by my house is Vibrating.

Point Of Order-[23.414.040 Nuisances Prohibited]. 2. A violation of any City, state, or federal ordinance, law, or regulation: Construction is allowed from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm on weekdays, and 9:00 am to 8:00 pm on weekends and holidays. It's 3 am.

On Going, Time and Date Stamps The "Expert Witnesses": I called 311. E-mailed:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected].

Add, [email protected], and [email protected].

For, [email protected] please generate A-Report to reference: 1) my house's foundation split, 2) my medical condition worsens, twitching from "vibration syndrome", 3) sleep deprivation, and 4) point of order, Prohibited Nuisances. In Superior Court Of California, as the truth, I Do Your Honor .. 1

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[email protected]; Mora Tulian Gamondes; All Council; [email protected]; [email protected]
AN AMERICA REFRAMED AS UC[B] LEADERSHIP THE CORE-ORGANIZATION Imagine your house living with children. Imagine your house doesn't vibrate out of control, 24 hours a day, like mine. It's 4am. Imagine the health harms it causes the kids. Imagine Berkeley California Plans for UC[B] of billions in its budget. UC it "lubricates" the media, and show the way to reframe America by [email protected]. Read the sign "SEES", UC [B] index 23 other countries.

Imagine what it feels like living in a house that vibrates to reframe out [Black]-As Me a US Citizen ..

Imagine the "nerve damage", to me, caused by vibrating my house. It's called "vibration syndrome".

Imagine your feet rest on the floor, and all you can do is twitch-involuntarily, in pain. Google: It's important to get medical care for a peripheral nerve injury as soon as possible. Yes, people can live with nerve damage, or peripheral neuropathy, but it can impact quality of life. Early diagnosis and treatment may prevent complications and permanent damage. Imagine all the doctor can do is prescribe pregabalin and gabapentin, on call, try those. Wonder how long you can continue taking drugs. But for what HE Said, STUPID PEOPLE.

I say an American Greed Scam, You See Berkeley. Imagine my college degree is superior to yours.

PERIOD. And, you can't compete in the workplace perpetrating Stupid People. Means you compete with [Pure] Discrimination. You're-Fired at UC Berkeley. [B] has my college degrees in its personnel file. See them and challenge yourself. Why did UC Berkeley change its "brand"? To cover up the covenant? Read the seal, Let There Be Light? Done one better, UC [B] changed its brand once again to just [B]. Is that why HE called California, STUPID PEOPLE? UC [B] organizational leadership, reframed an environment of Natural Selection, by selecting U,U,U, &U. Simply [B] hires more Stupid People as kissing, Belonging@Berkeley. Imagine you're so stupid you pay rent. However, imagine you live in a house that's not vibrating to show who's really stupid, As-Me. Imagine you don't suffer from prescription medicine, and you don't live in tents, by the sidewalk, by the park, or by the creek. Once organizational leadership [B], becomes homeless then they will bargain in "good faith" and beg the city as the news, save our [jobs]. But until then UC [B]:
lectures, sings, and dances on YouTube, the power of [email protected]. The bonus sees them (dance) Bylaw21.

You See Berkeley aiding homelessness for everyone. [The Act] of the homeless reframe America out [Black]. Housing was put in 1957 for [proper] segregation. That makes, Berkeley's City Planning culpable, therefore you see [B] as a minister for [The Act] Of [Homelessness] ...

Above the insults You're Fired laughing out loud at Me using absolute power for due process. UC MGMT, Patrick Reedy simply writes [blah, blah, blah] is not credible. Moreover, it's nothing he can do about it. So keep laughing while Patrick, speaks for Everybody-Li in 2025. Put in Superior Court Of California, now being fired is everyone's fait. Together with Ellen Lloyd, Director of Human Resources, and Debra Harrington, Director of Labor Relations, UC-MGMT reframed America in 1

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goodwill-Bylaw21. Imagine that's what you voted for, "goodwill" see the Presidio as good faith for everybody else. Bargain with UC [B] who continues to make California" outcomes, laughing out loud,.

Patrick Reedy is so Stupid he wrote "core-competency" in abuse of discipline to say You're Fired. I warned him once, about the term "core-competency", but Stupid-As Patrick being smart wrote it three times. BINGO put it on the discipline. "Sees" I kept the treatment pristine, spiral-bind, and covered. 200 Pages, the book of UC-MGMT speaks in their own words. The evidence of Stupid People telling on themselves. We the people just need the court of jurisdiction. [Black] Reparations is such the court. Start Laughing [proper] it's continued in the School Of Law, [email protected] Engraved in, You Big Dummy-Patrick Reedy wrote, "Follow The Core Competency Of UC Berkeley". Check Haas School Of Business. More-on. As if "core-competency" is THE CENTER OF A TOOTSIE POP. Warning-U, don't ever use the term "core-competency", PERIOD ..

CORE-COMPETENCY MEANS SLAVERY. Check Mate. Game over start another game. Keep score it's four games to nothing .. CalTrans published a vibration manual, and the city of Berkeley never minds the nuisance laws. Read the manual. Vibrations has an effect on electronics. I called Comcast my TV keeps going out, just like in the old days. I must hit it to come back on, and that doesn't work.

Without fail, it's the Super Bowl. And he's back to pass, then I get a blank screen, with the message "unusable signal". Sees on movie night, you can count on the TV going out once the movie gets good. A blank screen flashes "unusable signal". How obnoxious. So I got a new TV, just to find out the effects could be caused by my house is vibrating out of control.

In totality UC [B] reckoning my livelihood. Comcast said my connection is good by their equipment.

ALL TOGETHER NOW, YELL SO-WHAT. It's just one [Black]-As, US Citizen, calling on reparations ..

The new game is Strike Bull's-Eye, Case No.: CX .... Filed at UC [B] with Debra Harrington, labor relations. Play the game and change the term in the news from "good faith" to Unfair Business Practices 17000-17200 the core-competency of SLAVERY in California. UC-MGMT strategy of Organizational-Leadership that employ all California. And PATRICK REEDY wrote the discipline, for UC MGMT. By the rule of "Sees" Ellen Lloyd of Human Resources was compensated for supplying her skills. Delivered to Debra Harrington, under oath to help [B] achieve its business goal, a core competency, You're Fired, laughing out loud, said I'm not credible. Here, say-you, read Stupid, As Me, a [Black] US Citizen made by rule in 1868 ..
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Dear Transportation Department,
Alexander (Alex) Merenkov <[email protected]>
Friday, February 21, 2025 11 :40 AM
transportation; Taplin, Terry; Tregub, Igor
All Council; Manager, C
Removal of Ninth Street Bay Wheels Station
I'm a Bay Wheels Bike share user. I use the Ninth and University station multiple times a week to access Berkeley Food Network and two other food pantries to survive in Berkeley(Good Shepherd Church and one other).

The impact oft he removal of this Bay Wheels station earlier this week with no notice to the public means walking nearly half a mile across dangerous streets(University, Sixth) from either 4th and Delaware or Addison and Fourth stations.

There are no other stations due to homeowner opposition. There already is almost no parking at stations in West Berkeley. It's really a bad system and experience.

Please find a way to restore and expand stations ASAP in West and North Berkeley so I can access the life line resources at the food pantries in West Berkeley from Downtown. It's incredibly oppressive.

It is already hard enough. It's really important that everyone recognize the impact of the removal of this station. It impacted other people they just don't have the agency I do to email you and complain.

It's not just a simple station removal it causes impacts for the most vulnerable and you should have given reasonable advanced notice (2 weeks or so) and mitigated the impacts to the community(had a temp station). It's totally unacceptable. Please follow up with me about when it will be restored.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Alex S. Merenkov
[email protected]
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Friday, February 21, 2025 4:29 PM
Alexander (Alex) Merenkov; Taplin, Terry; Tregub, Igor
All Council; Manager, C
RE: Removal of Ninth Street Bay Wheels Station
Thank you for your email. This Bay Wheels bike rack was moved back to its original location cin 10th and University this week.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Best,
Sandra Sanchez
Administrative Assistant
Public Works, Transportation Division
1947 Center St., 4th Floor
Berkele , CA 94704
From: Alexander (Alex) Merenkov <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2025 11:40 AM
To: transportation <[email protected]>; Taplin, Terry <[email protected]>; Tregub, Igor <[email protected]>
Cc: All Council <[email protected]>; Manager, C <[email protected]> Subject: Removal of Ninth Street Bay Wheels Station
Dear Transportation Department,
I'm a Bay Wheels Bike share user. I use the Ninth and University station multiple times a week to access Berkeley Food Network and two other food pantries to survive in Berkeley(Good Shepherd Church and one other).

The impact of the removal of this Bay Wheels station earlier this week with no notice to the public means walking nearly half a mile across dangerous streets(University, Sixth) from either 4th and Delaware or Addison and Fourth stations.

There are no other stations due to homeowner opposition. There already is almost no parking at stations in West Berkeley. It's really a bad system and experience.
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It is already hard enough. It's really important that everyone· recognize the impact of the removal of this station. It impacted other people they just don't have the agency I do to email you and complain.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Alex S. Merenkov
[email protected]
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Speed bumps
WARNING: This is not a City of Berkeley email. Do not click links or attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe.

Hi,
Has a calming traffic engineer been hired. Waiting 2 years for a speed bump on Ordway between Gilman and Posen. I hope no one gets killed in the meantime.

Talk about lack of action.

Marshal Brewster
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025 12:58 PM
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Meeting Request - Expanding BOTTLEBANK Smart Bin Recycling in Berkeley Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,
I hope this email finds you well. I'm reaching out on behalf of Our Planet Recycling and the BOTTLEBANK Smart Bin team to introduce an innovative approach to CRV redemption that makes recycling more convenient, accessible, and family-friendly for residents.

BOTTLEBANK's Smart Bin technology modernizes the recycling process by providing a secure, automated, and hassle-free way for residents to redeem their California Redemption Value {CRV) deposits. Our system is designed to:

II Improve local recycling rates and support California's environmental goals II Provide a family-friendly, easy-to-use solution for residents II Reduce barriers to redemption by making CRV return more accessible II Enhance sustainability efforts in partnership with local governments We are actively exploring opportunities to expand Smart Bin operations into new jurisdictions. and would love to meet with you to discuss how this program could benefit Berkeley. Your insights would be invaluable as we work to ensure this solution aligns with the needs of your community.

Would you be available for a brief meeting in the next week or so? We would greatly appreciate the opportunity to introduce ourselves, share details about our expansion plans, and get your feedback. Please let us know a time that works for you.

Looking forward to the conversation and the possibility of working together to bring a better recycling experience to Berkeley!
Best regards,
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On behalf of Our Planet Recycling & BOTTLEBANK Smart Bin Administrative Assistant
Phone: {916) 342-3243
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Rebecca Levenson < [email protected]>
Sunday, February 16, 2025 10:55 AM
Berkeley Mayor's Office; All Council; [email protected] Varda Weldeghiorgis; Safety Committee BUSD; Jennifer Shanoski; Rhonda Jefferson; Lila Hallward; Walter Mitchell; Guananja, Lino; Chiara Hyman; Pushpinderjeet Kaur; John Calise; Debbie Taylor; Josh Austin; Jasmina Viteskic; Cornelius Smith; [email protected]; Weldon Bradstreet; May, Keith; Daniel Frydman; [email protected]; Michelle Wolfson; Asia Evans; Phillip Shelley; Vicki Davis; Nicole Chabot; Maria McLaughlin
2x2 committee meeting -- February 19th hybrid meeting 3:30 pm encampment on the docket formal request to ame_nd agenda
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Rashl Kesarwanl
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September 10, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM; Counoilmember Raehl Kesarwanl .(Aulhoi') and Councilmember Susan Wengraf (Co.Sponsor)
SUBJECT: Encampment Policy Resolutron fo Promote Healthy and Safe Ne'lghborhoods and Related F,irst Reading or Ordinance Amending Chapter 14.48 of the Berkeley Munlclpal Code '

RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a resolution affirming that lhe City of Berkeley will continue to offer Interim housing (i.e., a shelter offer, with a preference for non-congregate options) when closing encampments,. In accordance with the City's ext$1ing •Housing First" aPiproaeh1 and b8$t practices guidance from the federal gov,rnment. In order to account for nuanced health and safety situations, the resolution allows for six specific exoeptions to this praotioe, based on City staff experience.

Offering shelter and housing to homeless Individuals rs considered a best practice, aeoording to the United States lnteragency Council on Addressing Homelessness.2 H will continue to be the City's pradice to make shelter offers whenever practicable and to Invest rn more ehelter options. However, In 1he ewntthat the City cannot make a shelter offer, then the City Manager is nonetheless· authorized to enfOf.ee, including the use of citatl(m and arrest, only under the• followfng circumstances:
• The Fire Department has determined that an encampment poses a fire hazard or emergency condition as referenced in the Berbtey fire Code, Berkeley Munlclpa.l Code (BMC) Chapter 19.48: or
• The Envlronmental Health Division of the Health, Housing and Community • Services Department has d.etermined that the encampment pos.es an imminent health hazard as defined in BMC section 11.36.030; or
1 Affeguin, Jesse., Joining 1he House America lnltiatwe that adopts a Houstng First approach In aooordance with the federal government. July 12, 2022, Consent Calendar Council Item, unanrmously approved. bttm,:llbertm!e,yqQ.9QYfflttesfdeJaulUfilDtfdooum1olil2Q22 .. Q1•

12.%201tem%2Q13$20Jgjplng%2Qthe%2QH9use%2QAm@ric1%201nma.11w.Qdf 2 United Stetes Jnteragency Council on Addressing Homelessness: 7 Principles for Addressing Encamptoenta, June 17, 2022:
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Dear all, you can see from the agenda, the plan for public comment is five minutes.

Given the real risks associated with the homeless encampment, I am advocating for extending public comment time given the immediacy of the issue --with 5 minutes per issue outlined in the agenda such that the community can be heard.

I am also requesting that an additional line item be added to the agenda, which is an additional safety resource officer for Berkeley high school, this is a follow up from the 2021 special task force looking at the desire for additional SROs. The desire for additional SROs was both distinct and clear.

Why does this matter right now?
As many of you know, Berkeley unified school District is looking at an eight to $9 million budget cut in the 2025/2026 school year.

Given that the Safety Resource Officer at Berkeley high is in fact, an essential 2 x 2 committee question and that there was no real opportunity to public input into this agenda this is a formal request to amend the current agenda as we have more the 72 hours prior to the meeting as of now to do this.

Thank you for all you do and meaningfully considering these requests.

Kind regards, Rebecca
Rebecca Levenson Consulting
she/her/hers
415 786-2084
On Feb 12, 2025, at 9:02 AM, Maria McLaughlin <[email protected]> wrote:

Thank you, Rebecca, for your advocacy on behalf of our community and especially our children.

I second Rebecca's motion for a discussion on adding these items to the Safety Plan:
• BHS will advocate for city policy to not allow encampments within 500 feet of Berkeley High School • BHS should request a second School Resource Officer to be assigned to Berkeley High School (following the recommendation of the 2021 Re-imagining the SRO Steering Committee) 2021 Re-imagining the SRO Steering Committee
Every Wednesday my 9th grade daughter leaves Berkeley High at 7:30pm after Cross-Country or Track & Field practice to walk one block to the Teen Center for the YMCA Youth & Government program (corner of Center & MLK}, and I worry for her safety because of the encampment right there. It's only one block but I wonder today whether I should meet her at the school gates and walk her over to the Teen Center. 3

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Thank you,
Maria McLaughlin
member of BHS Safety Committee
On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM Rebecca Levenson <[email protected]>, wrote:

Hi Yorda,
I have a new section that I want us to add to the boiler plate safety plan which has to do with ~omeless-encampments next to schools.

As you may know, there was a new city of.Berkeley unhoused policy that was passed in the fall that allows Berkeley to remove encampments when they are public nuisance or health threat. • By definition, it is a public safety issue to have a homeless encampment directly across the street from 4000 children (BHS and Washington elementary).

Our big picture recommendation to the city (s that they reevaluate where they're choosing to spend money at this point. Currently there is a thoughtful housing first policy action plan for the Harrison 6th street encampments -- we are advocating to shift that programming and staffing to address the homeless encampment at Berkeley high with care and supports to support the folks across from the school and to ensure that our students are safer immediately.

For Berkeley high school Safety plan, the vision is to create a section that says as a complement to recent city policy changes to addressed unhoused populations that we are applying the language of the policy to bolster the safety of our students at BHS.

Encampments near schools come with safety issues, public nuisance issues, and health threats thus there are to be no homeless encampments within 500 feet of Berkeley high school. (This should be replicated for every single school site in BUSD) •
Because this is a city matter and the school district does not have the authority to clear encampments BUSD does not have to pay for it, there are no dollars associated on our budget since this is a city park.

If we put this into our policy, then it allows us to leverage supports needed to clear the encampment and keep it clean because we've told the state of California this is what we're doing to keep our students safer.

In addition to this, we could have a second SRO at Berkeley high right now. This is something BUSD wanted in 2021. I think the powers that we were surprised by the outcome of the task force. They expected the goal to get rid of all police officers associated with Berkeley high and in fact it was the opposite. With An 8 to $9 million budget coming to BUSD This makes absolute sense from a financial perspective and Safety perspective Background:

In 2021, the Reimagine the SRO task force, a multidisciplinary group comprised of School Resource Officers (SROs), School Officers (SOs), parents, students, Berkeley High School (BHS) teachers, Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) Teacher Support Assistants (TSAs), the BTA Principal, the BHS Vice Principal, and the BUSD Dean of Student Services, conducted a comprehensive review of school safety practices, focusing on the role ofthe SRO. This work culminated in 4

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a 45-minute discussion and a nine-page presentation delivered to the BUSD School Board on April 21, 2021. A key recommendation within this presentation was the addition of an SRO position.

The intent behind this additional SRO was to facilitate proactive relationship-building among students, staff, and the broader community. The goal was to shift the SRO role from a reactive posture within a student body of 3,200 to one of proactive engagement. This envisioned engagement included relationship development, guest speaking in classes, regular visits to all Unit Offices (U9's), community outreach, engagement with local 8th-grade middle school students, participation in classroom environments, and attendance at sporting events.

Regrettably, in the 4 years since these recommendations BUSD has not moved forward with an additional SRO but multiple incidents have occured on BHS campus including 2 students found carrying guns found on BHS less than 2 months ago.

The other thing we should consider to put in our policy is that given we have the ability to have a second police officer on our campus who could help keep the encampment at bay help support, broader prevention efforts, perhaps even extending to the middle schools we say something in the policy like:
"when there are free city resources like additional SROs available to promote safety at BHS we will absolutely make it a priority that those positions are filled and supported in student centered trauma informed ways to integrate seamlessly into our school."
Officer Lino please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe we went over this in a meeting if not this last time the time before an additional officer was possible and had at one point planned for.

I believe it's in the purview of the safety committee to request that a second safety resource officer be obtained from Berkeley police department. And if it's not us, I would like to know who it is.

Other cities have done very specific work to make sure that students are safer. this is something I'm going to be taking up with the 2 x 2 committee.

Please find below information on ordinances enacted by several cities to address this issue. • San Diego: The "Unsafe Camping Ordinance," approved in June 2023, prohibits encampments on public property and codifies how, when, and where the city may abate or conduct enforcement related to violations of the regulations. Enforcement of the ordinance began on July 31, 2023.https://www.sandiego.gov/police/services/neiqhborhood-policinq-division/unsafe-campinq • Sacramento: In 2020, the city passed an ordinance making it illegal to camp within 25 feet of "critical infrastructure" such as government buildings, bridges, and electrical wires. In August 2023, the City Council expanded this measure to ban homeless encampments that block sidewalks, and in October, they further extended the critical infrastructure ordinance to ban camping within 500 feet of schools. https://calmatters.org/housing/2023/04/california-homeless city-laws/
• Los Angeles: In August 2022, the Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance prohibiting homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.https://californiaqlobe.com/fl/la-bans-homeless-camps-near-schools-while-sacramento prohibited-from-removinq-homeless-on-public-property/
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choose to remain in encampments should do so beyond 500 feet of schools or parks. The primary focus must be on ensuring the safety of our children.

I'm requesting an additional meeting to focus on these specific areas or if you don't think a meeting is possible then I'm going to request We review a draft of these two proposals as part of the overall read on the 18th.

Thoughts, concerns, ideas?
I realize I'm pushing.

I wake up every day and think about what it feels like to have been grabbed by someone In homeless encampment on your way to school and report it. Then Learn that the person who grabbed you only needs to be 100 yards away from you and your school and that the source of your harm remains.

What does that say to our student?
I wonder if it means she's skipping more school because she doesn't want to walk by the park. I wonder if she's having difficulty concentrating or sleeping I wondE:!r if she's vaping more or using substances because she is having a hard time managing her anxiety.

When folks are in trauma, what they remember is how they were made to feel. The boiler plate means Jack to her.

I think we have a choice to make and I think it's a moral one. I understand that the boiler plate is a requirement for the state of California. That's not my beef.

My beef is we have children who are being hurt groped, screamed at Katcalle,d made to feel afraid and we could make it stop.

I believe in us and I believe this is absolutely something to solve for in this moment with this group of people.

Proud to be in community with you.

Warmly, Rebecca
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Berkeley PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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2x2 Committee Meeting Agenda
Berkeley Unified School District &
Berkeley City Couhdl
Committee Members:

February 19, 2025
1005 Parker Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
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Berkeley Unifted School District Berkeley City Council
Ka'Dijah Brown, BUSD Soard P'resident Councilmember ferry Taplin Jennifer Sharmski, BUSD Board Vice-Pr:esident Councilmember Shoshana O'Keefe This meeting will ibe conducted in accordance with the Bmwlil Ad:., Government Code Section 54653. Any member of the public may attend this meeting. Ouestions regarding this matter may be addressed to Oee Williams~Rldley, City Manager. at 981 .. 7000.

The Berkeley Unified School District int.ends tc provide reasom,b.le ,l<::commcdetioms In ~nee w,"th the Amer/crm$ wfth Dfssbllities Ad of 1990; If a special accommodation i's desired, please cat/ tht1 Superintendent's Office 48 ho/JF$ prior to the meeting .rit 510--644-620& El Distrlto Escolar Unificado de, Berkeley tiene la intenci6n de propordorHiir adapt.u::lones espedal,es en conf orm1dad (.',Ol'l el Amerk,,ms with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Ley d.e .A.mwh::attO$ con Disi::apaddades de 1990). Si ufflld desail! UM adaptaci6n e15pacia1, por favor comunkp.1ai:e con el peirl!>onal de la Oficina d1;1I Su~rinte.ndente 48 horas antes de la niuni6n al 510-644-6206.

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On Feb 11, 2025, at 10:21 PM, Varda Weldeghiorgis <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello Safety Committee,
In our next Safety Committee meeting we will have an action item, the school safety plan; that requires a vote. In order to vote we will need to meet quorum, meaning at least half of the committee plus 1 of the total number of members. My hope is of course that all members are present and able to vote. •
I have attached the plan so that you can review it prior to our vote.

Best,
Yorda Weldeghiorgis
Dean of Students
Berkeley High School
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Berkeley Mayor's Office; All Council; [email protected] Varda Weldeghiorgis; Safety Committee BUSD; Jennifer Shanoski; Rhonda Jefferson; Lila Hallward; Walter Mitchell; Guananja, Lino; Chiara Hyman; Pushpinderjeet Kaur; John Calise; Debbie Taylor; Josh Austin; Jasmina Viteskic; Cornelius Smith; [email protected]; Weldon Bradstreet; May, Keith; Daniel Frydman; [email protected]; Michelle Wolfson; Asia Evans; Phillip Shelley; Vicki Davis; Nicole Chabot; Maria McLaughlin
Please read Scanner Op Ed and still waiting to hear about 2x2 committee meeting - February 19th hybrid formal request to amend agenda!
On Feb 16, 2025, at 10:55 AM, Rebecca Levenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear all, you can see from the agenda, the plan for public comment is five minutes.

Given the real risks associated with the homeless encampment, I am advocating for extending public comment time given the immediacy ofthe issue -- with 5 minutes per issue outlined in the agenda such that the community can be heard.
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I am also requesting that an additional line item be added to the agenda, which is an additional safety resource officer for Berkeley high school. this is a follow up from the 2021 special task force looking at the desire for additional SROs. The desire for additional SROs was both distinct and clear.

Why does this matter right now?
As many of you know, Berkeley unified school District is looking at an eight to $9 million budget cut in the 2025/2026 school year.

Having an additional officer not only is in keeping with what our 2021 task force found to be strongly preferred, but it also fits with the risks associated over the last many months with the homeless encampment and the fact BUSD has zero dollars for additional supports or security. So this is a no brainer from a BUSD budget perspective. · Given that the Safety Resource Officer at Berkeley high is in fact, an essential 2 x 2 committee question and that there was no real opportunity to public input into this agenda this is a formal request to amend the current agenda. as we have more the 72 hours prior to the meeting as of now to do this.

I
Thank you for all you do arid meaningfully considering these requests.

Kind regards, Rebecca
Rebecca Levenson Consulting
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415 786-2084
On Feb 12, 2025, at 9:02 AM, Maria McLaughlin <[email protected]> wrote:

Thank you, Rebecca, for your advocacy on behalf of our community and especially'our children.

I second Rebecca's motion for a discussion on adding these items to the Safety Plan:
• BHS will advocate for city policy to not allow encampments within 500 feet of Berkeley High School • BHS should request a second School Resource Officer to be assigned to Berkeley High School (following the recommendation of the 2021 Re-imagining the SRO Steering Committee) 2021 Re-imagining the SRO Steering Committee
Every Wednesday my 9th grade daughter leaves Berkeley High at 7:30pm after Cross-Country or Track & Field practice to walk one block to the Teen Center for the YMCA Youth & Government program (corner of Center.& MLK), and I worry for her safety because of the encampment right there. It's only one block but I wonder today whether I should meet her at the school gates and walk her over to the Teen Center.

Thank you,
Maria McLaughlin
member of BHS Safety Committee
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM Rebecca Levenson <[email protected]> wrote:
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Hi Yorda,
I have a new section that I want us to add to the boiler plate safety plan which has to do with homeless encampments next to schools.

As you may know, there was a new city of Berkeley unhoused policy that was passed in the fall that allows Berkeley to remove encampments when they are public nuisance or health threat.

By definition, it is a public safety issue to have a homeless encampment directly across the street from 4000 children (BHS and Washington elementary).

Our big picture recommendation to the city is that they reevaluate where they're choosing to spend money at this point. Currently there is a thoughtful housing first policy action plan for the Harrison 6th street encampments -- we a,re advocating to shift that programming and staffing to address the homeless encampment at Berkeley high with care and supports to support the folks across from the school and to ensure that our students are safer immediately.

Encampments near schools come with safety issues, public nuisance issues, and health threats thus there are to be no homeless encampments within 500 feet of Berkeley high school. (This should be replicated for every single school site in BUSD)
Because this is a city matter and the school district does not have the authority to clear encampments BUSD does not have to pay for it, there are no dollars associated on our budget since this is a city park.

In 2021, the Reimagine the SRO task force, a multidisciplinary group comprised of School Resource Officers (SROs), School Officers {SOs), parents, students, Berkeley High School (BHS) teachers, Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) Teacher Support Assistants (TSAs), the BTA Principal, the BHS Vice Principal, and the BUSD Dean of Student Services, conducted a comprehensive review of school safety practices, focusing on the role of the SRO. This work culminated in a 45-minute discussion and a nine-page presentation delivered to the BUSD School Board on April 21, 2021. A key recommendation within this presentation was the addition of an SRO position.

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The other thing we should consider to put in our policy is that given we_ have the ability to have a second police officer on our campus who could help keep the encampment at bay help support, broader prevention efforts, perhaps even extending to the middle schools we say something in the policy like:
"when there are free city resources like additional SROs available to promote safety at BHS we will absolutely make it a priority that those positions are filled and supported in student centered trauma informed ways to integrate seamlessly into our school."
Officer Lino please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe we went over this in .a meeting if not this last time the time before an additional officer was possible and had at one point planned for.

I believe it's in the purview of the safety committee to request that a second safe~y resource officer be obtained from Ber,keley police department. And if it's not us, I would like to know who it is.

Other cities have done very specific work to make sure that students are safer. this is something I'm going to be taking up with the 2 x 2 committee.

Please find below information on ordinances enacted by several cities to address this issue. • San Diego: The "Unsafe Camping Ordinance," approved in June 2023, prohibits encampments on public property and codifies how; when,, and where the city may abate or conduct enforcement related to violations of the regulations. Enforcement of the ordinance began on July 31, 2023.https://www.sandiego.gov/police/services/neighborhood-policing-division/unsafe-camping • Sacramento: In 2020, the city passed an ordinance making it illegal to camp within 25 feet of "critical infrastructure" such as government buildings, bridges, and electrical wires. In August 2023, the City Council expanded this measure to ban homeless encampments that block sidewalks, and in October, they further extended the critical infrastructure ordinance to ban camping within 500 feet of schools. https://calmatters.org/housing/2023/04/california-homeless city-laws/
• Los Angeles: In August 2022, the Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance prohibiting homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.https://californiaglobe.com/fl/la-bans-homeless-camps-near-schools-while-sacramento prohibited-from-removing-homeless-on-public-property/
These measures aim to balance compassion for unhoused individuals with the imperative to protect students and maintain safe educational environments. Indh".iduals who have been offered housing yet choose to remain in encampments should do so beyond 500 feet of schools or parks. The primary focus must be on ensuring the safety of our children.

Thoughts, concerns, ideas?
I realize I'm pushing.
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What does that say to our student?
I wonder if it means she's skipping more school because she doesn't want to walk by the park. I wonder if she's having difficulty concentrating or sleeping I wonder if she's vaping more or using substances because she is having a hard time managing her anxiety.

When folks are in trauma, what they remember is how they were made to feel. The boiler plate means Jack to her.

I think we have a choice to make and I think it's a moral one. I understand that the boiler plate is a requirement for the state of California. That's not my beef.

My beef is we have children who are being hurt groped, screamed at Katcalled made to feel afraid and we could make it stop.

I believe'in us and I believe this is absolutely something to solve for in this moment with this group of people.

Proud to be in community with you.

Warmly, Rebecca
Rebecca Levenson Consulting
she/her/hers
415 786-2084
On Feb 11, 2025, at 10:21 PM, Yorda Weldeghiorgis <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello Safety Committee,
In our next Safety Committee meeting we will have an action item, the school safety plan, that requires a vote. In order to vote we will need to meet quorum, meaning at least half of the committee plus 1 of the total number of members. My hope is of course that all members are present and able to vote.

I have attached the plan so that you can review it prior to our vote.

Best,
Yorda Weldeghiorgis
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Dean of Students
Berkeley High School
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Ian Wulfson
Important Cragmont Elementary traffic concerns (info for tomorrows 2 by 2 meeting) Dear Berkeley City Counsel and BUSD Board Members,
We're writing as concerned Cragmont Elementary parents regarding the unsafe traffic conditions for kids and families who walk to Cragmont Elementary. We are so grateful to live in the neighborhood and be able to walk to school, as do many other families we know, however many of us feel that the crosswalk at Marin Ave and Cragmont Ave is dangerous and needs to be addressed to increase safety.

We are grateful for the crossing guards who are there in the morning, and at the 3:15pm pick up time, however for those who have kids in TK or Kindergarten their kids get out at 2:15pm and it feels especially dangerous to cross Marin at Cragmont Ave at that time without a crossing guard. Even with the crossing guard, it feels like a dangerous street to cross, with cars speeding above the speed limit. When the crossing guard isn't there cars often don't stop, in addition to their speeding by, which makes our family and other families feel unsafe.

The "your speed" sign near that crosswalk is broken and needs to be fixed. Many families also feel that installing "flashing pedestrian crossing signs" or "flashing crosswalk beacons" would be very helpful at increasing safety. We feel that would make a tremendous difference in increasing our sense of safety. In the meantime there should at least be some crosswalk flags available on each side of the street for kids and families to use to increase safety when they cross.

Here is an example of those:
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Thank you so much for hearing our concerns. We truly appreciate all you can do to make it a safer environment for the kids and families attending Cragmont Elementary.

Thanks,
Jennie Hicks & Ian Wulfson
(Parents of a child in TK at Cragmont Elementary)
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Expanding City of Berkely Aftercare and Transit for Fall 2025 l;)ear Berkehey Council members,
I'm writing to thank Terry Taplin and Shoshana O'Keefe for their work expanding City aftercare with BUSD via the 2x2 meetings, and look forward to attending the next meeting on 2/19. I'm also writing to urge the council to prioritized this effort to have funding and logistics arranged for the Fall 2025 school year.

Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) has invested effort over many years towards their long-term goal for aftercare improvements/expansion (see 2017- 2019 Extended Learning Taskforce and ongoing efforts).

Progress continues, but budget and resource constraints limit fast solutions. • This isn't just a BUSD issue, it's also a city issue. The shortage of after-school childcare creates significant challenges. Parents are forced to leave work early daily to transport or care for children or to individually hire
babysitters. This leads to stress, lost productivity, and economic strain. Children too young to be home alone may end up with unsafe or inconsistent supervision. Schools feel. the impact with late pickups, stretched resources. Increased availability of quality programs will provide more Berkeley kids with structured activities, homework support, and safe social time with friends. Families experience less daily stress, businesses benefit from a more stable workforce, and schools can focus on education rather than after-hours logistics. Investing in after-school programs strengthens community connections with the city and the school.

I was excited to hear the CoB and BUSD are already working towards expansion of the City of Berkeley after school programs, along with solutions for transportation issues. The city already has in place the people and skills and facilities to run affordable and well regarded aftercare programs, and should expand to the maximum extent. Making available the current capacity to expand City programs by 100 students (October 2024 2x2 BUSD/CoB meeting) would be a big help. Supporting the transportation needs is also necessary. I urge the City Council to prioritize these ongoing efforts for Fall 2025 implementation.

In the longer term, the City should continue this collaboration with BUSD, with a long term vision of universal aftercare availability (as in Los Angeles USO) for all Berkely families (market rate with a sliding scale). Universal aftercare availability is necessary in order for Berkeley to be a family-friendly city.

Best,
Sasha Courtade, District 6
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Publicize Effects of Budget Cuts & Layoffs
WARNING: This is not a City of Berkeley email. Do not click links or attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe.

Please hold a rally, public meeting, or online town hall so that Berkeley residents can tell the stories of what is really being cut- not waste and fraud but vital services to our veterans, special education students, cancer research, and shrinking markets for farmers. It would be great to hear from UC Berkeley personnel about how this is affecting them.

Town and gown are linked after all. Trump and Musk are inflicting pain on everyday Americans in the name of efficiency. Why? Is it really so that the rich pay less in taxes or are they doing it to please Putin. The American people are not the enemy. Please use your platform to tell their stories to help build support to counter these measures.

Afterwards, perhaps council members could issue a condemnation of these federal actions that are impacting so many here locally.
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I am taking civil action to restore my livelihood and
sustain my right to life, liberty and security, in
accordance with Article 3 of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, through the streaming ten year
subpoena process to uphold equal and humane
service, care and justice before the public courts to
address all human rights abuse (e.g. war; health
status; climate change; public corruption; debt; white
and blue collar crime·; the trafficking, possession, and use of illicit narcotics; racial discrimination and illegal immigration; prostitution and pornography; domestic
abuse; and indigency).

I petition for the Supreme Court to the United States,
Supreme Court of California, State Bar Court, and
lower courts to take immediate on my behalf civil
action to restore my access to housing with my
Section 8 voucher and good health, and fulfill my
other livelihood recovery petitions.

I petition for your agencies to order for the Marin
County BHRS IMPACT )"eam to immediately order for
the County of Marin and, or, Marin Housing Authority
to produce and apply my Section 8 voucher from the
waitlist to either my under appeal at 4 Circle Drive #F, Tiburon, CA 94941; prior The Cove at Tiburon; or a
comparable in the The Cove at Tiburon apartment
complex; apartment (i.e. whichever is most •
humane). I am willing to accept a, "Single
occupancy. No pets;" lease. I was on 02/05/2025
unlawfully discharged from Johnathan's Place,
Homeward Bound of Marin when I filed a complaint
upon staff which included a criminal profile of the •
guest who was.in shelter guidelines violation, for
which they accused I of racial profiling, in my
California constitutional status as law enforcement
(i.e. an attorney as set forth by Articles 6 and 14 of
the Constitution of the United States and Article 1,
Section 1; and Article VI, Section 9 - California
Constitution), denial and am in need of immediate
shelter, or a hotel room voucher, until I am able to
complete my livelihood recovery case management.
have only circa $60.73 to sustain myself for the
02/2025 month. I need to find immediate adequate
temporary, or long-term shelter, or I will not have
enough resources or security to sustain myself until
03/03/2025 (i.e my livelihood recovery complaint
period's end). Lee Gerner Park, Novato, CA 94945,
to which I was referred by the Marin County BHRS
IMPACT Team, has inadequate facilities (e.g. no
potable running water, electricity, and designated
cooking area), security, and protection from the
weather to sustain my person and the City of Novato
on 02/11/2025 unanimously voted to within 60 days
permanently close the park as a homeless
encampment. The Marin County BHRS IMPACT
Team has ordered that my only current housing
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option is to go to the Marin County Crisis Stabilization Unit and then transfer to Casa Rene in my petition to
a hotel room voucher denial, which would terminate
my civil control upon the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and livelihood recovery case
management and on a short and long-term basis
endanger my livelihood.

I petition for your agency to order for the public courts to order to restore my access to housing with my
pending Marin County Section 8 voucher 2 weeks
before my 2 1/2 year Federal Bureau of Investigation
complaint period is complete, due to my person's
endangerment. •
I petition for your agency to order Janet Farhie, M.D.
with the County of Marin, Behavioral Health and
Recovery Services division to order Honorable Judge
Andrew E. Sweet with the Superior Court of
California, County of Marin to immediately fulfill her on my behalf to immediately reappropriate my circa $4.7
million trust medical letter and Janet Farhie, M.D. to
call and order public law enforcement to appear
before Honorable Judge Andrew E. Sweet to enforce
her medical letter. I petition for your agency to order Honorable Judge Andrew E. Sweet to fulfill my before
his chambers with medical prescription petitions.

I petition for your agency to order the State Bar of
California to with interest, and without a trustee, or
medication, upon my person immediately
reappropriate my trust.

I petition for your agency to order the State Bar of
California to with interest immediately reappropriate
my trust from Bradshaw & Associates, P.C.; including
funds allocated from the trust to Brian Getz, John
Passaglia and their referrals.

I petition for your agency to order Janet Farhie, M.D.
to order the State Bar of California to immediately
reappropriate my trust. I petition for your agency to
order public law enforcement, in accordance with
Janet Farhie, M.D.'s medical letter due to my
homeless status to order the State Bar of California to immediately upon my person reappropriate my trust. I
petition for your agency to order the State Bar of
California, in accordance with my before their party
with medical prescription petitions to immediately
reappropriate my trust. I petition for your agency to
order the County of Marin, Behavioral Health and
Recovery Services division to reserve a hotel room for
I until the State Bar of California upon my person
reappropriates my trust, or I otherwise secure my
access to housing. To live in public endangers my
person. I petition for, in accordance with Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights greater
security of person and access to utilities.
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I petition for your agency to order, in accordance with my before the courts with medical prescription
petitions respectively to be dismissed are the before
the Fourth Judicial District Court, County of Elko, NV
and Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
held against my person crimirial charges; redacted
are the held against my person restraining order; and
with interest upon my person reimbursed are the court
and jail fines and restitution. I petition for your agency to order Janet Farhie, M.D. to order respectively to be dismissed are the before the Fourth Judicial District
Court, County of Elko, NV and Superior Court of
California, County of Alameda held against my person
criminal charges; redacted are the held against my
person restraining order; and with interest upon my
person reimbursed are the court and jail fines and
restitution.

I petition for your agency to order, in accordance with my before the court with medical prescription petition
to be immediately vacated is the by Honorable Judge
Stephen P. Frecerro with the Superior Court of
California, County of Marin regarding suppressed
Case No.: CIV 2201627, Sunhill Enterprises, L.P. vs.

Ian Alexander Leipper, in violation of The Geneva
Conventions ofAugust 12, 1949 -- Geneva
Convention I -Article 12 (i.e. "Only urgent medical
reasons will authorize priority in the order of treatment to be administered."); United Nations Convention
Against Corruption - Article 25; Universal Declaration
of Human Rights -Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11(1)(2), 12, 15(1)(2), 18, 19, 21(1)(2)(3), 22,
23(1 )(2)(3), 24, 25(1 ), 27(1 )(2), 28, 29(1 )(2)(3), and 30; Constitution of the United States - Amendments 8,
13, and 14; War Crimes Act of 1996 -- 18 U.S. Code
2401 -- 18 U.S. Code 2441 -War Crimes.
(a)( c)( 1 )(3)( d)( 1 )(A)(B)(D)(E)(F)(l)(2)(A)(B)(D)(i)(ii)(iv)( E); 18 U.S.C § 241; 18 U.S.C § 401; 18
U.S.C § 1001; 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111, 1112, and 1114; 18
U.S.C. §§ 1621-1623; and, "Right to Civic
Engagement" and, "Medical Care" clauses of the
associated Curtis F. Robinson, M.D. and Amanda
Kelly, N.P. lifestyle prescriptions verdict to evict I from my at 4 Circle Drive #F, Tiburon, CA 94920
apartment. I have been unlawfully made homeless.

I petition for your agency to order Janet Farhie, M.D.
to order public law enforcement to order Sunhill
Corporation to fulfill her on my behalf to obtain access to housing accommodation medical letter at, and, in
accordance with my lifestyle prescriptions to return
my belongings to, the at 4 Circle Drive #F, Tiburon,
CA 94920 apartment. I petition for your agency to
order public law enforcement to immediately dispatch
an officer to appear before Sunhill Corporation to
order their party to provide I with access to the at 4
Circle Drive #F, Tiburon, CA 94920 apartment (i.e.
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still legally my apartment, in accordance with Geneva
Convention 1 - Article 12 and the War Crimes Act of
1996). I petition for free-of-charge access to the
apartment until Janet Farhie, M.D. orders public law
enforcement to immediately reappropriate my trust
and reappropriated upon my person is my trust, at
. which time I will pay the amount I owe for the time
spent at 4 Circle Drive #F, Tiburon, CA 94920 from
my readmittance to the apartment to the time
reappropriated is my trust. I petition for Janet Farhie, M.D. and public law enforcement to order without
henceforth inflation to be reduced to its original
$2,300.00 per month is the apartment rent. I petition
for my belongings to be charge-free produced from
storage.

I petition for your agency to order Janet Farhie, M.D.
and Marin Housing Authority to order to be
immediately produced and applied is an in my name
Section 8 voucher for which to return I to my
apartment at 4 Circle Drive #F, Tiburon, CA 94920; or
139 Barbaree Way, Tiburon, CA 94920. Janet Farhie,
M.D. agreed to pay for my first month on Section

8. Janet Farhie M.D. has failed to fulfill her verbal
contract to issue the necessary medical orders for I to return to either of my Tiburon apartments.

I petition for your agency to fully profile Sunhill
Enterprises, L.P.; Sunhill Corporation; and the County
of Marin, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
IMPACT Team for against my person human rights
abuse in their at 4 Circle Drive #F, Tiburon, CA 94920
my access to Section 8 voucher apartment rental
denial and take in accordance with legal due process
action. Sunhill Corporation has for $2,350.00 per
month on Craigslist posted for rent what is still legally my apartment, in accordance with Geneva
Conventions 1 - Article 12 and my associated medical
prescriptions and despite our before the Superior
Court of California, County of Marin appeal.

I petition for your agency to fully profile The Cove at Tiburon and the County of Marin, Behavioral Health
Recovery Services IMPACT Team for against my
person human rights abuse in their at The Cove at
Tiburon my access to $2,931.00 Section 8 voucher
apartment rental denial and take in accordance with
legal due process action. I was unlawfully evicted
from my circa $2,650.00 per month at 139 Barbaree
Way, Tiburon, CA 94920 apartment, in Geneva
Convention 1 - Article 12 and my medical cannabis
prescription violation. Janet Farhie, M.D. during our
March, 2023 psychiatry appointment assured I that
she would successfully order for I to with Section 8
return to my at The Cove at Tiburon apartment. I
petition for if since the prior tenant moved in The
Cove at Tiburon has raised rent for the at 139
Barbaree Way, Tiburon, CA 94920 apartment to
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whichever comparable available at The Cove at
Tiburon apartment to be fully applied is my Section 8
voucher.

I petition for by the County of Marin, Behavioral
Health and Recovery Services IMPACT Team and
Housing Authority of the County of Marin to be
provided for the 03/2025 month is a my Section 8
voucher extension.

I petition for to be denied is any by Sunhill
Enterprises, L.P.; or Sunhill Corporation; motion to
remove I from the property, or against my person take
a restraining order.

I petition for your agency to fully profile the Marin
County BHRS Administrators and Medical staff,
BHRS IMPACT Team's North and South offices, other
Marin County Public officials, and all homelessness
treatment organizations with which they are in contact
regarding my treatment for denying my right to privacy
to their families and communities and in redress of
grievances, socially, and psychokinetically aggressing
I and denying I equal access to public services with
the intent to my person maim/murder, in against my
before the public courts to equal and humane service,
care and justice civil action retaliation, and take in
accordance with legal due process action.

I petition for your agency to fully profile Mayor Marylin Ezzy Ashcraft, her family, and community for violating
my right to privacy and the associated human rights
abuse, and take in accordance with legal due process
action.

I petition for your agency to fully profile all parties who have received confidential information regarding my
person viaMayor Mayrlin Ezzy Ashcraft for against my
person human rights abuse, and take in accordance
with legal due process action.

I petition for to be. denied is any motion to deny I
access to all public library and transportation services.

I petition for the University of California, Santa Cruz to provide I with a letter of recommendation.

I petition for San Francisco State University to
immediately expunge my academic transcript of all
lower than A grades, or delete my academic record
(i.e, whichever is more humane), in accordance with
the, "Right to Civic Engagement," "Medical Care,""
and Other Lifestyle Accommodations" clauses of my
upon their party lifestyle prescriptions.

I petition for your agency to order for the San Rafael
Police Department's property unit to release my 2013
Jamis Quest with a, "Fitted by Pedro" sticker on it to I. 12

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I petition for Mill Valley Recreation to provide I with a locker rental accommodation.

I petition for your agency to fully profile Marin Humane Society for against my person human rights abuse,
and take in accordance with legal due process action.

I petition for your agency to order for my Tracfone
Wireless, Inc. service to allow I to change my
telephone number, every time to be provided with a
standard ten digit telephone number, and for their
service to process my ten digit telephone number
change within their companies 5 minute policy.

I petition for your party to order for the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco to same-day
file and log in the register of actions all by my person upon their party documents.

I petition for I to be provided with a full-body X-Ray
screening by Marin Outpatient Imaging.

I petition for your agency to order for Google, Inc. to allow for I to use my single telephone number to verify all in my name Gmail accounts, not restrict my Gmail
account access, and correct all other against my
person service errors.

I petition for your agency to order for Google, Inc. to allow I to send 2000 E-Mails per E-Mail account. I am
allowed to send 1,000, or 1,500 (i.e. on one account),
E-Mails per E-Mail account.

I petition for your agency to restore my Civil Rights
Division, U.S. Department of Justice; U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services Hotline
complaint form; Office for Civil Rights, U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services complaint
form; Governor Josh Shapiro; and Pennsylvania
Office of Attorney General online complaint form use
access.

I petition for your agency to order for the Mill Valley Postal Service to immediately upon my person
produce all held by their party in my name from 4
Circle Drive #F, Tiburon, CA 94941 forwarded mail
upon my 751 East Blithedale Avenue, #553, Mill
Valley, CA 94941 P.O. box mail.

I petition for the Marin County BHRS IMPACT Team
to without obstruction accept my daily E-Mails, in
accordance with my constitutional right to unabridged
redress of grievances and the Marin County BHRS
IMPACT Team's order to my self-sufficiency as legal
representation.

I petition for your agency to order for the San
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Francisco Division of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice's legal
department to accept and fulfill to all via E-Mail by my person upon their party Touhy letter related
communications and PDF Touhy letters.

I petition for your agency to fully profile all upon your party against my person complaint filing citizens for
against my person human rights abuse, and take in
accordance with legal due process action.

I petition for your agency to fully profile al) within your jurisdiction against my person complaint filing citizens; by my person for high-risk behaviour upon public law
enforcement reported citizens, their social support
groups, and jurisdictional public and private officers
for regarding their high-risk behaviour human rights
abuse, and take in accordance with legal due process
action.

I petition for your agency to take all within your
jurisdiction civil action to keep The Bay Club
Company, its associates, members, and their
communities with a one, cir more, year(s) upon any
interdimensional, intergalactic, international, federal, state, local, or private agency complaint from using
this complaint to consciously spiritually regulate, or
otherwise use personal psychokinesis against, my
person, immediately, permanently.

I petition for your agency to take all within your
jurisdiction civil action to keep any citizen, or entity, with a daily upon any interdimensional, intergalactic,
international, federal, state, local or private agency
complaint from using this complaint to
consciously spiritually regulate, or otherwise use
personal psychokinesis against, my person,
immediately, permanently .
. 1 petition for in my person without medication to be
induced is no telepathic mental function (i.e. medically appropriate closed system mental facility - by other
than my primary care practitioner and attending
stately physicians no perceptible external
transmission).

I petition for your agency to order for the Behavioral
Health and Recovery Services Division, County of
Marin to cease and desist treating I on a telepathic
basis and to keep all against my person complaint
filing entities from psychokinetically attacking I via
their upon the IMPACT Team against my person
complaints.

I petition for your agency to fully profile all within your jurisdiction citizens/entities who/which have blocked
one, or more, of my E-Mail addresses for against my
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person human rights abuse, and take in accordance
with legal due process action.

I petition for your agency to order to I to be provided with a list of all public agency E-Mail addresses.

I petition for your agency to order for to be induced
upon my person is my birth certificate status.

I petition for your agency to order for to be induced is my 34 year San Francisco Division of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation indictment.

I petition for to be denied is any by Mill Valley
Recreation motion to remove I, from the premises, or
terminate my membership, in accordance with The
Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949 -- Geneva
Convention I - Article 12 (i.e. "Only urgent medical
reasons will authorize priority in the order of treatment to be administered."); United Nations Convention
Against Corruption - Article 25; Universal Declaration
of Human Rights - Article 3; Constitution of the United States - Amendments 8, 13, and 14; War Crimes Act
of 1996-- 18 U.S. Code 2401 -- 18 U.S. Code 2441 -
War Crimes.
(a)( c)( 1 )(3)( d)( 1 )(A)(B)(D)(E)(F)(l)(2)(A)(B)(D)(i)(ii)(iv)( E); 18 U.S.C § 241; 18 U.S.C § 401; 18 U.S.C §
1001; 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111, 1112, and 1114; 18 U.S.C.
§§ 1621-1623; and, "Places to be," "Right to Civic
Engagement," "Medical Care," and, "Other Lifestyle
Accommodations" clauses of the associated Curtis F.

Robinson, M.D. and Amanda Kelly, N.P. lifestyle
prescriptions. I use Mill Valley Recreation's Aquatics
& Fitness Center for my mental health exercise
program.

I petition for by the County of Marin, Behavioral
Health and Recovery Services division access and
the right to use the Safeway, Inc. gift cards to
purchase non-food, beverage, and toiletry items at
Safeway, Inc. and to purchase Safeway, Inc. gift
cards to purchase other necessities (e.g. from
Amazon.com, Inc.). The County of Marin, Behavioral
Health and Recovery Services IMPACT Team claims
that I can only buy groceries and toiletries with the
Safeway, Inc. gift cards and that I must be
accompanied by a staff member to use Target
Corporation gift cards.

I petition for the County of Marin, Behavioral Health
and Recovery Services IMPACT Team to provide with
the monthly Marin Local 31-Day Senior Pass bus
passes for which I have signed a bus pass voucher
for local rides, errand running, and to get to court and to provide I with a taxi to, and from, my psychiatry
appointments due to the against my person Marin
Transit harassment and equal access to public
service denial, in Geneva Convention 1 -Article 12
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(i.e. "Only urgent medical reasons will authorize
priority in the order of treatment to be administered."), violation.

I petition for your agency to order the County of Marin, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services division to
immediately pay my bills .and fulfill their promise to the in my court cases medical letters which they assured I
that they would provide to recover my livelihood. The
County of Marin, Behavioral Health and Recove(Y
Services IMPACT Team claims to have denied to pay
my bills on a personal hate crime with intent to
maim/murder regarding my before the public courts to
equal and humane service, care and justice civil
action basis; claiming that I threaten to kill their
parties and that they cannot do anything for I unless I do it for myself, in our verbal contract violation.

I petition for my in the year 2015 via E-Mail upon the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of
Justice ten year subpoena petition to be as a
streaming ten year subpoena fulfilled either at ten
year subpoena, or upon the necessity, or for your
agency to produce my upon the Superior Court of
California, County of San Francisco for the most
recent via the United Nations 10 year subpoena, as a
streaming ten year subpoena, upon necessity to
mediate equal and humane service, care and justice.

This petition is in accordance with the First
Amendment of the Constitution of the United States
and Section 3, Declaration of Rights - Article 1,
California Constitution.

Respectfully,
-Ian A. Leipper
Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
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James McGrath <[email protected]>
Monday, February 17, 2025 4:03 PM
All Council
Buddenhagen, Paul
Bike Safety
BICYCLE PLAN COMMENTS too.docx
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Berkeley City Council and City Manager
194 7 Center Street, 2nd Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
Subject: BICYCLE PLAN UPDATE COMMENTS, ADDENDUM
Dear Council members and city staff:

James McGrath
2301 Russell Street
Berkeley, CA 94705
February 17, 2025
These comments are submitted as an addendum to my letter of February 5, 2025. I remain concerned that Berkeley has not adopted rigorous design standards that implement Caltrans' Highway Design Manual design standards for bicycle facilities, CHAPTER 1000 - BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION DESIGN, or the recently issued AASHTO "Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities", fifth addition. I have also had a chance to review the scope of work for Alta Planning and Design for the "Bicycle Plan Update." The limited scope of work that the city used to authorize Alta's work means that many of the safety issues that I identify here and in my earlier letter will not be addressed. That will leave cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers at risk from inadequate design.

VISIBILITY AND LIGHTING
Berkeley does not light its roads in a manner that allows drivers to easily see pedestrians and bicycles. I noted this driving up Marin recently: While in Albany, I could easily see not only the road, but the sidewalks and crosswalks where there might be bicycles and pedestrians. This ended when I reached the Berkeley city limits, and I found it difficult to see the margins of the road on Marin, and as I turned north onto Martin Luther King. Twenty percent of Berkeley's population are seniors, but even non-seniors would have difficulty seeing anyone approaching the road because the low beams of car lights illuminate the travel path, and the city's lighting is inadequate.

This issue is addressed in the Caltrans guidance cited above. It establishes illumination standards, including lighting levels and reflectorized facilities specifically for nighttime visibility.

It also establishes standards that such facilities be coated with a bright color to enhance daytime visibility. As I pointed out in my earlier letter, many of the facilities that Berkeley has constructed recently fail to meet these standards and are essentially invisible at night.

The Caltrans guidance also addresses the lack of visibility problems outlined in my letter. To avoid a hazard, a cyclist and a driver must be able to see it. The Caltrans manual is-specific on this point, stating:

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2 To provide bicyclists with an opportunity to see and react to the unexpected, a bicycle path should be designed with adequate stopping sight distances. The minimum stopping sight distance based on design speed shall be 125 feet for 20 miles per hour, 175 feet for 25 miles per hour and 230 feet for 30 miles per hour. (emphasis ih original)
I expressed these concerns over the design of new facilities such as the two-way path on the north side of Bancroft, where parked cars limit sight distance. The authorization for Alta does not include either review of the existing facilities as to whether they meet the new ASHTO standards or the Caltrans design standards. A fundamental safety issue has been ignored in the current effort.

CONCLUSION
I did not shell out thousands of dollars for the new ASHTO standards publication, so I don't know what additional guidance is provided there. But such a handbook should be used by any city consultant. You need to make sure that the bicycle plan update really is an update, and uses the most recent safety guidance to assure safety for all users of the city's roads.

Very truly yours,
Jim McGrath

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Laura K Fujii <[email protected]>
Sunday, February 23, 2025 3:48 PM
Berkeley Mayor's Office; All Council; Brozyna, Andrew; Planning Dept. Mailbox; May, Keith; Mostowfi, Hamid; Anderson, Eric
Comments on the 2017 Bicycle Plan Update
Mayor, City Council Members, and Commissioners February 23, 2025 City of Berkeley .
2180 Milvia Street
Berkeley, CA 94 704
Subject: Comments on the 2017 Bicycle Plan Update
Dear Mayor, City Council Members, and Commissioners:

I am a native, born in Berkeley. I and my husband are life-long bicycle riders. In fact, I rode my fully loaded touring bicycle across the entire US from East to West. Now we are recreational bicyclists using trails such as the Ohlone Greenway. We relied on public transit and bicycles for most of our lives only obtaining a car after we retired in our 60s. Even now we walk and take public transit a lot and hardly use our car.

Below are my comments on the 2017 Bicycle Plan Update:

There is the legal requirement to reassess the 2017 Bicycle Plan under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) due to significantly changed circumstances.

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a local government to reassess its plans when circumstances have changed to the point where new environmental impacts, or substantially worse impacts, can be anticipated. Road and traffic conditions are significantly different from those evaluated in 2017. First, Berkeley has adopted new land use plans and zoning which will allow a substantial increase in population and in commercial development.

In addition to new development, the commercial, transportation, and traffic world is now extremely different than it was in 2017. It is now a world of Uber and Lyft cars-waiting at the curb or in the bicycle lane. Uber Eats deliveries, UPS deliveries, Amazon deliveries, Sonic internet provider trucks, all waiting in the bike lanes and double parked. These commercial uses did not exist at their current level in 2017, and need to be taken into account.

Furthermore, there are now many different modes of transportation that would use the proposed bicycle route system. There is the need to consider and plan for all non-car modalities which may use the bicycle routes and tracks proposed in the 2017 Bicycle Plan, such as electric bicycles, pedal bicycles, scooters, adult tricycles, electric wheelchairs, and skateboards. I have even seen a Harley Davidson motorcycle using a bicycle track in San Francisco.

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The adopted 2017 Bicycle Plan includes commitments for further study that have not been kept in the seven years since the plan was adopted. The material that has been provided in public "pop up" sessions does not make it clear whether these commitments will now be met. As noted throughout the 2017 Bicycle Plan, the Plan explicitly calls for designs that accommodate all users,' not those of a small group of cyclists.

The 2017 Bicycle Plan specifically states that Class IV Cycle Tracks and other bikeway types that might impact transit operations, parking, or roadway capacity will not be implemented without these Complete Street Corridor Studies that will include a traffic study, environmental analysis, public process, and coordination with all affected State, County, and local transit.

As defined by the Berkeley Complete Streets Policy, "Complete Streets" describes a comprehensive, integrated transportation network with infrastructure and design that allows safe and convenient travel along and across streets for all users, including people walking, people bicycling, persons with disabilities, people driving motor vehicles, movers of commercial goods, users and operators of public transportation, emergency responders, seniors, youth, and families.

Example projects that have already been built which should be evaluated for success/failure include:

1.The Milvia bicycle track; and 2. The recently installed protected bicycle tracks on Bancroft Way and its connecting streets. We have seen at least 5 incidents where car drivers, confused by the protected bicycle track on Dana Street, have turned into the bicycle track going against the 2-way bicycle flow.

Due to the concrete curb of the protected bicycle track, these cars were forced to drive down the bicycle track for at least a block before they were able to exit it.

Safety
It is imperative that a revised bicycle plan establish the safety goals that are being pursued and include metrics for measurement to gauge success. The 2017 Bicycle Plan clearly states that GOAL 1 is safety first with performance measures of Zero bicycle-involved fatalities and Zero bicycle involved severe injuries by certain dates.

The proposed protected bicycle tracks may actually reduce safety for cyclists, pedestrians, those with disabilities, seniors, drivers, and delivery trucks due to the significant increase in roadway complexity through the addition of more curbs and other barriers, reduced visibility caused by dining kiosks and parked cars, and narrow bicycle tracks that provide no escape. Some of the proposed designs are contrary to the lessons of bicycle and traffic system studies that stress avoiding complex interactions and maintaining good visibility for all.

The concrete bicycle track edges and proposed intersection floating islands will introduce a huge number of additional driver and pedestrian obstacles within already highly congested areas. These obstacles represent a major hazard for those with disabilities, seniors, pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers. There is growing evidence that these obstacles can, and will be, major hazards as is evident from the many skid marks on the already constructed floating islands in the Alameda intersection and bulb outs along Milvia Street near the YMCA. These obstructions are virtually invisible at night especially in the heavy rain. We have already had collisions and near collisions with these obstacles when we could not see them at night or in the heavy rain.

Proposed bicycle tracks protected by parked cars, as proposed in the East Segment of the Hopkins Street Corridor Plan, are especially dangerous for bicyclists, pedestrians, and drivers. Users of the bicycle track are completely invisible to drivers and pedestrians when hidden behind these parked cars. We strongly oppose any bicycle track with a configuration that uses parked cars as the protective barrier for the track.
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My husband was almost run over by a car near the Ashby BART Station because the oncoming car's and Robert's views were blocked by the parked cars on the side of the bicycle track.

A bicyclist hit and rolled over my sister's car hood in Bethesda, Maryland when the bicyclist materialized into the intersection from behind the parked cars of the bicycle track. My sister had made a full stop at the stop sign and did not see the bicyclist behind the parked cars. She was just starting her turn when the bicyclist hit her car. Fortunately, no one was hurt and the bicyclist walked away.

Furthermore, there is growing evidence that these protected bicycle tracks, bulb outs and other added road obstructions result in increased response times by emergency vehicles. Fast first responders and emergency response is a matter of life or death. We urge the full review and approval of the 2017 Bicycle Plan Update by the Fire Department, Safety Department, and emergency and safety personnel and experts.

Commit to an evaluation of the current use of bicycles and the existing bicycle tracks.

Despite the language in the complete streets policies of both the City and Alameda County Transportation Commission, Berkeley has not collected data on the use of bicycles and how that use has been changed by the projects that have been constructed. Much has changed since the 2014 US Census American Community Survey regarding bicycle use in Berkeley that was used to develop the 2017 Bicycle Plan. There are now many more non-car transportation modes that use the bicycle routes, significantly increased traffic density, and many more temporary and permanent obstructions that increase traffic interactions and greatly reduce driver and bicycle visibility.

Commit to Pilot Projects to study the real-world consequences of proposed bicycle infrastructure.

Pilot projects enable the City to study the real-world efficacy of proposed bicycle infrastructure changes, often at a relatively modest cost due to the short-term materials used. Utilizing before and after data collection, they are monitored to understand benefits and tradeoffs, with the goal of adjusting the final design before committing to a more expensive permanent capital project. Longer term pilot projects can be installed for a longer period of time, typically weeks or months, prior to potential permanent implementation. This allows for extensive data collection and public input, especially for complex multi-modal projects which all proposed bicycle tracks are now with motorized scooters, wheelchairs, motorized bikes, scooters, wheelchairs, skateboards, and regular bicycles.

Pilot Projects should integrate improvements for all modes of transportation whenever possible, including consideration of people walking, biking, riding transit, and driving.

Sincerely,
Laura Fujii
Albina Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Cc: Commission on Aging, Commission on Disability, Community Health Commission, Disaster and Fire Safety Commission, Transportation and Infrastructure Commission. 3

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Octavio Raygoza <[email protected]>
Monday, February 24, 2025 11 :37 AM
All Council
Strong Support for the Proposed Bike Plan
Bike Plan:https://berkeleybikeplan.org/#/contact
Dear City Council Members,
I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to express my strong support for the proposed bike plan. I understand that those who oppose such projects often make their voices heard, and I want to ensure that the voices of supporters are equally represented. As a father of young children, I am unable to attend city council meetings, but I feel compelled to show my support through this email. People with more free time often have their voices heard more, and I want to do my part in supporting this important initiative.

One particular aspect of the proposal that I strongly support is the addition of a traffic diverter at the intersection of Rose and Chestnut. I have been trying to advocate for a stop sign at this intersection for some time now, as my children frequently cross this unmarked street to access the playground nearby. There are no other crossings with a stop sign for 500 feet going north from Cedar Rose, making it a dangerous area for pedestrians, especially children. With a few fatal accidents having occurred on Rose, I am deeply concerned for my children's safety at this intersection. Additionally, the Ala Costa Center for disabled individuals is also· located near this intersection, further emphasizing the need for improved safety measures.

The inclusion of the traffic diverter in the new bike plan is a critical step towards enhancing safety at this intersection. I urge the city council to keep this suggestion in the final plan when you vote in July. While I may not be able to attend pop-ups or city council meetings, I believe that maintaining the plan with minimal changes, especially retaining the traffic diverter suggestion, will greatly contribute to the safety of children and other pedestrians. This measure will cause only a minor inconvenience for some motorists, who can find alternative routes away from a popular park and playground.

Thank you for your attention to this matter and for considering the safety of our community. I appreciate your efforts and look forward to seeing the positive impact this bike plan will have in Berkeley Sincerely, Octavio Raygoza
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Hello,
I hope you are well.

Ona Weiss < [email protected]>
Monday, February 24, 2025 8:08 AM
All Council
Gold Award project
My name is Ona Weiss and I am a junior at Berkeley High. I have also been a proud member of local Girl Scout Troop 33531 for twelve years. I am currently working on a project called "The Gold Award'\ which is an honorable opportunity to create a positive impact on my community through 80 hours of work. I've noticed a lack of trees in South West Berkeley (the flats), and I would appreciate any
assistance you can offer in helping me find a way to address this issue. I have a great love for trees and many benefits they hold, and think that communities could benefit from more trees.

Thank you for your time
Ona Weiss
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Dear Berkeley:
david lerman <4.1 [email protected]>
Monday, February 17, 2025 9:15 PM
All Council; Berkeley Mayor's Office; Manager, C; BPD Webmail Criminals Crashing into Berkeley Businesses/ Hedgehogs
I am sad to see more Berkeley businesses suffering huge losses when criminals crash a vehicle into the front of a store and loot the business.

Looking Glass Photo was a victim of this type of crime and is reported to have lost over $50,000 of goods. These crimes destroy businesses, jobs, and city tax revenues. The crimes also raise insurance premiums for everyone in Berkeley.

We need to encourage businesses to install Hedgehogs to fight this serious and growing problem. Hedgehogs can protect Berkeley businesses and stop these horrible crimes even without a police response.

Hedgehogs can stop tanks, trucks & cars. They can help stop crime in Berkeley. https://www.popsci.com/technology/ czech-hedgehog-tank-trap-ukraine / https: / /nanovic.nd.ed u If eatures /petrykivka-hedge hogs/ Berkeley should encourage businesses to install protective and decorative Hedgehogs. -David Lerman
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Patrick Kennedy <[email protected]>
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 2:03 PM
All Council
Literacy Project
Good afternoon Councilmembers and Mayor,
California has a major literacy problem, and by extension so does Berkeley. Read this recent article from Cal Matters to get a sense of the issue and especially its impact on Black boys.

I'd like to suggest that Berkeley considers a unique and budget neutral way to help the situation. Let's pass an ordinance that requires all outdoor advertisers (billboards} to run public service ads related to literacy on portions of any unrented billboards. The ads would feature prominent local Black artists and musicians promoting literacy and reading in age appropriate language and imagery directed toward young people. I am certain we could get the artwork and personalities to donate their efforts, and I am pretty sure even.the ClearChannels and Outfront Medias of the world won't push back too hard on this.

I know Oakland's council is a little distracted by the mayor's race, but I'm proposing the same idea to them, then will keep working around the area. This could be a characteristically east bay way of trying to help what is truly a desperate situation.

Thanks,
-Pat Kennedy
Pat Kennedy
(415)680-4075
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Deborah Barer <[email protected]>
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 1 :29 PM
All Council
Stop up zoning south side
WARNING: This is not a City of Berkeley email. Do not click links or attachments unless you trust the sender and know . the content is safe. •
Hello,
I live in south Berkeley and oppose the UC project without proposed taxes that will unfairly upset out residential taxes and negatively affect BUSD. As a former BUSD teacher and a long time resident on Essex st in South Berkeley I want the project to have agreed upon taxes. Right now uc will not be paying their share. This is a big problem for residents and our school district.

Sincerely,
Deborah Barer
2135 Essex st Berkeley 94705
Resident
Retired BUSD teacher
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BPEorg < [email protected] >
Thursday, February 13, 2025 3:51 PM
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Berkeley Public Eye I Pubic Comment @ City Council-2/11/25 Greetings Berkeley City Council Members:

BERKELEY PUBLIC EYE
PUBIC COMMENT (delivered at)
City Council meeting February 11, 2025
My name is Bernard Marszalek and I am a crew member with a non-profit journalistic endeavor - Berkeley Public Eye.

Sihce May of last year, we have been video recording the meetings of the Planning Commission and posting them to our YouTube Channel. Search for Berkeley Public Eye and you will find all the meetings archived there, including the most recent one on February 5th . https://www.youtube.com/@BerkeleyPub1icEye2024
Berkeley Public Eye requests that the City Council support our work. Each video recording, editing, and posting with Timestamps to our YouTube Channel costs $800/ per meeting.

We have been filming these meetings because the proceedings of the Planning Commission share the same legal standing as this City Council meeting, the Rent Board and the Zoning Adjustments Board.

That is, anyone who speaks at Public Comment at those meetings has litigious rights in a Court of Law.

While those three venues are recorded so that the public can participate, this is not the case with the Planning Commission.

Berkeley Public Eye believes that the Planning Commission's deliberations are significant and the public should be aware of their proceedings.

Items come to the Planning Commission from City Council and the commissioners and staff discuss these items in detail before sending their recommendations back to Council. 1

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If the public had access to those meetings where policy is being formulated, we believe it would expedite consensus on issues BEFORE they arrive at City Council - this is a matter of transparency. Contentious issues would be eliminated or greatly reduced.

Council Member Wengraf, on May 7th of 2024, proposed a budget of $110,000 for infrastructure to conduct hybrid city meetings for ALL commissions. CM Wengraf's Budget Referral was passed and I hope that it is incorporated in the budget for fiscal year 2025/26.

In the meantime; Berkeley Public Eye requests that the City Council fund our work to provide recordings of Planning Commission meetings for $800 per month.

Thank you,
- Bernard Marszalek
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david lerman <[email protected]>
Thursday, February 13; 2025 11 :35 AM
All Council; Kesarwani, Rashi; Gerstein, Beth; Humbert, Mark; Taplin, Terry; Berkeley Mayor's Office; Manager, C; Berkeley Fire Department
100+ YEAR OLD PG&E GAS LINES IN BERKELEY ARE RUSTED, CRUMBLING AND POSE A

SERIOUS RISE OF FIRE, ESPECIALLY AFTER A BIG EARTHQUAKE PG&E GAS LINES IN BERKELEY ARE MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD, RUSTED AND

CRUMBLING
PG&E is doing almost nothing to replace old gas lines in Berkeley. We need to reduce the risk of major gas leaks after large earthquakes, and replacing old gas lines will reduce the risk of major fires after the earthquakes.

NOTE: Earthquakes and gas pipeline damage could happen at the same time as a Diablo wind fire event. •
I encourage the City of Berkeley to try to get PG&E to replace more old gas lines in Berkeley. The gas line on my street, 1700 block of Francisco St, is 103 years old. EBMUD is currently working to replace our 100 year old water line, but PG&E refused to replace our 103 year old gas line. PG&E claims that gas lines can last forever (I have an email from PG&E saying this). However, a PG&E employee doing excavation in my neighborhood told me that the 103 year old gas lines are rusted, crumbling, and should be replaced.

When the big quakes come, the ancient, rusted, brittle gas lines throughout Berkeley will rupture. (This includes the huge 10 inch gas lines). It will likely take many hours or days for PG&E to turn off the gas. This will cause fires throughout Berkeley.

When PG&E's pipeline in San Bruno exploded it took PG&E hours to finally shut off the gas. The explosion and fire killed 8 people, injured dozens, and destroyed 38 homes.

We need to pressure PG&E to do more to replace gas lines and valves. At their current rate of gas line replacement it will take them more than 700 years to replace all of their ancient gas lines.

PG&E is doing almost nothing to replace old gas lines to prevent fires and explosions.

I reviewed a PG&E Gas Pipeline report.
https://www.pge.com/assets/pge/docs/about/pge-
systems/PDF GasPipelineSafetyOIR Report PGE 20240315.pdf 1

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I have three pieces of information I wish to share from the report:

A. 1.49 billion cubic feet of natural gas = the amount released into the atmosphere due to leakage by PG&E last year. (Natural gas that has not been burned has a huge amount of methane, a very potent greenhouse gas).

B. 78,600+ = the number of miles of gas pipeline operated by PG&E.

C. 112= the number of miles of gas pipeline replaced by PG&E in 2023.

At the current rate, it would take over 700 years to replace all of PG&E's aging and leaking gas pipeline infrastructure. •
{78,600 miles/ 112 miles per year= 702 years) {See page 38 of PG&E report linked above) \,
EBMUD IS REPLACING 100+ YEAR OLD WATER LINES IN BERKELEY. PG&E SHOULD REPLACE 100+ YEAR OLD GAS LINES IN BERKELEY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS.

THE CITY OF BERKELEY SHOULD FORMALLY AND PUaLICLY CALL OUT PG&E FOR NOT REPLACING MORE GAS DISTRIBUTION LINES IN BERKELEY.

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*Francisco Street is scheduled for complete demolition and repaving. Why not replace the pi.pes BEFORE the repaving project?
-Best regards,
David Lerman
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Hey Rent Board,
Alexander (Alex) Merenkov <[email protected]>
Wednesday, February-12, 2025 10:24 AM
Rent Stabilization Board
Tregub, Igor; Manager, C; HCI; All Council
Re: Mandatory Unit Inspections: Stolen Property
According to the Al this is a violation of several Berkeley tenant'protections ordinances and I'm requesting that the city of Berkeley and various departments take immediate action to enforce BMC now.

I have also called the Eviction Defense Center Berkeley Hotline so potentially their lawyer Peter can send a cease and desist letter.

I see that K Street Flats is just trying to scare someone to bring chairs back but this is illegal conduct completely.

When the city of Berkeley turns a blind eye to this conduct it creates a culture of violation and disobedience. • I've CC'd all city council now too so they can see that the tenant protections they placed to protect are failing in our city.

Thank you for looking into this right away.
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Sincerely,
Alex S. Merenkov
[email protected]
On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM Alexander (Alex) Merenkov <[email protected]> wrote:

Hey ~ent Board,
We got a very bizarre email from property management at 2020 Kittredge that they suspect someone stole common area property. Now everyone is being subjected to a search and seizure. Is this legal? Seems very hostile and reductive.

Sincerely,
Alex S. Merenkov
[email protected]
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From: K Street Flats <Resident [email protected]>
Date: Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Subject: Mandatory Unit Inspections: Stolen Property
To: <[email protected]>
Hello Valued Tenants:

Regrettably we will have to do mandatory unit inspections as our community property (chairs) have gone missing. You will receive proper 24-hour written notice if the chairs are not returned by the end of day today. 10 q K Street Flats
I< Street Flats
2020 Kittredge St Berkeley CA 94704
https://www.kstreetflats.com/.

You are receiving this email because you are a resident at K Street Flats. 4

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Hi Alex,
Gill, Manreet
Thursday, February 13, 2025 10:13 AM
Alexander (Alex) Merenkov; Rent Stabilization Board
Tregub, Igor; Manager, C; HCI; All Council
Re: Mandatory Unit Inspections: Stolen Property
Thank you for contacting the Berkeley Rent Board.

State law allows landlords the right of entry under certain circumstances, such as: in the case of an emergency, to make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations or improvements, to supply necessary or agreed services, or to show the unit to prospective buyers, tenants, etc. (Ca. Civ. Code§ 1954). This law also requires landlords to provide 24-hour notice prior to the time of entry, and limits entry to normal business hours. The tenant's presence is not required at the time of entry under state law.

The City of Berkeley has a Tenant Protection Ordinance, which prohibits conduct including abuse of the right of access to the rental unit. A tenant aggrieved by violations of the Tenant Protection Ordinance may bring a civil action in court against the landlord. Violators may be held liable for damages (including emotional distress, and an additional penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation against any person who is disabled or age sixty-five or over), court costs, and attorney's fees. For violations related to repairs, Tenants must first provide fifteen days' notice of the violations (see B.M.C. 13.79.060.E.2}. Legal challenges brought under the TPO are adjudicated by a court of law, not at our agency. Housing Counselors are not able to provide legal analysis or determinations, nor advise on potential legal outcomes and/or remedies.

The Rent Board's mediation program could also be helpful in this situation - Mediation is a free, voluntary service provided by the Berkeley Rent Board, whereby both the tenant and landlord meet with one of our mediators in attempts to reach a compromise. Information about the mediation process, including a request for mediation form, is available here. Mediation is less formal but could resolve this matter in about 1-3 weeks. Review our mediation FAQs for more information on the process: Mediation FAQs. If multiple tenants would like to join the mediation, they can fill out the form and request it be combined into a single meeting with the landlord.

I hope this helps.
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Best,
Manreet
We have moved! Our NEW office is located at 2000 Center Street.Suite 400! Please note that any inquiries to the Berkeley Rent Board may require up to 5 business days for a response. • Manreet Gill, MPA I Housing Counselor
City of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
2000 Center Street Suite 400 Berkeley
City of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
PHONE: (510) 981-4917 I FAX: (510) 981-4910
[email protected] I www.cityofberkeley.info/rent From: Alexander (Alex) Merenkov <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 10:24 AM
To: Rent Stabilization Board <[email protected]>
Cc: Tregub, Igor <[email protected]>; Manager, C <[email protected]>; HCI <[email protected]>; All Council <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Mandatory Unit Inspections: Stolen Property Hey Rent Board,
According to the Al this is a violation of several Berkeley tenant protections ordinances and I'm requesting that the city of Berkeley and various departments take immediate action to enforce BMC now.

I have also called the Eviction Defense Center Berkeley Hotline so potentially their lawyer Peter can send a cease and desist letter.

I see that K Street Flats is just trying to scare someone to bring chairs back but this is illegal conduct completely. • When the city of Berkeley turns a blind eye to this conduct it creates a culture of violation and disobedience.

I've CC'd all city council now too so they can see that the tenant protections they placed to protect are failing in our city.

Thank you for looking into this right away.
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Sincerely,
Alex S. Merenkov
[email protected]
On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM Alexander (Alex) Merenkov <[email protected]> wrote:

Hey Rent Board,
We got a very bizarre email from property management at 2020 Kittredge that they suspect someone stole common area property. Now everyone is being subjected to a search and seizure. Is this legal? Seems very hostile and reductive.

K Street Flats
K Street Flats
2020 Kittredge St Berkeley CA 94704
https://www.kstreetflats.com/
You are receiving this email because you are a resident at K Street Flats. 5

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Roger Hooks < [email protected] >
Monday, February 10, 2025 2:05 AM
All Council
Inquiry about future plans for Golden Gate Fields
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Hello my name is Roger Hooks. I'm an entrepreneur with a type of Amusement Park idea. I'm looking for properties that might be interested. I'm aware of some of the challenges that Golden Gate fields possesses but think this particular amusement park is an environmentally friendly opportunity that might fit within them. The idea is in its earliest stages so there is plenty of opportunity to pivot and adjust where necessary. I'll be in contact with Albany and Stronach Group for alignment.

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Asa Bradman <[email protected]>
Monday, February 10, 2025 8:15 PM
O'Keefe, Shoshana; All Council; Berkeley Mayor's Office; PWWorks Other Dangerous Intersections
Dear All, following up on the tragic accident at Ada and California, there are a few nearby intersections in the King School vicinity that may warrant 4-way stop signs or other safety measures to prevent an accident. Specifically, I think it is worth taking a look at all the intersections where Buena Ave crosses McGee, California, and Holly Street. Vehicles often travel quite fast on these cross streets as shortcuts (sometimes dangerously fast); and regardless of speed, vehicles making turns without slowing down may be too late to stop for a pedestrian or bike.

In particular,
• Right turns on to Buena Ave from Holly Street when traveling North. (There is also a general vehicle collision hazard at this uncontrolled intersection - especially when turning left onto Holly Street when traveling west on Buena Ave).
• Turns, especially right turns, on to Buena Ave from California when traveling in either direction. • Turns onto Buena from McGee traveling in either direction.

Thanks for considering.

Best regards, Asa Bradman, Holly Street
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Justin Wong <[email protected]>
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 5:02 PM
All Council
Subject: Request for Certificate of Recognition for AREAA Incoming Board Members k:

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Justin Wong and I am reaching out on behalf of AREAA of the Greater East Bay Chapter. AREAA (Asian Real Estate Association of America) is dedicated to promoting sustainable homeownership opportunities in Asian American communities by creating a powerful national voice for housing and real estate professionals that serve this dynamic market.

We are excited to welcome our new board members for the upcoming term and would love to recognize their commitment to community service with a Certificate of Recognition from your office. Our board members dedicate their time and expertise to advancing our mission, and a certificate from you would be a meaningful acknowledgment of their contributions.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could issue certificates for the incoming board members.

If possible, we would love to receive the certificates next week, as we plan to present them at our upcoming gala installation on February 20th. Please let us know the best way to coordinate this request, and if you need any further information, I would be happy to provide it. Thank you for your time and consideration. We truly appreciate your support in recognizing the individuals who help make a difference in our community.

Best regards,
Justin
Justin Wong I Associate Advisor
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Dear City of Berkeley,
[email protected]
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 6:37 PM
All Council
Taylor, Briana
Red Cross Month Proclamation
2025 Proclamation Alameda County.docx
As in years past, your city and constituents have supported the work of the American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter. This year, the American Red Cross is recognizing our everyday heroes during Red Cross Month. Again, we would like to celebrate our ongoing collaboration with a City Proclamation in honor of Red Cross Month, March 2025.

We have attached a sample of the proclamation and will schedule a member of the Red Cross Leadership Council to attend the city council meeting to say a few words about the work of the Red Cross in the community and be available for a photo with the council members when the proclamation is issued.

Please contact Briana Taylor, [email protected] this year to let us know the council meeting date, time and location of the meeting. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Thank you, a copy of a sample proclamation is attached.

Teresa Deloach Reed/ Volunteer
American Red Cross Bay Area
Chair Alameda County Leadership Council
[email protected]
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March 2025, Red Cross Month
American Red Cross Proclamation
WHEREAS, March is American Red Cross month, when we recognize the compassion of people in [,~QMNiUKHWY] and renew our commitment to lend a helping hand to our neighbors in need; and
WHEREAS, American Red Cross volunteers have stepped up to deliver relief and care across our country and around the world, bringing outthe best of humanity in times of crisis as Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, did over 140 years ago; and WHEREAS, the volunteers, blood and platelet donors, and supporters shine a beacon of hope in people's darkest hours -delivering shelter, food and comfort during disasters; providing critical blood donations for hospital patients; supporting service members, veterans and their families; saving lives with first aid, CPR, AED and other skills; or delivering international aid and reconnecting loved ones separated by global crises; and WHEREAS, with 1,638 volunteers in Alameda County, the American Red Cross assisted or responded to 163 disasters, assisting 305 families; and through our Sound the Alarm program, the American Red Cross installed 988 smoke alarms, making 291 homes safer and trained 2,544 youth and adults through Pedro and Preparedness Programs; and WHEREAS, Alameda County residents donated 30,572 units of lifesaving blood; hosted 1,154 blood drives; and trained 13,893 citizens in first aid, CPR, AED, and aquatics; and provided 455 case services to military members and their families; and provided humanitarian aid internationally; and
WHEREAS, this work to uplift our community is made possible by those who selflessly answer the call to help, whenever and wherever it is needed. We hereby recognize this month of March in honor of their remarkable service, and we ask everyone to join in their commitment to care for one another.

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Shirley Kirsten <[email protected]>
Wednesday, February 12; 2025 11 :06 AM
Shirley Kirsten; All Council; O'Keefe, Shoshana; Humbert, Mark; Blackaby, Brent; Kesarwani, Rashi; Berkeley Mayor's Office; transportation; Sprague, David A.; BPD Webmail; Manager, C; Bartlett, Ben; Tregub, Igor; Lunaparra, Cecilia; PWWorks; Taplin, Terry
second video ... dangerous maneuver by van on ADA/CA 2/12/2025 Dangerous van maneuver ADACA IMG_0912.mov
The first video in a preceding email.. magnifies the issue with the new bumper on ADA/CA in the video below, WHERE IS ENFORCEMENT. Is there another fatality in waiting? 1

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Shirley Kirsten <[email protected]>
Wednesday, February 12; 2025 10:59 AM
All Council; Manager, C; Berkeley Mayor's Office; Humbert, Mark; O'Keefe, Shoshana; Blackaby, Brent; Kesarwani, Rashi; Lunaparra, Cecilia; Tregub, Igor; Taplin, Terry; transportation; Sprague, David A.; Bartlett, Ben; BPD Webmail Today 2/12 ADA/CA BUMPER added and other
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The bumper is not wide enough .. I waited for a car to come down California and make a diverted Left turn onto ADA .. My video illustrates ... I will send a separate video of an egregiously dangerous maneuver made by a van today on the other side of ADA/CA where there is a worthless Stop sign. I could not load TWO videos in this mailing. 1

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with diverter onto ADA
I will send the second video of a highly dangerous maneuver of a van on the other portion of ADA/CA
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Hi All,
Julie Elis <[email protected]>
Sunday, February 16, 2025 1 :21 PM
All Council
Comments section
If you have not already, I highly encourage you to read the comments section of this article to see what your constituents are saying: https://www.berkeleyside.org/2025/02/14/berkeley-unhoused-residents-eighth-harrison-civic center-park
Julie
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Please do it.

Flip Side <[email protected]>
Monday, February 17, 2025 1 :34 PM
All Council
There's Work to be Done
Berkeley's Conscience Still Floundering - The Flipside
-- Flipside
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Nancy Fox <[email protected]>
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 12:50 PM
All Council
https://abolishcps.wordpress.com/
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Eids TV <[email protected]>
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 12:20 PM
Berkeley Mayor's Office; Manager, C; Seniors; City Clerk; Health, Housing & Community Services; City Attorney's Office; Bartlett, Ben; Humbert, Mark; Kesarwani, Rashi; Taplin, Terry; O'Keefe, Shoshana; Blackaby, Brent; Lunaparra, Cecilia; Tregub, Igor Fwd: Eids TV & Smash-and-grab robbery at Looking Glass Photo Channel 7 TV news just showed that on their 11PM news ....... That happened to us at 1702 MLK and 1799 University ave some years ago
Several other incidents happened frequently at our store at 1941 University avenue Berkeley, 2480 Shattuck ave Berkeley' and 3151 Scott Street in San Francisco Marina district ...... AII happened very late at night, so whenever my home phone rang late at night, I knew it was a call from the police about massive burgery in one of our stores ......... For decades we had 3 stores in Berkeley and one in San Francisco ...... ! also must mention the one million dollars embezzlement in our San Francisco store by the store manager Robert Friedman, sales manager Bruce short, and store accountant Joseph Cunningham. only Robert Friedman was arrested, tried, and convicted, he was sent to 6 month in prison, he was ordered to pay back the million dollars at 5 thousands dollars each month, but I never got single' penny, he also threatened me and my family life from his prison, that is why I had to hire 2 Berkeley policemen to guard our house on Euclid For 2 over years at cost of 6 thousands dollar a month, this service was offered by the late Berkeley Police Dash Butler 3ho was ver good man, and great friend Dash Butler, Berkeley police chief for 11 years, dies at 66 Dash Butler oversaw several important initiatives during his time at the Berkeley Police Department. 1

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By the way I had to hire and pay 60 thousands dollars to the great Bay Area detective Hal Upset to make a tight case against Bob Friedman, that resulted in his conviction
Dean of Detectives Dies in S.F. / Harold Lipset
transformed the world of private eyes
By Michael Taylor, Chronicle Staff WriterDec 9, 1997
1997-12-09 04:00:00 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Harold K. "Hal" Upset, the famed private eye who demolished the myth of the trench-coated, gat-wielding Humphrey Bogart character and turned the detective business into a respectable, lucrative and even intellectual profession, died yesterday at the age of 78.

Upset suffered an aneurysm in the abdomen last week, according to his bookkeeper, Dorothy Jansizian, and was taken to Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco, where he underwent an operation Friday. Although the operation was successful; Jansizian said, Upset died yesterday of cardiac arrest. 2

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josh atwood <[email protected]>
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 6:21 PM
All Council; [email protected]
Screenshot (Feb 12, 2025 6:19:14 PM)
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a first since 2013 ..... this is monstrously disgraceful. ..... ! know Gary Payto'n is in the area ..... Can we bring him on board ASAP pis
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josh atwood <[email protected]>
Friday, February 21, 2025 1 :54 PM
Breed, Mayor London (MYR); City of San Jose Mayor's Office; Office of the Mayor; [email protected]; Supervisor Dean Preston; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; All Council; [email protected]; Tyler Chicourrat; St. Edward's University Factoid
Gender flipping is illegal bcuz it reflects contempt of DIVINE court ...... .

People misinterpret "separation of church & state" ....... bcuz they fail to ascertain correct premises ...... meaning WHAT is America? ........ .

The answer, America was devised as an EXPERIMENT that man could champion virtuous living without a supervising monarch .... & all executives ought to be informed at the deepest root, all of western civilizations laws find their source from the Jewish talmud ...... l humbly implore people to seek out prof. of law at Bay area University's on this matter as this is critical. .....
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Eids TV <[email protected]>
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 1 :14 PM
Berkeley Mayor's Office; Manager, C; Seniors; City Clerk; Health, Housing & Community Services; City Attorney's Office; Bartlett, Ben; Humbert, Mark; Kesarwani, Rashi; Taplin, Terry; O'Keefe, Shoshana; Blackaby, Brent; Lunaparra, Cecilia; Tregub, Igor Fwd: Mail to Mayor
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Dear Mayor Arreguin ..... Have you heard that Bed Bath & Beyond company filed bankruptcy, and about to shutdown hundred of their branches, that is real sad, hundreds of their employees will lose their jobs, cities across the Bay Area will lose their tax revenues, and thousands of loyal customers will lose their necessary needs and supplies,,,,, Driving through the streets of Bekeley lately, I see hundreds of stores that are shut down and out of business, In so many c.ases the entire block is full of out business stores, like Bancroft Way, University avenue. Shattack avenue and many others, I see far more parking enforcement little cars roaming all over across the streets of Berkeley, in many cases their number far exceeds the number of cars,and in some parts of the city their numbers exceeds even pedestrians, people Wplking in the street.. ... That is a rotten way by the city of raising revenue, instead you and the rest of the city staff should do what other cities across the Bay Area, like Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, and many others did, please support small businesses like ours to raise revenue in more honorable way ...... lt has been over 2 years since you committed to have our business to Durant Mall, please keep your commitment, Dionne Dearly was wrong and had serious conflict of interest, Our 50 years old great company, our employees, and our broadbase Bay Area consumers are ours greatest concern and should be yours as well , ... ,Call me 510 848 5000 Dear Mayor Arreguin,
Mohamed Eid Abdallah
Eids Television
Last week I had Requested the needed forms to rent the Channing- Telegraph Mall I by email, but I got rio response.

Then I called the phone number listed 510 9816453 Dionne Early answered the phone, after introducing myself as Mr Abdallah, she did not seem very friendly. NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14, I WILL TOGETHER WITH MY

EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS SEVERAL CITY OF BERKELEY LONGTIME RESIDENTS AND LOYAL CUSTOMERS OF EID WILL ATTEND THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING to present the unfair way you and the city staff for nearly 30 months have been dealing with our application to relocate our great business Eids Television to the Berkeley city owned Channing - Telegraph Mall which near 30 month ago you, Mayor Jesse Arreguin, as well the then acting city manager, and the head of the city public works Liam Garland had approved. Berkeley where I have resided for the last 59 years, in 1973 while working on my PHO in Nuclear Engineering at UC Berkeley, created one of the largest 50 years old consumer electronics business in the Bay Area, with very large customer base.

Mohamed Eid Abdallah
Television
February 06th 2023
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Dear Mayor arreguin Please don't do that again, having to deal with the same woman you described her to me in your own words by phone, as SHE IS MY STAFF WORST, who for no apparent valid reason blocked your order to have move to Durant Mall in August 2021 till now blocked you issuing a licence bending a lease at that Mall, that is near 30 month of waste and total loss to us all,, in your own words you told me that she was saying bunch of nonsense (Gubiligoo ) ... Both you and Liam Garland on phone calls committed the lease for our business inside the city owned Durant Mall by phone calls and emails in August 2021 while our own building being demolished at 2556 Telegraph avenue, infact Liam Garland called me that morning at 10 AM to tell me that he is having this woman write the lease and will have by it tomorrow, and even yourself Mr Mayor you twice called Araan Keifer our being demolished location at 2556 Telegraph A venue asking him to give us couple of weeks extention before they demolish the building to give the city of Berkeley Public Work staff to get one of the retail spaces ready for EIDSTV .... Please keep your word, our family owned the best consumer electronics company the city of Berkeley have ever seen, and no other business has replaced us since then, as not only our company and employees are suffering with our situation, but also the_great city of Berkeley and the great Bay Area,consumers and the city of Berkeley itself is losing as well http://message.eidstv.com/
These 2 U C Berkeley students employed by Eids TV uncovered a million dollars embezzlement scheme by the store manager and two employees at EIDS TV San Francisco store in 1981 Eid's TV and Electronics
2556 Telegraph ave
Berkeley,CA
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Kesarwani, Rashi
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Dear Councilmember Kesarwani,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendments to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

The amendments have important exemptions, including for first-time home buyers receiving Federal or State assistance, buildings that are already all-electric, and buildings that already have at least one heat pump system.

Berkeley has been a leader in the movement for clean and safe buildings. The BESO amendments are a groundbreaking way to address pollution from existing homes. We applaud how staff have developed this approach and this new opportunity for leadership from the City.

Please support the BESO amendments through first reading and final passage.

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Dear Councilmember Taplin,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendments to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

Often before people sell a home, they buy new appliances to increase the appeal for buyers. Too often these are fossil fueled appliances, and home buyers pay extra for homes with locked in air and climate pollution. The new policies will help sellers focus on upgrades that increase efficiency and help transition homes to renewable energy. The policies will apply to single family homes and buildings with up to four dwellings, The amendments have important exemptions, including for first-time home buyers receiving Federal or State assistance, buildings that are already all-electric, and buildings that already have at least one heat pump system.

Please support the BESO amendments through first reading and final passage.

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Dear Council member Bartlett,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendments to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

Please support the BESO amendments through first reading and final passage.

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Dear Mayor Ishii,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendments to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

Please support the BESO amendments through first reading and final passage.

Sincerely,
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Hannah Wenrich, 17042
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Dear Councilmember Tregub,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendments to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

Please support the BESO amendments through first reading and final passage.

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Lunaparra, Cecilia
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Dear Council member Lunaparra,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendments to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

Please support the BESO amendments through first reading and final passage.

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Dear Councilmember O'Keefe,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendments to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

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Dear Councilmember Blackaby,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendments to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

Please support the BESO amendments through first reading and final passage.

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Dear Council member Humbert,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendments to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance {BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

Please support the BESO amendments through first reading and final passage.

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Dear Mayor Ishii,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendments to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance {BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

Please support the BESO amendments through first reading and final passage.

Sincerely,
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Isabella Almeida, M4G 4H1
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Kesarwani, Rashi
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Isabella Almeida, M4G 4H1
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Humbert, Mark
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Make Berkeley homes safer and healthier
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Dear Councilmember Humbert,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendments to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

Please support the BESO amendments through first reading and final passage.

Sincerely,
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Isabella Almeida, M4G 4H1
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Tregub, Igor
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Make Berkeley homes safer and healthier
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Dear Councilmember Tregub,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendments to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition. homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

Please support the BESO amendments through first reading and final passage.

Sincerely,
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Isabella Almeida, M4G 4H1
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Lunaparra, Cecilia
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Make Berkeley homes safer and healthier
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Isabella Almeida, M4G 4H1
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O'Keefe, Shoshana
All Council; City Clerk
Make Berkeley homes safer and healthier
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Dear Councilmember O'Keefe,
I want to urge the Council to move forward on the amendment;; to the Buildings Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO). The new policies will increase efficiency, help transition homes to renewable energy, make homes safer and healthier, and reduce air and climate pollution.

Please support the BESO amendments through first reading and final passage.

Sincerely,
Thank you,
Isabella Almeida, M4G 4H1
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Blackaby, Brent
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Subject: Apartment Values Falling/Rents Will Fall/Vacancies Rise Etc. ¼A~ijil@:Jhisl~•h2t~~i\tofBerk.~leyt~tb~Ii/p;g:1.driif£:ilck1JffK{gr{~ttachmifiJs•·1J 1 dl¢$'.{y9<l1,ttRi~'.J6gj[~¢h~~1:•.arjtf@9y.,thec9nf¢Qt 1 l~
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Please see below article.
https:l/www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/02/20/berkeley-home-house-apartment-economy property-real-estate-loan-build/
Given these depopulation trends, why keep taxing, building, polluting, and destroying our. traditional urban landscape? Face it, you cannot control key variables or predict the impacts of your policies. Please just fix our streets, prevent crime, address disaster issues, and perform the basics.

Time to get over your hubris and get real.

Barbara Gilbert
Barbara Gilbert
Vincente Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94707-1520
Phone.: 510-559-8216
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Good Morning,
Terrones, Roberto
Monday, February 24, 2025 10:48 AM
All Council
Communication Memo from SSBPPE: Commission Recommendation on Governor EO N-1-25
Communication Memo_SSBPPE Recommendation on Healthy Foods EO_02.24.25.pdf Submitting the attached communication to Council on behalf of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Product Panel of Experts (SSBPPE) Commission re: Commission Recommendation on Governor Executive Order N-1-25: Healthy Foods.

Thank you!
Best Regards,
Roberto Terrones, MPH I Health Services Program Specialist Oral Health & Healthy Berkeley, Program Manager
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Product Panel of Experts (SSBPPE) Commission, Secretary City of Berkeley Public Health Division
Health, Housing, & Community Services Department
1947 Center Street, 2nd floor I Berkeley, CA 94704
Office: 510-981-5324 I [email protected] I www.cityofberkeley.info Please be aware that e-mail communication can be intercepted in transmission or misdirected. The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately with a copy to [email protected] and destroy this message immediately. 1

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COMMUNICATION TO COUNCIL
February 24, 2025
Mayor and Members of the City Council
Pat Crawford, Chair, Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Products Panel of . Experts Commission (SSBPPE)
Subject: Commission Recommendation on Governor Executive Order N-1-25:

Healthy Foods
The Berkeley Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Product Panel of Experts Commission respectfully requests that the Council sign and send to the California Department of Public Health the attached memo, unanimously approved in the Commission's February 20, 2025, meeting.

Action: M/S/C (Kao/Rodriguez) approve communication memo (with edits) to City Council on Governor's Executive Order N-1-25.

Votes: Ayes-Morales, Rodriguez, Mashama, Kao, Lopez, Crawford, Esonwune, Hecht, Chan; Noes-None; Absent-None.

The letter asks CDPH to rely upon Berkeley's successful experience with the Healthy Berkeley Program as the basis for its recommendations to Governor Newsom pursuant to his Executive Order N-1-25 " ... requesting community input to improve the health of Californians specifically regarding potential actions to limit the harms associated with 'ultra-processed foods' and food ingredients that pose a health risk to individuals." Sugar sweetened beverages are among the most egregious of the ultra-processed foods having the most studies demonstrating the clear link between consumption and risk of chronic disease.

The SSBPPE Commission thanks you in advance for your direction, management and assistance with our mission.

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If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact the SSBPPE Commission Chair, Pat Crawford, through the Commission Secretary, Roberto Terrones at [email protected]
Attachment:
1: Draft Letter for City Council on Governor Executive Order N-1-25. 2: Healthy Foods Executive Order Signed by Governor Newsom.

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Feb 21, 2025
Re: Recommendations for Governor re: EO N-1-25
Dear Director of CDPH:

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The City of Berkeley appreciates this opportunity to submit these suggestions that we hope the California Department of Public Health will consider in developing its recommendations to Governor Newsom, as directed by Executive Order N-1-25 " ... regarding potential action to limit the harms associated with 'ultra-processed foods' and food ingredients that pose a health risk to individuals." The City has had direct experience through Healthy Berkeley with the strategies that we describe below that have been shown to be effective in improving health and wellness among our most vulnerable populations. These "proof of concepts" have been demonstrated to be effective and are immediately ready for implementation at the state level, where they can benefit a large range of Californians, particularly those who live in communities most heavily impacted by preventable chronic diseases which are inextricably linked to sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), the most ubiquitous, most harmful, and least justifiable ultra-processed food or beverage.

Suggestion 1. Local SSB Tax. In 2014, 76 percent of Berkeley's voters passed a measure to impose a 1-cent per ounce excise tax on the distributors of SSBs in Berkeley and to establish a citizen's commission to manage a grant program to make grants from the tax's revenue to Berkeley Unified School District's cooking and garden program and to Berkeley nonprofit community based organizations to improve the health environment in the communities most impacted by consumption of SSBs. Peer reviewed studies establish the effectiveness of the tax: SSB consumption declined, consumption of drinking water increased, and weights have decreased significantly.

Thoughtful grant making by the soda commission has deployed the revenues through grants that have improved and promoted access to drinking water and other aspects of the health environment in low-income communities. The community-led norms change is an approach that raises population level health understanding and leads to community led norms change that promotes agency and dignity among our most vulnerable.

After significant positive health outcomes for children and very positive community outcomes, ten years after the tax originally was proposed, Berkeley resident satisfaction with the tax had increased. In the November 2024 election, a remarkable 80 percent of voters removed a sunset provision, thereby extending the tax indefinitely.

Deborah Rohm Young, PhD; Monique M. Hedderson, PhD, MPH; Margo A. Sidell, ScD; Catherine Lee, PhD; Deborah A. Cohen, MD, MPH; Emily F. Liu, MPH; Lee J. Barton, MS; Jennifer Fa/be, Seo, •
MPH; Galina lnzhakova, MPH; Sneha Sridhar, MPH; Allison C. Voorhees, MPH; Bing Han, PhD. City-Level Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes and

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Youth Body Mass Index Percentile. AMA Netw Open. 2024;7(7):e2424822. doi: 10. 1001 ljamanetworkopen. 2024. 24822
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Fa/be J, Thompson HR, Becker CM, Rojas N, McCulloch CE, Madsen KA. Impact of the Berkeley Excise Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption. Am J Public Health. • 2016 Oct;106(10):1865-71. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303362. Epub 2016 Aug 23. PMID:
27552267; PMCID: PMCq024386.

Suggestion 2. Statewide SSB Tax: Currently, there is no state SSB tax that can be evaluated, but there is no apparent reason why it would not be at least as effective as the local taxes. In fact, its greater geographical breadth should be an asset: unlike the circumstances with local SSB taxes, with a statewide tax shoppers could not as readily go to a neighboring city or county to avoid the tax, and allied nutrition education could reach people no matter where they lived (or moved) within the state.

Suggestion 3. Procurement Restrictions. The thinking behind procurement restrictions on SSBs is very simple: If SSBs are not readily available, they are much less likely to be consumed. California has ample experience with SSB restrictions.

Twenty years ago, Governor Schwarzenegger signed legislation to ban the sale of SSBs in all K-12 schools in California. No SSBs could be sold in school cafeterias, school stores, vending machines or any other venue on campus, and the effect was immediate and dramatic. It should be noted that, following California's lead, Congress enacted similar nationwide restrictions: sodas have been removed from all schools receiving USDA funding (and this is virtually all schools). It also should be noted that at the same time (2010), Congress - again following California's example - imposed a regulation requiring all schools to provide free drinking water in places where meals are served when they are being served, thus ensuring that complementary mandates replace unhealthy beverages with healthy ones.

Also in 2010, then-Mayor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order barring calorically sweetened beverages from vending machin'es on San Francisco property. Santa Clara County and other California cities and counties have issued similar edicts, as have numerous jurisdictions outside California.

In 2015, UCSF medical school implemented a campus wide procurement ban of SSBs which was extensively evaluated. Medical school researchers conducted a study to examine the effect of this SSB ban on staff health. They found a significant improvement in the staff's metabolic markers which are associated with chronic disease.

Changes in worksite availability of SSB in the form of a procurement ban can be simply implemented and will reduce consumption, and in turn, improve employee health.

Elissa S. Epel, PhD; Alison Hartman, BA; Laurie M. Jacobs, PhD; Cindy Leung, ScD, MPH; Michael
A. Cohn, PhD; Leeane Jensen, MPH; Laura lshkanian, MPH; Janet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH; Ashley E. Mason, PhD; Robert H. Lustig, MD, MSL; Kimber L. Stanhope, PhD, 2

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MS, RD; Laura A. Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH. Association of a Workplace Sales Ban on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Employee Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Health. JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(1):9-16. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.4434.

In 2019, the City of Berkeley adopted a procurement ban on SSBs which prohibits the purchase of SSBs with city funds, the sale of SSBs in city facilities, and the serving of SSBs at events for which the city supports. Reports of the ban have been positive.

Attachment 1
The City of Berkeley and its residents are proud of the effectiveness of these initiatives and of the role of the citizens' commission that has been responsible for their implementation. We eagerly invite CDPH and the governor to call on us to advise on the development of these initiatives at the state level.

Thank you. Signatures here.
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
EXECUTIVE ORDER N-1-25
Attachment 2
WHEREAS emerging scientific evidence has linked "ultra-processed foods" to increased health risks, including some cardiovascular conditions, certain cancers, diabetes, and other health problems; and
WHEREAS ultra-processed foods are generally characterized as industrial formulations of chemically modified substances extracted from foods, along with additives to enhance taste, texture, appearance, and durability, with minimal to no inclusion of whole foods, with the following among common examples that are linked to negative health outcomes: packaged snacks, chips, crackers, cookies, candy, sugary beverages, and highly processed meats like hot dogs and lunch meat; and
WHEREAS experts have estimated that more than 10,000 chemicals are currently authorized for use in the United States as food or color additives or ingredients, while just over 300 food additives are currently authorized for use in the European Union; and
WHEREAS the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee issued a systematic review in December 2024 assessing available scientific evidence that confirmed the link between consumption of ultra-processed foods and greater risks of obesity and being overweight in adults and greater risks of being overweight in children and adolescents; and WHEREAS, despite this emerging evidence, food companies have opposed efforts across the country to regulate ultra-processed foods and the proliferation of food additives, while continuing to market and sell their products without disclosing to consumers the potential harms their products may cause; and
WHEREAS the new 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Advisory Report to the federal Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Agriculture found that 73 percent of U.S. adults 20 years and older are overweight or obese; and
WHEREAS the report also found that 38 percent of children and youth between 12 and 19 years old are prediabetic; and
WHEREAS the report states that the prevalence of conditions such as overweight, obesity, and prediabetes at young ages is particularly concerning not only due to their effects on the current health of the child but also the risks of persistent chronic health conditions into adulthood; and.

WHEREAS data in the report shows significant disparities in prevalence of nutrition-related chronic health conditions among sociodemographic groups; and
WHEREAS the report concludes that diets higher in vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, fish/seafood, nuts, and unsaturated vegetable oils, and lower in processed meats, sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, refined grains, and saturated fats were associated favorably with health outcomes, such as lower risks of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, age related cognitive decline, and colorectal and breast cancer; and

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WHEREAS California was the first state to implement a statewide Universal Meals Program for schoolchildren, providing all public TK-12 students access to two free meals per school day; and
WHEREAS I signed Senate Bill 348 {Skinner, 2023), making California the first state to codify President Biden's new federal guidelines on school nutrition standards to reduce sugar and salt in school meals, and establishing a process for California to maintain those standards should a different federal Administration enact lower standards that are less protective of children's health; and
WHEREAS I signed AB 418 {Gabriel, 2023) and AB 2316 (Gabriel, 2024), banning four potentially harmful chemical food additives from products sold statewide, including red dye 3 and brominated vegetable oil, which is often used as a stabilizer in citrus-flavored beverages, and prohibiting schools from serving and selling foods containing synthetic food dye additives associated with risks to health harms in children, including cancer, damage to the immune system, and neurobehavioral issues; and
WHEREAS California already has adopted or proposed standards for school meals that exceed the federal standards, including:
• The long-standing ban on sodas on K-12 campuses;
• Restricting caffeine at any grade level, while federal standards allow caffeine in high schools;
• Requiring entrees sold on the same day or day after they appear on the menu to meet standards for calories, total fat, and trans fat, while federal standards allow these to be sold without meeting nutrition standards; and • Proposed a sugar limit on non-dairy milk, which is anticipated to become effective in 2025, while federal standards do not have a sugar limit; and WHEREAS under my Administration, California has invested $850 million in school nutrition, including funds to procure fresh, locally grown foods; install and improve kitchen equipment; and train food service workers so schools can prepare and serve nutritious and healthy food; and
WHEREAS in 2024, I signed legislation to increase enrollment in state food assistance programs, reduce youth consumption of processed foods, and increase access to healthy, locally grown food in all California communities, including:
• AB 660 {Irwin, 2024): Standardizes quality and safety date labels on food products to better inform consumers and significantly reduce food waste in the state;
• AB 518 (Wicks, 2024): Improves data collection to increase enrollment in the CalFresh program;
• AB 1830 (Arambula, 2024): Requires corn masa and corn masa products to be fortified with folic acid to support women's health during pregnancy;
• AB 2033 {Reyes, 2024): Requires the California Community Colleges and California State University campuses, and requests University of California campuses, to apply for at least one store that sells food on campuses to accept SNAP/EBT cards; and
• AB 2786 (Banta, 2024): Establishes a new category of "certified mobile farmer's markets" and requires registration of these markets with both the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH); and
WHEREAS my Administration has expanded investments in CDFA 's farm-to schools programs, a vital way to improve the health and well-being of California

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schoolchildren through integrated food-based education and healthy food access and created a Farm to School Working Group to advance a resilient, climate-smart food supply; and
WHEREAS the First Partner released a report, Planting the Seed: Farm to School Roadmap for Success, promoting the expansion of farm-to-school programs across California; and
WHEREAS California grows one-third of the country's vegetables and over three-quarters of the country's fruits ar\d nuts, and the 2024-25 enacted budget maintains $1 billion over multiple years for climate smart agriculture investments to help foster a healthy, resilient, accessible, and equitable food system, underscoring the critical leadership role California must continue to play in advancing policy, responsive to the latest scientific evidence, that promotes positive health outcomes for all; and
WHEREAS California's health system is being increasingly strained due to rapidly increasing costs for prescription drugs that combat diabetes, obesity and other chronic health conditions; and
WHEREAS the National Institute of Health and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention identifies the link between healthy eating and lowering an individual's risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other chronic health conditions; and
WHEREAS California has responded by launching new initiatives, such as the inclusion of Medically Tailored Meals as an optional Medi-Cal benefit under the Department of Health Care Services' CalAIM Medi-Cal Waiver, CDPH's Rethink Your Drink campaign to reduce consumption of sugary drinks, and nearly $44 million in forthcoming contracts focused on public education to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened bev'erages; and
WHEREAS California promotes the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program to ensure all eligible participants have access to nutritious foods, nutrition education, infant feeding support, and referrals to health care and critical social services, resulting in positive maternal and child health outcomes, including healthy growth and development, improved birth outcomes, fewer preterm births, and low birthweights; and
WHEREAS California must continue innovating to reduce the burden of chronic health conditions on all Californians, and particularly our youth, and the public programs that assist in their treatment and recovery.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor of the State of California, in accordance with·the authority vested in me by the State Constitution and statutes, do hereby issue the following Order to become effective immediately:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. No later than April l, 2025, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) shall provide recommendations to the Governor's Office regarding potential action to limit the harms associated with "ultra processed foods" and food ingredients that pose a health risk to individuals. Such recommendations may include, but are not necessarily limited to, requiring the inclusion of warning labels for certain ultra processed foods.

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2. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), in consultation with CDPH, shall continue their work to investigate adverse health impacts of food dyes to individuals and shall, no later than April 1, 2025, provide a briefing to the Governor's Office on any additional adverse health impacts identified through that investigation.

3. No later than April l, 2025, CDPH, in consultation with OEHHA, shall report to the Governor's Office on the feasibility of state-level evaluation of food additives that food companies have voluntarily reported to the federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA) as "Generally Regarded As Safe (GRAS)" and state-level action if companies fail to notify the FDA of certain food additives through the voluntary GRAS process.

4. No later than April 1, 2025, the California Department of Social Services shall provide recommendations to the Governor's Office regarding actions that the State can take to reduce the purchase of soda, candy, other ultra-processed foods and/or foods with synthetic food dye or other additives.

5. No later than April 1, 2025, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) shall report to the Governor's Office on the feasibility of requiring or encouraging Medi-Cal managed care plans and California hospitals to use their Community Investment dollars and Community Benefit funds to enhance access to fresh, healthy foods, mitigate the impacts of "food deserts," and otherwise promote public health at the local level. DHCS shall consult with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and its Office of Farm to Fork, as appropriate.

6. No later than October 1, 2025, the Executive Director of the State Board of Education shall identify, and the California Department of Education is requested to identify, areas where California may adopt higher standards for healthy school meals than the standards contained in the U.S.

Department of Agriculture's Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, beyond those areas where California already has stricter standards, and provide recommendations to the Governor's Office for implementing any higher standards deemed appropriate, taking into account costs, logistical considerations, and any other factors deemed relevant.

7. No later than October 1, 2025, CDFA and its Office of Farm to Fork Program shall explore developing new standards and partnerships to further ensure our universal school food programs have fresh ingredients and options grown in California and shall redouble its efforts to support the nation-leading investments to support farm-to-school programs statewide, particularly in areas with existing gaps in access to healthy, fresh food.

CDFA shall consult with CDPH's Nutrition and Physical Activity Branch, as appropriate.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, as soon as hereafter possible, this Order be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and that widespread publicity and notice be given of this Order.

This Order is not intended to, and does not, create any rights or benefits, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, against the State of California, its agencies, departments, entities, officers, employees, or any other person.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Great Seal of the State of
Califon ia to be affixed this 3rd day
f J ary 2025.

ATTEST:

SHIRLEY WEBER, PH.D.

Secretary of State
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100Durr, Jasmine
From:

Sent:

To:

Cc:

Kenneth Hecht <[email protected]>
Monday, February 24, 2025 11 :15 AM
Terrones, Roberto
All Council
Subject: Re: Communication Memo from SSBPPE: Commission Recommendation on Governor EO N-1-25
Roberto, I think this all looks great. Thanks for getting it out so fast today.

Kenneth Hecht
Director of Policy
Nutrition Policy Institute, University of CA
1111 Franklin Street, 5th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607 1510-409-6436
[email protected] I npi.ucanr.edu
I
University of California
Agriculture and Natural Re1;ources ~utritkin Policy lmtitutl:' On Feb 24, 2025, at 10:47 AM, Terrones, Roberto <[email protected]> wrote:

Good Morning,
Submitting the attached communication to Council on behalf of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Product Panel of Experts (SSBPPE) Commission re: Commission Recommendation on Governor Executive Order N-1-25: Healthy Foods.

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