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ACA 5 passes the State Senate
Posted on July 7, 2020 in League News | comments
On June 24, affirmative action bill ACA 5 passed the senate vote. The bill, authored by Assemblymembers Weber, Gipson, and Santiago and co-authored by Assemblymembers Burke, Cooper, Gonzalez, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Kamlag...
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The New Board 2020-2021
Posted on July 5, 2020 in League News | comments
Welcome the New Board. Elected at the Annual Meeting June 4, 2020, our first virtual Annual Meeting. We have two new directors this year Eric Arens for Climate Change and Christine Wenrich for Criminal Justice. President...
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Stop Redirection of Homeless funds
Posted on June 29, 2020 in League News | comments
Mayor Arreguín and City Council By email and hand Re: Use of Measure P funds Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council, On June 10, 2020, at a Special Meeting of the Homeless Services Panel of Experts (HSPE), Deputy Ci...
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National League Convention Report
Posted on June 29, 2020 in League News | comments
The resounding slogan “Women Power the Vote for 100 Years” of the 54th Biennial and first virtual LWVUS Convention energized Leaguers present at a peak attendance of 1,749 at the Plenary Session June 25 – 27, 2020!...
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League Action Overview
Posted on June 22, 2020 in League News | comments
Homelessness and Affordable Housing: Charlotte Wheeler and intern Kai Kai Spencer continue to track the implementation of Berkeley Measures O & P. City of Berkeley commissions have started to meet again online. On Ma...
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Police Review Commission And Use of Force Policy – 1st of a Series
Posted on June 20, 2020 in League News | comments
Police Review Commission gets the go ahead from Berkeley City Councilmembers for the Use of Force Policy. LWVBAE members have been attending Berkeley’s Police Review Commission (PRC) meetings since before the Winter Ho...
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Virtual convention caucuses free to observers
Posted on June 16, 2020 in League News | comments
Convention Observer registration closed June 17 but you can still register for most Convention Caucuses and Information Sessions that occur Monday June 22 through Wednesday June 24. The National League has recently opene...
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Climate Change Team Meeting Report
Posted on June 13, 2020 in League News | comments
On May 19th the Climate Change Team held a meeting centered around a presentation by Eric Arens and the City of Berkeley’s potential Climate Action Fund. Eric displayed a modified version of a presentation on cli...
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Rekindling a conversation about health care
Posted on June 9, 2020 in League News | comments
It has been a long time since LWVBAE has held a conversation on health care. The issue is particularly relevant at a time when lives and communities have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides exposing vulnerab...
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Shape Another Fruitful Year for Our League!
Posted on June 8, 2020 in League News | comments
Dear LWVBAE Supporter and/or Member, COVID-19 strikes again – metaphorically! Our League is pivoting from its traditional letter on paper for its Spring Fund Raising Drive to an electronic letter. We are taking this st...
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