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Measure P: Homeless Services Update
Posted on July 26, 2020 in League News | comments
Community Stands Up For Measure P! In anticipation of Berkeley’s June 30, 2020 budget meeting, the League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany, and Emeryville sent a letter urging the mayor and city council not to diver...
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The League and Latinos Unidos Partner to Increase Latinx Voter Turnout
Posted on July 19, 2020 in League News | comments
Voter’s Edge, una guía para la elección de 2020, está disponible AQUÍ . On July 12, League leaders and interns met with the prominent Berkeley community group representing the Latinx community known as Latino...
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Summer Interns Hit the Ground Running!
Posted on July 14, 2020 in League News | comments
Recently our League welcomed two summer interns, Janaki Gogulamudi and Simelia Rogers. Janaki and Simelia are both entering their third year of college this fall, with Janaki transferring to UC Davis and Simelia returnin...
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Census2020 Volunteer Phone Banking Successful!
Posted on July 13, 2020 in League News | comments
The first phase of Alameda County Census 2020 has ended with 60,000+ phone calls made by volunteers to remind residents of hard-to-count neighborhoods to fill in their census forms. An LWVBAE member who volunteered to ma...
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Countdown to Election with Voter Services!
Posted on July 13, 2020 in League News | comments
Check our calendar to join the next Voter Services meeting. The week of July 6, the Voter Services Team, led by Board Director, Adena Ishii, met to discuss efforts to engage voters in the lead up to the election. The gro...
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YES on 15!
Posted on July 13, 2020 in League News | comments
“YES on Prop. 15!” is now the cheer energizing supporters of the Schools and Communities First! state ballot proposition for VICTORY on Nov. 3! The heroic SCF! campaign to close the loophole exploited by owners of la...
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Police Review Commission And Use of Force Policy – 2nd in a series
Posted on July 7, 2020 in League News | comments
Since the Berkeley City Council’s June 9th Special Meeting, the Police Review Commission (PRC) has been working tirelessly to finish its new Use of Force policy by the end of June in hope of submitting it to Berkeley C...
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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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