November 5th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Announcements
November 2nd, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Volunteer
If you’re on Facebook, be sure to let your friends know who to vote for. Join the ARREGUIN 4 COUNCIL, DRAKE, HARRISON, SHELTON, TOWNLEY, TREGUB 4 RENT BOARD! Facebook group. Send a message to all your Berkeley friends on Facebook to remind them to vote the entire ballot this Tuesday!
October 28th, 2008 by Jesse | No Comments | Filed in Announcements
The Daily Californian (the UC Berkeley student newspaper) said the following about Jesse in their endorsement of him:
District 4
Although the District 4 seat has the most contenders in this election, there are really only two serious candidates: Terry Doran and Jesse Arreguin. Our choice to support the latter over the former rests in part of the ability of Arreguin to bring a refreshing perspective to the City Council. Following in the footsteps of the late Dona Spring, the next person to fill the spot should be able to bring some of her progressiveness to the table.
It wasn’t too long ago when Arreguin was a UC Berkeley student and served as the City Affairs Director of the ASUC. His close connection with the campus makes it likely that he’ll be an effective advocate of students. Such a voice is needed on the council to patch things up between the city and university after the Student Athlete High Performance Center debacle.
Doran legitimately points to his immersion in the community after having taught at Berkeley High School for 32 years and his role as a union activist. His pragmatic side was also revealed when asked about where he would make cuts to the city budget if forced to do so: Doran stated that an analysis of city payroll would be completed to determine if any department were unnecessarily overstaffed. But Doran remains part of the Tom Bates block, and a new outlook is needed to balance out the views on the City Council.
While LA Wood highlights his activism in Berkeley, his methods of handling the most pressing issues the city faces are vague or ineffective, especially in the arena of city-university relations.
Although Asa Dodsworth had great suggestions for more community involvement in government, his qualifications for juggling a city budget are questionable.
N’Dji Jockin dropped out of the race, citing financial challenges.
Vote for Jesse Arreguin in District 4.
http://www.dailycal.org/article/103303/endorsements_city_council
October 23rd, 2008 by Jesse | No Comments | Filed in Announcements
On October 11th, a number of local and regional environmental organizations including the Sierra Club, the Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC) and the Bicycle Friendly Berkeley Coalition held a forum focused on transportation, land use and other environmental issues.
The forum was recorded at the Berkeley Community Media (BCM) studios and was rebroadcast on BCM Cable Channel 33 and will continue be rebroadcast over the next few weeks.
A link to a video stream of the forum can be found at: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/21/18545725.php
October 16th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Endorsements
The Progressive Democrats of the East Bay felt strongly enough about Jesse to write about him on their home page:
Support Jesse Arreguin for Berkeley City Council
The Progressive Democrats of the East Bay steering committee unanimously endorses Jesse Arreguin for the Berkeley City Council, District 4 seat tragically opened up by the death of our most progressive and courageous council member Dona Spring.
Jesse has the sole endorsement of the Sierra Club and most, if not all of Dona’s supporters. He is a young, bright, knowledgeable, up-and-coming progressive. He has worked for environmental causes, affordable housing and tenant rights, as well as for human-scale, livable development.
He needs and deserves our support. We and future progressives need him. To get involved please call (510) 677-2355 or email the campaign at jesse@jessearreguin.com.
Donations for the campaign can be sent to:
Jesse Arreguin for City Council
P.O. Box 9283
Berkeley CA 94709
From www.pdeastbay.org
Tags: democrat, progressive
October 13th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Events, Volunteer
Come join other volunteers to call voters in District 4 who have received absentee ballots, letting them know about Jesse, and encouraging them to support him.
This week, well be meeting at:
Campaign Headquarters
2030 University Avenue (between Shattuck and Milvia)
We’ll be calling:
Monday 2-8
Tuesday 2-6 (then off to the District 4 Forum)
Wednesday 2-5:30 (then off to watch the Presidential debates)
Thurs, 2-8
Friday 2-6
Saturday, 10-6
Sun 1-6
October 13th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Events
On September 19th, District 4 candidates appeared in a televised forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters. You can see this forum on Berkeley Community Media, cable channel 33, at the following times:
10/13/2008 at 8:00 PM
10/14/2008 at 5:00 PM
10/15/2008 at 12:00 PM
10/15/2008 at 10:00 PM
10/17/2008 at 4:00 AM
10/17/2008 at 8:00 PM
10/18/2008 at 7:00 PM
10/19/2008 at 4:30 AM
10/19/2008 at 10:00 AM
10/20/2008 at 4:00 AM
10/20/2008 at 5:00 PM
10/22/2008 at 3:30 AM
10/23/2008 at 1:30 PM
10/26/2008 at 4:00 AM
10/27/2008 at 1:00 PM
10/29/2008 at 10:00 PM
10/30/2008 at 1:00 PM
10/31/2008 at 10:00 PM
11/2/2008 at 5:00 AM
11/2/2008 at 9:00 PM
October 9th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Endorsements
In their October 8th edition, the San Francisco Bay Guardian said the following in their endorsement of Jesse:
Dona Spring, who ably represented District 4 and was a strong progressive voice on the council, died in July, leaving a huge gap in Berkeley politics. The best choice to replace her is Jesse Arreguin, who currently works in the office of Councilmember Kriss Worthington.
Arreguin is the chair of the Rent Stabilization Board and has served on the Zoning Appeals Board and the Downtown Area Plan Advisory Committee, where he out-organized the moderates and pro-development sorts. He supports sustainable, community-based planning and would be an excellent addition to the council.
For their complete list of endorsements in East Bay races, visit http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7265
October 1st, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Endorsements
Here is the text of the Sierra Club’s Yodeler article endorsing Jesse:
Jesse Arreguin is the Sierra Club’s environmental candidate for City Council in central Berkeley’s District 4 - a hotly contested race with well-financed big-business and Chamber of Commerce opposition. This is an unexpected emergency race to fill the unexpired term of environmental champion Dona Spring following her untimely death.
Jesse has supported Sierra Club positions on Downtown - density together with reduced parking, increased open space, housing affordability, green construction, energy conservation, transit incentives, and other ecological requirements.
Jesse has fought for affordable family housing as well as for new units for students, and was instrumental in the successful Downtown Plan coalition for green density, incentivizing dramatically reduced carbon footprints in new construction, a pedestrianized Center Street with daylighted Strawberry Creek if feasible, and greening of Downtown.
Jesse is a member of the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club’s Northern Alameda County Group, and has been an effective leader in the Group’s efforts for zero waste, an effective Climate Action Plan, and expanded transit.
Jesse’s is a grassroots campaign, relying on volunteers to compete against a heavily financed Chamber of Commerce effort. Jesse deserves our most active support to preserve a truly independent environmental voice on City Council.
To volunteer to help Jesse’s campaign, contact Chapter conservation organizer Misha Rashkin or call (510) 848-0800, ext. 312
Please visit Jesse’s campaign web site
http://sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org/chapter/political/jesse.htm
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