2019 Council Items
01/22/19 Support a Green New Deal ; Passed
01/22/19 Support of SB 18 – Keep Californians Housed Act; Passed
01/22/19 2019 City Council Committee and Regional Body Appointments; Passed
01/22/19 Resolution Reaffirming the City of Berkeley’s Commitment to Roe v. Wade ; Passed
01/29/19 Support for SB 24 (Public University Student Health Centers) ; Passed
01/29/19 Support for SB 42 (Getting Home Safe Act); Passed
01/29/19 Support for AB 68 (Accessory Dwelling Units); Passed
01/29/19 Vision Zero: eliminating pedestrian, bicyclist and traffic injuries and fatalities; Passed
02/19/19 Declaring a California Homelessness State of Emergency ; Passed
02/19/19 Support for AB 161 (Skip the Slip); Passed
02/19/19 Contract: Recruiting Advertising and Marketing Strategy for the Berkeley Police Department
; Passed
02/26/19 Dorothy Day House License Agreements: Veterans Memorial Building and Old City Hall
; Passed
02/26/19 Receipt of and Contract Authorization for Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Community Benefit Program; Passed
02/26/19 Establishment of Traffic Circle Policy Task Force ; Passed
02/26/19 Adopt a resolution to denounce and oppose white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups including their actions ; Passed
02/26/19 Ensuring the Sustainability of the Berkeley Flea Market ; Passed
02/26/19 Support for AB 177 (Election Day Holiday) ; Passed
03/12/19 Adoption of the 2018 Strategic Update to the EveryOne Home Plan to End Homelessness ; Passed
03/12/19 Authorizing the Addition of 2700 block of Belrose Avenue to the Street Sweeping Program ; Passed
03/12/19 Measure O Oversight Committee and Measure P Homeless Services Panel of Experts ; Passed
03/12/19 Persian New Year Festival: City Sponsorship and Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds; Passed
03/12/19 Use of Gender Neutral Language in City Documents ; Passed
03/12/19 Affirming the City of Berkeley’s Support for the People of Tibet ; Passed
03/26/19 Support for SB-190 Fire Safety: Building Standards ;Passed
03/26/19 Budget Referral: $30,000 to UC Theater Concert Career Pathways Education Program From: Mayor Arreguin and Councilmember Davila;Passed
03/26/19 Holocaust Remembrance Day Event: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds from General Funds and Grant of Such Funds;Passed
03/26/19 Honoring Healthy Black Families, Inc.: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds;Passed
04/02/19 Co-Sponsorship and Budget Referral for the 2019 Bay Area Book Festival;Passed
04/02/19 Opposition to Eliminating Settlement Conferences for Unlawful Detainer Cases;Passed
04/02/19 Proclamation in Honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day ;Passed
04/02/19 Adopt a Spot Initiative ;Passed
04/02/19 Support for SCA-1: Public Housing Projects ;Passed
04/23/19 U1 Funds for Predevelopment Costs of Proposed Development at 2001 Ashby Avenue; Passed
04/23/19 Resolution in Support of a Public Bank; Passed
04/23/19 Letters in Support of SB 54 (Allen) and AB 1080 (Gonzalez); Passed
04/23/19 Co-Sponsor the Screening of "Near Normal Man"; Passed
04/23/19 Refer to the City Manager and the Housing Advisory Commission to Consider Reforming the Affordable Housing Mitigation Fee; Passed
04/30/19 Appointing an Alternate Member to the Budget and Finance Committee and 3x3 Committee; Passed
04/30/19 Allocation of $150,000 to the Berkeley Unified School District for Planning/Pre-Development for Employee Housing; Passed
04/30/19 Appoint Max Levine to the Berkeley Housing Authority Board; Passed
04/30/19 Good Food Purchasing Program Resolution; Passed
05/14/19 Support AB 539 – the Fair Access to Credit Act; Passed
05/14/19 Engage Professional Support to Assist City Council in Establishing a Process and Performing an Evaluation of the City Manager’s Performance; Passed
05/14/19 Rebuilding Together Budget Referral; Passed
05/14/19 Letter in Support of AB 38; Passed
05/28/19 Support of SB 48 – Right to Shelter; Tabled
05/28/19 Support H.R. 40 – the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act; Passed
05/28/19 Budget Referral: $25,000 to the FY 2020-21 Budget Process for SupplyBank.Org to Expand School Supply Distribution; Passed
05/28/19 Budget Referral: $5,000 for the César Chávez Solar Calendar; Passed
05/28/19 Budget Referral: $80,000 to Support Technical Assistance for Succession Planning, Worker Cooperative Conversion and Development; Passed
05/28/19 Development of the West Berkeley Service Center, 1900 6th Street, for Senior Housing with Supportive Services; Passed
05/28/19 Budget Referral: Funding for Street Lights Development at Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Stuart Street; Passed
05/28/19 Budget Referral: Funding for Development of a Traffic Circle at the intersection of 62nd Street and King Street; Passed
05/28/19 Resolution in Support of Full Parity for Mental Health Patients and Clinicians at Kaiser Permanente; Passed
05/28/19 Budget Referral: Solano Avenue Revitalization Plan; Passed
05/28/19 Oppose AB-1356 Cannabis: local jurisdictions: retail commercial cannabis activity (Ting); Passed
05/28/19 Tax Exemption on Federal Research Grants; Passed
06/11/19 Support AB 1487 – Housing Alliance for the Bay Area; Passed
06/11/19 Measure O Affordable Housing Bonds and a Request for Proposals from the City’s Housing Trust Fund; Passed
06/11/19 Prioritizing Transit Improvements at MacArthur Maze; Passed
06/11/19 Oppose AB 56 – Centralizing Energy Procurement; Passed
06/11/19 Repealing and Reenacting BMC Chapter 13.104, Wage Theft Prevention; Passed
06/11/19 Berkeley Opportunity Zone Displacement Mitigation Zoning Overlay; Passed
06/11/19 Proclamation to Honor June as LGBTQ Pride Month and authorize City Manager to Fly the Rainbow Flag every year on the month of June; Passed
06/25/19 An Action Plan for Greening the City of Berkeley Fleet of Vehicles; Passed
06/25/19 Zoning Ordinance Modification for Elmwood Commercial District; Passed
07/09/19 Resolution in Support of AB 392 California Act to Save Lives; Passed
07/09/19 Local Construction Workforce Development Policy; Passed
07/09/19 Resolution in Support of SB 347 – Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Safety Warning Act; Passed
07/16/19 Letter of Support for Senate Bill 806: The College for All Act; Passed
07/16/19 Presentation by PG&E to City Council; Passed
07/16/19 Referral to the City Manager to Consider Amending the Language of the City’s Wireless Telecommunications Ordinance and Aesthetic Guidelines; Passed
07/16/19 Making Berkeley City Hall a Voting Center; Tabled
07/16/19 Housing for a Diverse, Equitable and Creative Berkeley: Proposing a Framework for Berkeley’s Affordable Housing; Passed
07/16/19 Opportunity Zone Project Guidelines for the City Manager; Passed
07/23/19 Implementing Vision Zero: Prioritizing High Collision Streets; Passed
07/23/19 Authorizing Transfer of Funds to Rent Board for Eviction Defense Contracts; Passed
07/23/19 Resolution in Support of AB 1279 – Planning and zoning: housing development: high-resource areas; Passed
09/10/19 Support of AB 18 – Firearms Excise Tax; Passed
09/10/19 Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds; Tabled
09/10/19 Approval of One-Time Reimbursement for Sister City Visit to Gongju, Republic of Korea; Passed
09/10/19 Game Day Parking - Minor Update to include RPP area K; Passed
09/10/19 Open Doors Initiative: City Worker and First Time Affordable Homebuyer Program; Passed
09/24/19 Support H.R. 2809 – The Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2019; Passed
09/24/19 United Against Hate Week 2019; Passed
09/24/19 Clean Air Day 2019; Passed
09/24/19 Naming Berkeley Paths for Women Founders of the Berkeley Path Wanderers Association; Passed
09/24/19 Support for League of California Cities Resolution to CPUC; Passed
09/24/19 Support for ACA - 8: Elections: Voter Qualifications; Passed
10/15/19 Berkeley Holiday Fund: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds; Passed
10/15/19 Grant Referral for Capoeira Arts Foundation; Passed
10/15/19 Health Impact Assessment Outreach Coordinator; Passed
10/15/19 Excused Absence for Mayor Jesse Arreguin and Councilmember Rigel Robinson; Passed
10/15/19 Declaring Wildfire Prevention and Safety a Top Priority in the City of Berkeley; Passed
10/15/19 Adopt Resolution to Support Seamless Transit Principles; Passed
10/29/19 Budget Referral: Berkeley Age-Friendly Continuum; Passed
10/29/19 Extension of the Joint Subcommittee for the Implementation of State Housing Laws; Passed
10/29/19 Budget Referral: Funding Illegal Dumping Component of “Clean & Livable Commons Initiative”; Passed
10/29/19 Referral: Telegraph Shared Streets; Passed
10/29/19 Referral: Develop a Bicycle Lane and Pedestrian Street Improvements Policy; Passed
11/12/19 Support of SB 378 – Reducing Deenergization Events; Passed
11/12/19 Budget Referral: BART Station Environmental Planning; Passed
11/12/19 Modifying Appointments to City Council Standing Policy Committees; Passed
11/12/19 Additional funding for Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative/Moving South Berkeley Forward; Passed
11/12/19 Budget Referral: Expansion of Homeless Navigation Facilities and Programs; Passed
11/12/19 Budget Referral: Transportation to Support Mobility-Impaired Individuals Experiencing Homelessness who are Engaged in Rehousing and other Services; Passed
11/19/19 Addressing the Trash Crisis in Berkeley; Passed
11/19/19 Extension of Declaration of Homeless Shelter Crisis; Passed
11/19/19 Referral to City Manager to Return to Council with an Amnesty Program for Undocumented Secondary Units; Passed
12/03/19 Reaffirming the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Resolution; Passed
12/03/19 Reappointment of Dr. P. Robert Beatty to the Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District Board of Trustees; Passed
12/03/19 Berkeley Public Library Foundation 18th Annual Authors Dinner: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds; Passed
12/03/19 Urging the CPUC to Address Its Failure of Oversight and to Transform PG&E Into A Mutual Benefit Corporation; Passed
12/03/19 Considering Multi-year Bidding Processes for Street Paving; Passed
12/10/19 Women's Therapy Center Debt Relief Effort: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds; Passed
12/10/19 Appointment of Ali Kashani to the Berkeley Housing Authority Board; Passed