2021 Council Items

01/19/21 Revisions to Enabling Legislation for Reimagining Public Safety Task Force; Passed

01/19/21 Urging the National Parks Service to Establish a National Parks Unit in the San Francisco Bay Area to Honor the Black Panther Party for Self Defense Supplemental Material (Supp 2); Passed

01/19/21 Relief for Child Care Providers; Passed

01/19/21 Support for AB 15 and AB16; Passed

01/19/21 Guaranteeing COVID-19 Hazard Pay for Grocery Store Workers Supplemental Material (Supp 2); Passed

01/26/21 Confirming Community Appointments to Reimagining Public Safety Task Force Revised material (Supp 2); Passed

01/26/21 Budget Referral to Reinstate Partial Funding for the Gun Buyback Program Previously Authorized by City Council; Passed

02/09/21 Installation of Banners Marking “Kala Bagai Way”: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Fund to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds; Passed

02/09/21 Housing Trust Fund Reservation to rehabilitate low income housing in South Berkeley; Passed

02/09/21 Proclaiming February Black History Month and Authorizing City Manager to Fly the Black Lives Matter Flag; Passed

02/09/21 Right to Choose Communications Services Provider; Passed

02/23/21 Report and Recommendations From Mayor’s Fair and Impartial Policing 
Working Group 

Presentation-Mayor
Presentation-Police; Passed

02/23/21 “Step Up Housing” Initiative: Allocation of Measure P Funds to Lease and Operate a New Permanent Supportive Housing Project at 1367 University Avenue
Supplemental material (Supp 2); Passed

02/23/21 Virtual Holocaust Remembrance Day Event: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds from General Funds and Grant of Such Funds; Passed

02/23/21 Guaranteeing COVID-19 Hazard Pay for Grocery Store Workers; Passed

03/09/21 HelpBerkeley: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Fund; Passed

03/09/21 Declaring the 2021 Cesar Chavez-Dolores Huerta Commemorative Period
Revised material (Supp 3); Passed

03/09/21 Budget Referral: George Florence Park Traffic Calming (Tenth Street between University Avenue and Allston Way) 
Supplemental material (Supp 2); Passed

03/09/21 Support for SB 260; Passed

03/09/21 Budget Referral: Allocate Transportation Network Companies User’s Tax Proceeds and other General Fund Revenues to Support Priority Protected Bicycle Boulevards and the Street Repair Program
Revised material (Supp 1); Passed

03/09/21 Kala Art Institute 2021 Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds; Passed

03/09/21 Resolution Condemning Anti-Asian Hate and Violence; Passed

03/09/21 Affirming the City of Berkeley’s Support for the People of Tibet; Passed

03/23/21 2021 Alameda County Redistricting Process; Passed

03/23/21 Establish a Parking Benefits District (PBD) in the Adeline Corridor and Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Referral Revised material (Supp 1); Passed

03/30/21 Budget Referral – Police Foot/Bike Patrol in West and South Berkeley 
Supplemental Material (Supp 3); Passed

03/30/21 Support for AB 854: Ellis Act Reform 
Revised material (Supp 1); Passed

04/20/21 Appointment of City Attorney; Passed

04/20/21 Contract No. 9369 Amendment: Badawi & Associates, Certified Public Accountants for Professional Auditing Services; Passed

04/20/21 Budget Referral: Remediation Plan for Lawn Bowling Green and North Bowling Green; Passed

04/20/21 Support for AB 1401: Parking Reform; Passed

04/20/21 Letter of Opposition to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Proposal to Shift the WNDSR Commercial Airliner Flight Corridor Directly Over Residential Neighborhoods in Berkeley, Richmond, El Cerrito, and Albany 
Supplemental material (Supp 3); Passed

04/27/21 Assessing the City's Bonding Capacity and Considering Strategy for Multiple Needs 
Revised material (Supp 1); Passed

04/27/21 Budget Referral: Urgent Remediation of Unsafe Ninth Street Traffic Conditions
Supplemental material (Supp 2); Passed

04/27/21 Adopt an Ordinance Adding Chapter 2.100 to the Berkeley Municipal Code Regulating Police Acquisition and Use of Controlled Equipment
Revised material (Supp 1)
Revised material - Harrison (Supp 2)
Revised material - Kesarwani (Supp 2); Passed

05/11/21 Adopt an Ordinance Adding Chapter 2.100 to the Berkeley Municipal Code Regulating Police Acquisition and Use of Controlled Equipment; Passed

05/11/21 Support of AB 550 – Speed Safety Cameras; Passed

05/11/21 Support of AB 43 – Safe Streets and Work Zones Act of 2021; Passed

05/11/21 Support of AB 629 - Seamless and Resilient Transit Act; Passed

05/11/21 Amending COVID-19 Emergency Response Ordinance Relating to Commercial Leases; Passed

05/11/21 Commit to C40 Race to Zero Campaign; Passed

05/11/21 Resolution in Support of Green New Deal for Cities Act of 2021; Passed

05/11/21 Resolution in support of AB 1289, Smart Climate Agriculture Program and AB 558, California School Plant-based Food and Beverage Program; Passed

05/11/21 Support for AB 1238 and AB 122; Passed

05/25/21 Budget Referral: Funding for Traffic Control Mitigations to Protect Pedestrian Access to Cragmont Elementary School; Passed

05/25/21 Support of AB 1177 – California Public Banking Options Act; Passed

05/25/21 COVID Economic Recovery - Expanding Local Purchasing Preferences to Rebuild the City’s Local Economy and Tax Base
Supplemental material (Supp 1); Passed

05/25/21 Budget Referral: City of Berkeley Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day; Passed

05/25/21 Budget Referral: Willard Park Ambassador; Passed

06/01/21 Oppose – Assembly Bill 1139, Net Energy Metering; Passed

06/01/21 Referral to the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Process: Continuing Anti-Displacement Programs; Passed

06/01/21 Referral to the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Process: Landlord Incentives for Section 8 Participation; Passed

06/01/21 Support – Senate Bill 617, the Solar Access Act; Passed

06/01/21 Berkeley Housing Authority Board of Commissioners Re-Appointments; Passed

06/01/21 Budget Referral: $200,000 to the Bay Area Community Land Trust for Capacity Building to Support the Small Sites Program; Passed

06/01/21 Budget Referral: Phase 2 of Civic Center District Visioning - Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4; Passed

06/01/21 Berkeley Rep’s OVATION: Imagine Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds; Passed

06/15/21 Commission Reorganization for Post-COVID19 Budget Recovery 
 Revised material (Supp 2); Passed

07/13/21 Endorse All Home CA Regional Action Plan on Homelessness Presentation; Passed

07/27/21 Authorization to East Bay Community Foundation to disburse $165,000 from The Berkeley COVID Relief Fund to BANANAS to distribute to Berkeley Childcare Providers most impacted by COVID-19; Passed

07/27/21 Contract No. 32000196 Amendment: Szabo & Associates for Communications Consulting Services 
Supplemental material (Supp 2); Passed

07/27/21 Proclamation: Partition Remembrance Day; Passed

07/27/21 Accelerating the City of Berkeley’s transition to Plant-Based Foods 
Revised material (Supp 3); Passed

07/29/21 Confirming Community Appointment to Reimagining Public Safety Task Force; Passed

09/14/21 2022 UC Berkeley Chicanx Latinx Legacy Event; Passed

09/14/21 Annual Appropriations Ordinance (AAO) Referral: Supply Bank; Passed

09/14/21 Expansion of the Berkeley Fair Elections Program; Passed

09/14/21 Resolution in Support of Observance of August 30, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances in El Salvador; Passed

09/14/21 Resolution Expressing Conceptual Support for an East Bay Wildfire Prevention and Vegetation Management Joint Powers Agency 
Revised material (Supp 1); Passed

09/28/21 Re-Establishing a COVID-19 Business Damage Mitigation Fund
Supplemental material (Supp 3); Passed

09/28/21 Resolution in Support of Afghan Refugees; Passed

10/12/21 City Policy Regarding Scheduling City Meetings on Significant Religious Holidays; Passed

10/26/21 Support Net Energy Metering; Passed

10/26/21 Budget Referral: Public Bank East Bay; Passed

10/26/21 Budget Referral: Durant Parklet and Telegraph Plaza Improvements
Revised material (Supp 3); Passed

10/26/21 Budget Referral: Durant Parklet and Telegraph Plaza Improvements
Revised material (Supp 3); Passed

10/26/21 Letter to Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Skinner Regarding Berkeley Pier
Supplemental material (Supp 2); Passed

11/09/21 Berkeley Holiday Fund: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds; Passed

11/09/21 United Against Hate Week 2021; Passed

11/09/21 Budget Referral: Berkeley Ceasefire; Passed

11/09/21 Resolution Recognizing Housing as Human Right; Referring to City Manager Several Measures to Begin Developing Social Housing in the City of Berkeley; Passed

11/09/21 PG&E’s Safety Initiative: 10,000 Miles of Undergrounding Power Lines; Passed

11/16/21 Salary Adjustment for City Manager; Passed

11/16/21 Condemning Facebook/Meta for its Role in the Rise of Hate Crimes; Passed

11/30/21 Budget Referral: Berkeley Age-Friendly Continuum; Passed

11/30/21 Reappointment of Dr. P. Robert Beatty to the Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District Board of Trustees; Passed

11/30/21 Budget Referral: Commitment to Habitot Recovery; Passed

11/30/21 Prioritizing Berkeley Unified School District Public Works Service Requests; Passed

12/14/21 Allocating Remainder of Berkeley Relief Fund; Passed

12/14/21 Eleventh Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration: City Sponsorship and Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Fund; Passed

12/14/21 Resolution in Support of Bay Adapt: Regional Strategy for a Rising Bay; Passed

12/14/21 Commit the City of Berkeley to a Just Transition from the Fossil Fuel Economy 
Supplemental material (Supp 2); Passed

Jesse Arreguin