DISTRICT 2 Newsletter Looking Forward to the future 2020 Reflections A Note from Councilmember Cheryl Davila

Hello District 2! I trust this newsletter finds you well as can be expected in these tumultuous times..

Our future appears to be uncertain, with COVID 19, sheltering in place (SIP), the wildfires and smoke, ​ ​ the world is in a state of emergency, on the same playing field, unprecedented times while unpresidented. A narcissist president, who is not leading, has fascist characteristics, is a racist, promotes violence and it’s an election year. Not to mention, unemployment rising daily, business downsizing or closing, civil unrest, white supremacy on the rise, and the shootings in our district are creating overwhelming challenges. Although these are indeed challenging times, we must remember to smile and laugh, eat healthy, drink (H2O) water, exercise, wear masks, physically distance, be safe, show love for yourself and others, stay CALM, and be safe. I’m praying for a better tomorrow.

They say “time flies when you’re having fun”. This first term is almost to its end. I have served as District 2’s Councilwoman for almost four years! Since being elected to City Council I have become more brave and fortified as I take on the task of uplifting your voices as an elected representative. I have honed my strength as a truth-teller, challenged injustice head on, sharpened my convictions, and remained fervently dedicated to ethics, community, humanity and principle. My service on the Council has been an eye-opening educational experience. I am deeply honored to be able to serve in this way, and definitely a better and more humble person because of this opportunity. Being a Councilwoman has been more fulfilling than I could have imagined. Thank you District 2 for entrusting me to represent you.

Have you noticed the impact we have made on District 2? I Intentionally say “we” made this impact because I could not have done it without the work of YOU, the constituents, who come to the Council meetings, our office hours and events, and show up to support initiatives and legislation. You should be proud of yourselves.

This year our office authored and co-sponsored over 50 Council items to date. I want to highlight just a few of our accomplishments:

Our office initiated the Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force and RV/Tiny Homes Solutions to Homelessness Task Force. Both include regional participation of elected officials, community members, environmental and social justice leaders, and faith-based organizations. The goals of the task forces are to develop policies and programs to keep our city’s most vulnerable populations safe and resilient.

Thank you residents of District 2 and beyond for your love, support, guidance, and openness throughout the year. I truly value the time you have volunteered at our events, the information you shared, your attendance at Council meetings, and participation on City Commissions. Your contribution and dedication ensures that the City we call home functions efficiently, effectively, and equitably. I look forward to continuing to build on our accomplishments, strengthen our relationships, embrace, uplift, and empower our community. I look forward to our futures together. Unity through CommUNITY!

Peace & blessings, Councilmember Chery Davila

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Call to Action:

Vote! The 2020 election some may say is the most important election in our lifetime. I entered into the political arena because I felt I was never represented. I listened to the voices requesting, “be part of the change you want to see made”. District 2 I’m happy to represent you, but four years isn’t enough to complete everything we need to ensure justice, equality, find affordable housing and equitable holistic solutions to homelessness. Vote, our lives depend on it. Spread the word. ​ ​ ​ According to the City of Berkeley City Clerk staff: Accessible Voting Locations replace neighborhood ​ ​ polling places in this election. These larger spaces are intended to support COVID-19 social distancing, and will be open for voting 9am-5pm from Saturday, October 31 through Monday, November 2. ​ ​ On election day, voting locations will be open 7am-8pm.

There are nine accessible voting locations in Berkeley: ● Berkeley High School gym, 1980 Allston ​ ● Ed Roberts Campus, 3045 Adeline ​ ● Lawrence Hall of Science, 1 Centennial ​ ● Longfellow School Gym, 1500 Derby ​ ● City of Berkeley facility (formerly Premier Cru), 1011 University rd ​ ● MLK Student Union 3 ​ Floor ballroom, 2455 Bancroft ​ ​ ● Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda ​ ● Epworth United Methodist Church, 1953 Hopkins ​ ● Willard Middle School, 2425 Stuart ​ In addition, you can use one of six secure drop boxes throughout Berkeley to turn in your ballot anytime, day or night, until 8pm on election day. This year, all registered voters are receiving a vote-by-mail ballot for the November 3 election.

To support expanded mail voting during COVID-19, the Registrar of Voters has added new drop boxes ​ ​ across Alameda County, including at four new locations in Berkeley. 24-hour drop boxes are available ​ at: ● Berkeley Civic Center Building, 2180 Milvia ​ ​ ● University of California Berkeley, between Sather Gate and Architects & Engineers Building ​ ● Frances Albrier Recreation Center, 2800 Park ​ ● Claremont Branch Library, 2940 Benvenue ​ ● North Branch Library, 1170 The Alameda ​ ● West Branch Library, 1125 University ​ The Registrar of Voters picks up ballots from the drop boxes every day. The last pickup will be 8pm on Tuesday, November 3. You do not need postage for ballots submitted at the drop box. The six drop boxes listed above are the only official drop boxes in Berkeley. Make sure your vote is counted: ● Use the return envelope provided ​ ​ ● Sign the back of your envelope ​ ● Only use a drop box in the County in which you are registered to vote

We’ve been busy

Besides researching, drafting, and submitting council items, we regularly host, organize, and attend ​ ​ ​ community events, and have on average 14-20 meetings per week. I’m also the Councilmember on the Mental Health Commission. (*The Mental Health Commission has openings! Should this spark your interest ​ please consider volunteering on a commission. It’s a rewarding experience.)

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Our major initiatives: ● Unify the City: With the distressing state of polarization in our country and the world, it is ​ becoming more and more important to unify. Most pressingly, we must unite to deal with the climate challenges before us. We must unite to find solutions to homelessness. We must secure affordable housing for all, facilitate police oversight, and find ways to meaningfully engage as friendly, compassionate neighbors with open hearts and minds.

● Housing & Shelter Action: Our office hosts ‘Caring for Our CommUNITY’ events to bring ​ people together to enjoy food and conversation, prior to-COVID, of course and to celebrate our fruitful past, present and future. Currently, we have zoom meetings where we have included our community based organizations out there in the trenches assisting our unhoused neighbors and CALTrans to discuss ways in which we can address issues and find solutions together.

● Climate Action & Justice: As you may know, Berkeley declared a climate emergency on June ​ 12, 2018. As a result, when the Ad-hoc Subcommittee on the Climate Emergency ended in ​ ​ March 2019, when the Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force (CEMTF), was founded. The CEMTF has been up and running since February 2019. The CEMTF Virtual Summit Series: For An Environmentally Just and Transformative Future, which included activists, community members, elected officials, sustainability officers and staff. CEMTF’s Virtual Summit Series has been a huge success, all the events were recorded and are available at the CEMTF.org website. ​ Our office has also been working in partnership with Green the Church aka Church by the Side of the Road (CBSOR), the University of California Berkeley Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC), Transition Berkeley, Ashby Garden and Norcal Resilience Network to “Mobilize Berkeley”. We seek to educate the public about climate and encourage faith-based congregations to green their sacred spaces. This will allow us to create more resilience hubs and prepare to face the climate crisis together.

● Responding to Community Safety & Violence Prevention: Our office has responded to the ​ ​ ​ violence in D2 by bringing together McGee Avenue Baptist Church, representatives from Berkeley Mt. Zion Baptist Church, The Haas Institute, CeaseFire, Black Healthy Families, and The Way Christian Center, to launch ‘Voices Against Violence’. The program was awarded a University of California Berkeley Chancellor’s Grant. In December 2019 Voices Against Violence completed its first semester supporting youth 11-18 years old with mentorship, training, fun activities, and meals. Thirty one families are registered for the program and twenty one students participate weekly. We attended the Awards Ceremony for the graduates for the first semester which was incredibly inspiring.

Voices Against Violence youth have performed at our CEMTF Concert Series, too. All enjoyed their performance, amazing singing and poetry.

● Civil liberties: We took immediate action to respond to the threats of the federal ​ administration and the growing presence of white nationalists. Our office has defended the First Amendment rights of Berkeley residents and those who come to Berkeley to stand up for equality and justice.

● to community: Our office is vocal in support of community oversight of ​ police, racial equity in policing, and the protection of non-hateful free speech.

Our Office: Our Interns Eshal, Sanjita and Jovi, as well as Legislative Assistant Ruscal Cayangyang are working in ​ ​ ​ our office (virtually, of course,) to advance your vision through policies and programs. Ruscal can be reached by phone and email at: [email protected] or 510.981.7120. District 2 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Councilmember Davila can be reached at [email protected] or at the number above. ​ ​ ​ Open Office Hours:

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Please join us at our Open Office Hours occurring prior to COVID 19 throughout District 2, now on ​ ​ Zoom. This is a great opportunity for you to be seen and heard! We want to thank all of the gracious business owners who welcomed us in the past i.e. Gaumenkitzel

Gaumenkitzel 2180 Milvia St Zoom ​ ​

Community Forums and Events

This is what fills our days, weeks, and months throughout the year..

October 29, Bayer Virtual Community Meeting Nice to hear the community who had some awesome ​ ​ ​ community benefit suggestions for Bayer to consider.

October 27, Referral Response: Lessons Learned in Organizational Management During Crisis and ​ COVID-19 Response 2020 Summary Report Presentation Thank you for an amazing report to educate ​ ​ the community of all the work of the EOC, Emergency Operation Center and DOC Department Operations Center have accomplished and will continue to do during this time.

October 24, UCB Students for Proposition 16, It was an honor to be invited to speak in support, YES ​ ​ on 16 physically.

UCB Students for Proposition 16 Yes on 16 at Lake Merritt

October 29, Bayer Virtual Community Meeting District 2 residents turned out to let their voices be ​ ​ ​ heard.

October 23, Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force: Virtual Summit Series: Sustainable ​ ​ Production and Consumption of Resources, approximately 1200 registered for the series many .gov, ​ .edu, and a few .uk email addresses were present, a very informative and educational event.

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Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force: Virtual Summit Series: Sustainable Production and Consumption of Resources

October 16, 1000 Grandmothers Zoom Gathering It was an honor to be invited and to be part of ​ ​ community building, learn more about the work of 1000 Grandmothers and hear LaDonna Williams, an 30 year veteran of environmental justice.

1000 Grandmothers Zoom Gathering

October 12, On Indigenous People’s Day saying Vote No on Prop 22 Prominent Black and Latino ​ ​ Leaders Rebuke Uber, Lyft and DoorDash For Shamelessly Exploiting Movement for Racial Equity with $185 Million Prop 22 Campaign, humbled to be with Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, Assembly Member Gonzalez and more.

Happy Indigenous People’s Day and VOTE No on Prop 22

September 25, 3rd Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force: Virtual Summit Series for an ​ Environmentally Just and Regenerative Future was well attended, with over 150 attendees. ​ September 24, Press Conference: Save the West Berkeley Shellmound with Corrina Gould ​ Thank you Corrinna! Congratulations!

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September 22, Cities Lead: Phasing Out Fossil Fuels It was an honor to speak on this panel hosted by ​ ​ Stand.earth, to hear from inspiring leaders who are using local land use laws and other policy tools to say no to oil and gas expansion and yes to community health and safety, a just transition to renewable energy, a green recovery, and a livable climate.

September 12, Panel humbled and honored to speak alongside with former ​ ​ Richmond City Councilmember Jovanka Beckles, current Richmond City Councilmember Melvin Willis, and ACCE Director Carroll Fife

September 10, Webinar Addressing Mental Health/Wellness and Substance Presenters from ​ ​ Alameda County Behavioral Health (ACBH) will provide information and data about services, treatment, and funding that is specifically designed to support Black people during this physically, mentally, and financially disastrous time for this population.

September 7, Caring for our Labor Community on Labor Day Thank you Former Assemblymember ​ ​ Mariko Yamada, Richmond Councilmember Eduardo Martinez, Former Richmond Councilmember Jovanka Beckles, Andrea Mullarkey of SEIU 1021, Luci Riley of CNA and community!

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3rd Virtual Summit Series for an Environmentally Just and Regenerative Future

Press Conference: Save the West Berkeley Shellmound with Corrina Gould

Cities Lead: Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

Black Lives Matter Panel

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Webinar Addressing Mental Health/Wellness and Substance

Caring for our Labor Community on Labor Day

August 28, 2nd Virtual Summit Series for an Environmentally Just and Regenerative Future was ​ ​ well attended, with over 150 attendees.

2nd Virtual Summit Series for an Environmentally Just and Regenerative Future

Ribbon Cutting of Bay Trail Projects at the south cove area in the Waterfront, have you ​ noticed the incredible work that has been done?

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Ribbon Cutting of Bay Trail Projects at the south cove area in the Waterfront.

August 12, Mrs. Eddie Mae Eddings 100th Birthday Thank you community for attending Mrs. Eddie ​ ​ Mae Eddings Birthday! She was beautiful and positive today!

Mrs. Eddie Mae Eddings 100th Birthday at George Florence Park

July 31, Ribbon Cutting Celebration for George Florence Park it was amazing to see Mrs. Eddie Mae ​ ​ Eddings be a part of this moment.

July 8, Press Conference on City of Berkeley receiving State Affordable Housing Grants ​ Thankfully, Distinct 2 will have 100% affordable housing in our immediate future.

Ribbon Cutting Celebration for George Florence Park

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Press Conference on City of Berkeley receiving State Affordable Housing Grants

June 2, Bury Racism A Family Friendly March in a New Orleans style funeral procession to bury Racial ​ ​ Terror once and for all! We honored and other victims of racial terror. #BlackLivesMatter We marched from Malcolm X Elementary school to MLK Civic Center Park

Bury Racism Procession

May 1, Caring for our Labor Community Thank you Jovanka Beckles (Teamsters 856), Luci Riley (CA ​ ​ Nurses), Mary Virginia Watson (National United Healthcare Workers), and Andrea Mullarkey (SEIU 1021) for being part to celebrate May Day!

Caring for our Labor Community

April 29, Powering through COVID-19: Strategies and Solutions for Crisis Call Centers, a very ​ ​ informative webinar that provided a better understanding of best practices, mitigating financial losses and more, put on by the Nation Council for Behavioral Health.

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February 19, Beloved Oakland 2020 is a celebration that honors the longstanding legacy of social ​ ​ justice. Beloved Oakland generates proceeds to fund initiatives and projects that aim to bring dignity to the unhoused and justice to the movement to end houselessness.

Beloved Oakland 2020

February 17, Bernie visits the San Francisco Bay Area, We were so humbled and honored to have ​ ​ had the opportunity to meet Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders and hang out with all the Elected ​ Officials and Danny Glover, too.

Bernie visits the San Francisco Bay Area, that day we all had fun. February 14, Celebrating the union of Congresswoman Barbara Lee & Dr. Bill Clyde W. Oden Jr., ​ WOW, in my lifetime, I have never seen such a HAPPY couple. CONGRATULATIONS!

Barbara Lee and Dr. Bill Clyde W. Oden Jr.Wedding Celebration

Barbara Lee and Dr. Bill Clyde W. Oden Jr.Wedding Celebration

January 20, The Martin Luther King They Don't Want You to See was well attended. Thank you ​ ​ McGee Avenue Baptist Church, Healthy Black Families, Inc. for organizing this. Also thank you Paul Lee, UC Berkeley visiting scholar and historian in the African American Studies Department for speaking!

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The Martin Luther King They Don't Want You to See, Paul Lee, UCB visiting ​ scholar and historian in the African American Studies Department showed and discussed some short films and excerpts that to my knowledge have never been shown.

January 17, Second “Concert for the Climate” Series to Support CEMTF We had over 60 attendees. ​ ​ Thank you to our performers from Voices Against Violence to Mighty Ole Town Passions. Thank you Richmond City Councilmember Eduardo Martinez, former Richmond City Councilmember Jovanka Beckles, Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb, El Cerrito Mayor Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto, and BART Director Robert Rayburn for speaking at the concert.

January 16, WIRED 5G Community Forum, thank you to WIRED for inviting me to provide welcoming ​ ​ remarks on this critical issue.

January 9, Michael Dowdy Memorial was held at People’s Park. I’m so thankful to the community for ​ ​ coming out to remember Michael. my friend!

First Interfaith Council of Alameda County Session of the Year, always wonderful to hear ​ ​ what the faith leaders are doing for our community.

2ND CEMTF “Concert for the Climate” Series

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5G Community Forum organized by WIRED

First Interfaith Council of Alameda County Meeting

Progress Towards Our Goals Listed below are the 2020 Council items put forth by and co-sponsored (*) by District 2’s Councilmember:

Currently in Policy Committees: Declare Racism as a Public Health Crisis, a Threat and Safety Issue in the City of Berkeley, and commit to eliminate all socioeconomic barriers to health equity. 1. Declare the resolution an emergency measure for the immediate preservation of public peace, property, health, or safety, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic and it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption.

2. Budget Referral to convene a series of town hall sessions for all community members, City workers, and small business owners to discuss the concerns of people of color and marginalized community members, and develop strategies and programs (especially Mental Health Programs for the unhoused stay housed) for greater inclusivity, understanding, empathy, compassion, and unity. The purpose of these meetings should be to strengthen anti-racist capacity building and commitments within the city. This can be done by discussing the current quantitative and qualitative reality of racial justice and injustice, racism and non-racism in all areas of city life toward developing measures to ensure the achievement racial equity in Berkeley. These town halls, strategies and programs could include: the definition and lived experience of racism in systemic and institutional forms the effects and trauma caused by them, and provide resources to combat implicit bias on all levels. Community partners to consider to facilitate such workshops include Beyond Diversity: Courageous Conversations About Race and Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ).

3. City Council will establish a working group to promote racial equity as well as the development of programs to address racial equity in this City.

4. Direct the City Manager or their designee to record COVID-19 data by race/ethnicity and to explore greater health disparities that have emerged as a result of this crisis.

5. Direct the City Manager or their designee to hold several fundraisers at town hall sessions for black-owned small businesses, research of state and federal RFPs for the purpose of grants acquisitions for program development in the City of Berkeley that have been affected by Covid-19 and/or recent protests.

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6. Direct the City Manager or his/her designee to prepare a Health in All Policies Ordinance (see attached City of Richmond Ordinance) for Council review and adoption, critically evaluating the public health impact of all legislative and budgetary proposals, especially upon people of color and marginalized community members.

7. Direct the City Manager or his/her designee to adopt a mandatory requirement of 16 hours of ongoing annual online and in-person training on implicit bias, cultural sensitivity, and cultural humility for City Employees, commissioners, and community members; and

8. Direct the City Manager or his/her designee in partnership with the Berkeley Public Health Division and the Mental Health Division to develop a Strategic Plan for Health Equity, with the inclusion of a diverse group of staff with expertise in this subject matter and begin immediate implementation of recommendations.

9. Direct the City Manager or his/her designee to have an antiracism dashboard that delineates and tracks progress towards specific antiracist goals. This would involve: 1) tracking and measuring specific data that shows the extent to which racism has become a public health crisis; which would in turn enable 2) the City and the Community to dramatically reduce instances of racism, if not totally eliminate some of them; and 3) demonstrate to constituents that the other recommendations have made, and must continue to make, a tangible difference. The dashboard shall include: analyzing hospital infant mortality by race; tracking food insecurity among Berkeley residents, and correlation to racial demographics; analyzing the effects of biological weathering and resultant mental health challenges on immune strength for black individuals, and studying mental health resource availability and outreach targeting at-risk black communities; analyzing the administration of medications and health therapies by race, in an attempt to understand Berkeley health providers position vis a vis the systemic under-prescription and under-treatment of Black patients pain; tracking violent incidents targeting queer Black residents, and studying the availability of mental health resources and culturally competent healthcare for queer Black patients; identifying the largest sources of corporate environmental or carcinogenic pollution in Berkeley, and the racial demographics of people with prolonged exposure to those regions (i.e. workers and residents within range of toxic substances); identifying the locations of city waste storage/processing and the racial demographics of those most closely exposed; examining property taxes by neighborhood, and correlation to school resources and student racial demographics; examining the availability of stable and affordable Internet access, as necessary for all possible student activities offered and required by Berkeley public schools;

10. Collaborate with the Berkeley Unified School District and the Vision 2020 to see how this is correlated to household racial demographics; analyzing students' realistic access to extracurricular activities such as arts and athletics; race-based differential access means that some students have less access to educational opportunities that help with physical and mental health; identifying the levels of lead and other toxins in public school buildings, and correlation to resource allocation and racial demographics among schools.

11. Submit copies of this resolution to State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, State Senator Nancy Skinner, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, as well as various organizations such as the Berkeley NAACP, the African American Holistic Resource Center Steering Committee, and Healthy Black Families.

Initiate a Citywide, Regional and International Just Transition to a Regenerative Economy to Address the Climate Emergency Adopt a resolution to initiate a Citywide, Regional and International Just Transition to a Regenerative Economy to Address the Climate Emergency, and take the following actions:

1. The City of Berkeley recognizes that attempting to be sustainable is not enough to protect residents from cumulative impacts of centuries of environmental and social degradation and instead will reorient its city planning, policy, and resource allocation to be socially and environmentally positive and will invest in a regenerative whole city infrastructure, policy, development and design process.

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2. The City of Berkeley embraces doughnut economics, which, by definition, recognizes the necessity of meeting the needs of residents within the carrying capacity of our planet Earth and the greater Bay area bioregion.

3. The City of Berkeley will accelerate the transition to a zero- waste cradle to cradle circular economy.

4. All City of Berkeley commissions shall propose city policies, procedures and programs to enact a just transition that is socially, economically and ecologically regenerative by securing racial justice, bioregional restoration and sustainability, maximally reduces greenhouse gas emissions, increases public health, increases disaster preparedness and community resilience and reverses inequality and wealth extraction of Berkeley and Bay Area residents.

5. The City of Berkeley will create a city commission responsible for planning and implementing a just transition to a regenerative economy that is anti- racist, provides reparations and transformative support for those who are black, Indigenous, people of color, low income, and those struggling with mental health challenges, is community-driven and democratically-funded, environmentally- regenerative, and prioritizes local and independent businesses

6. The City of Berkeley commits to suspend any and all projects and policies that are incompatible with protecting the earth and people from further environmental degradation, social inequality, public health risks, and global warming.

7. The City of Berkeley calls for a regional collaborative effort to begin as soon as possible and formally requests all regional agencies, cities, and counties to a shared table to devise and execute a just transition plan to the regenerative economy here in the Greater Bay Area through a regional green new deal.

8. The City of Berkeley urges all neighboring governmental agencies (including local, state and federal) to suspend any and all projects and policies that are incompatible with protecting the earth and people from further environmental degradation, public health risks, and global warming.

9. The City of Berkeley calls on governments who have declared a climate emergency and who broadly recognize the immense challenge facing humanity to join together in collaborative exchange and begin a shared transitional peace effort in moving their immediate societies and economies toward ethical and regenerative trajectories.

10. The City of Berkeley identifies our current economy with its focus on near-term perpetual growth requiring resource extraction and wealth enclosure as defunct and incompatible with the needs of sustainability, human thriving, and dignity, and calls for a new economic system which in its design meets human needs within planetary and local environmental and social boundaries, focuses on human and ecological flourishing, furthers a regenerative human presence on earth, achieves equitable distribution of resources throughout the planet, and achieves sustainable transition to avert climate catastrophe in the near and long term.

11. The City of Berkeley endorses the intention and vision behind a global Green New Deal that reverses centuries of colonization, and post-colonial imbalances of power, health, wealth, sovereignty, addresses the climate emergency at the speed and scale necessary, and protects the world from impending climate impacts.

12. The City of Berkeley recognizes the importance of Indigenous leadership in designing and implementing a regenerative economy in Berkeley, the Greater Bay Area, and the World, and shall invite delegates from Indigenous communities to all stages of the planning and implementation

process.

Introduce an Ordinance terminating the sale of gasoline, diesel and natural gas passenger vehicles throughout the City of Berkeley by 2025 1. Direct the City Attorney to prepare any draft ordinances to terminate the sale of gasoline, diesel and natural gas passenger vehicles throughout the City of Berkeley by 2025; this shall include the termination of purchasing these vehicles to support City fleets and, for the general public, a staged

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phase out such as cars over $28K by 2023, cars over $22K by 2024, and all cars by 2025, so as to actively create a used electric vehicle market for lower income customers that allows them to acquire electric vehicles at a cost equal to or below that of comparable gasoline, diesel, or natural gas vehicles.

2. Short term referral to the City Manager and/or designee(s) to report to the City Council in 90 days, in consultation with other City Departments with the following information: (A) Feasibility of terminating the sale of gasoline, diesel and natural gas passenger vehicles; (B) ways to promote and facilitate the sale of all-electric vehicles in the City, particularly among low income communities, including the provision of local tax incentives and rebates, as large as is necessary to cover any cost difference between an electric car and a comparable gas car; the simplification of building code requirements for chargers; and the establishment of charging stations and related infrastructure to support all-electric vehicles; (C) any “just transition” elements related to the above action, including the impact upon and opportunities for auto mechanics.

Recognize the Rights of Nature Adopt a resolution to recognize that the natural living world has a right to exist, thrive, regenerate and evolve its life cycles; to protect the ecosystems upon which our own vitality depends; and to transform our human relationship with nature from a property-based to a legal rights-bearing entity.

Introduce an Ordinance permanently banning the use of less lethal weaponry, chemical irritants, smoke projectiles, acoustic weapons, directed energy weapons, water cannons, disorientation devices and ultrasonic cannons used by the police on civilians Direct the City Manager and City Attorney to prepare the attached ordinance: “Prohibition On The Use Of Certain Munitions Ordinance” for first reading for the October 27, 2020 Regular City Council Meeting.

Contract: Youth Listen Campaign with Voices Against Violence, A Program of the McGee Center for Food, Faith & Justice Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract and any amendments for the Youth Listen Campaign with Voices Against Violence: A Program of the McGee Center for Food, Faith & Justice, for the period October 15, 2020 through June 15, 2021, for an amount not to exceed $50,000.

Providing our Unhoused Community with Fire Extinguishers Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract and any amendments for the Youth Listen Campaign with Voices Against Violence: A Program of the McGee Center for Food, Faith & Justice, for the period October 15, 2020 through June 15, 2021, for an amount not to exceed $50,000.

Implement Protocols for managing the City Council Meetings on Zoom Adopt a Resolution with the following actions: 1. Implement the following protocols and criteria for City Council Meetings held on the Zoom Video Conferencing service, which shall take effect upon adoption, as well as adding the following section to the City Council Rules of Procedures: A) Gallery view showing the list of all participants and attendees; B) Display the timer, during public comment on any item on the agenda, the timer for each speaker shall be displayed. The timer countdown shall start when the person starts speaking, and shall notify the speaker their time has exceeded the allotted time; but will stop when the speaker stops speaking. In the event of technical difficulties during a speaker presentation, the speaker time will stop and will resume when the speaker resumes speaking; C) Time yielded, in order to yield extra time to the current speaker, attendees speaking shall state the name of the person yielding their time prior to speaking, each person yielding time must be on the zoom as an attendee at the time, time is yielded; D) The designated meeting host shall keep track of a list and record attendees requesting to speak in the order when they raised their hands for public comment. The list shall be presented on screen publicly that shows who raised their hand to speak on Zoom, how they were chosen and in what order; E) Notify speakers they have exceeded their time, and allow to complete their sentence and state you are moving on to the next speaker, prior to cutting the speaker off; F) Allow chat and reactions capabilities for attendees and participants; G) The chat should be saved and part of the public record. D2’s Newsletter October 16

2. Designate a third party community organization to host and manage the meeting with neutrality.

November 10 Berkeley Holiday Fund: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds* Adopt a Resolution approving the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $500 per Councilmember including $500 from Mayor Arreguin to the Berkeley Holiday Fund’s annual campaign with funds relinquished to the City’s general fund for this purpose from the discretionary Council Office Budgets of Mayor Arreguin and any other Councilmembers who would like to contribute.

Budget Referral to Reinstate Partial Funding for the Gun Buyback Program Previously Authorized by City Council* Refer to the FY 2020-21 November Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Ordinance (AAO #1) $40,000 to reinstate partial funding for the Gun Buyback Program—originally proposed by Councilmember Cheryl Davila and authorized by the City Council on Nov. 27, 2018.

Open Pathways (including laundry services), West Campus Pool and Martin Luther King Jr. Pool (King pool) to implement the City of Berkeley Shower Program at these locations and provide the ability for our community to shower during the COVID 19 pandemic Direct the City Manager to open the Pathways (including laundry services), West Campus Pool and Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School (King pool) Pool to implement the City of Berkeley Shower Program at these locations. Opening these locations will provide the ability for our community to shower during the COVID 19 Pandemic, a humane action required during this crisis.

October 13 Healthy Checkout Ordinance; Adding Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 9.82* Adopt second reading of Ordinance No. 7,734-N.S. requiring stores over 2,500 square feet in size to sell more nutritious food and beverage options in their checkout areas, and adding Berkeley Municipal

Code Chapter 9.82.

Oppose Proposition 22 on the November 2020 ballot 1. Adopt a resolution opposing Proposition 22 on the November 2020 ballot. 2. Send a letter to the ‘No on CA Prop 22’ coalition.

Amending Council Rules of Procedures such that items submitted by the Mayor or Councilmembers be placed directly on the City Council Agenda to allow the whole City Council to review and take action on the submitted item to ensure equity in the process Adopt a Resolution to amend Council Rules of Procedures Section C-1 and G-1 such that items submitted by the Mayor or Councilmembers be placed directly on the City Council agenda rather than beginning with submission to commissions or Council Policy Committees to ensure equity in the

process.

September 22 Support Community Refrigerators 1. Adopt a Resolution to create an allocation of the homeless budget towards the purchasing of community refrigerators to be distributed in Council districts to provide access to food for those who have no refrigeration or may be food insecure.

2. Allocate $8,000 of the budget for the purchasing of the refrigerators. Financial Implications: See report

Request the United States House of Representatives and/or Senate to introduce “The Breathe Act” 1. Adopt a resolution requesting the United States House of Representatives and Senate to introduce legislation known as “The Breathe Act”

2. Send copies of this resolution to United States Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pramila Jayapal, , and Senator Bernie Sanders.

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Providing our Unhoused Communities in the City of Berkeley with Potable Water and addressing

Water Insecurity 1. Adopt a Resolution approving the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $250 per Councilmember including $500 from Councilmember Cheryl Davila, to help pay for the procurement of water bottles to be given to our unhoused residents and communities, using funds relinquished to the City's General Fund for this purpose from the discretionary Council Office Budgets of Councilmember Davila, the Mayor and any other Councilmembers who would like to contribute.

2. Refer to City Manager to include an allocation in the upcoming AAO budget to use existing homeless services to fund Berkeley Free Clinic’s program to address water insecurity among Berkeley’s unhoused communities. This program will initially require $10,000 to construct and maintain a large tank with a foot pump for dispensing water from a spout that can be used for drinking or handwashing.

Resolution to Incorporate the Practice of 1 Minute and 46 seconds of Mindfulness into City Council Meetings ) ​ Adopt a resolution to amend the City Council Meeting Agendas and Council Rules of Procedures to include one minute and forty-six seconds of silence to adopt mindfulness into Council meetings to remember the loss of lives due to police violence.

September 15 Vote of No Confidence in the Police Chief Adopt a resolution taking a Vote of No Confidence in the Police Chief.

Letter to East Bay Regional Park District supporting renaming Vollmer Peak Send the attached letter to the East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors supporting renaming Vollmer Peak.

Resolution Congratulating Kamala D. Harris on her Nomination for Vice President of the United States* Adopt a Resolution congratulating Kamala Harris on her nomination for Vice President of the United States.

July 28 Urgency Ordinance: Updates to the COVID-19 Emergency Response Ordinance; Resolution: Request UC Berkeley Voluntarily Comply with Local Ordinances Restricting Evictions, Delaying Rent Payments, and Empowering Tenants to Terminate their Leases Without Penalty 1. Adopt an urgency ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code 13.110, Title 13, “The COVID-19 Emergency Response Ordinance,” to enhance emergency tenant protections consistent with recently adopted Alameda County laws, action in other jurisdictions, and consultation with community stakeholders.

2. Adopt a resolution requesting the University of California at Berkeley voluntarily comply with local eviction moratoriums, rent suspension ordinances, and ordinances empowering tenants to terminate their leases without penalty.

Support Berkeley Humane Society’s Nonprofit Bark (& Meow) for the Around the Block Adoption Event and Family Street Fair in West Berkeley on August 29, 2020, organized by Berkeley Humane Society: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds Adopt a Resolution approving the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $250 per Councilmember including $250 from Councilmember Cheryl Davila, to Berkeley Humane Society’s Nonprofit Bark (& Meow) for the Around the Block Adoption Event and Family Street Fair in West Berkeley on August 29, 2020, organized by Berkeley Humane Society, with funds relinquished to the City's general fund for this purpose from the discretionary Council Office Budgets of Councilmember Davila, the Mayor and any other Councilmembers who would like to contribute. (COVID-19 Update: If it is not safe to hold the one-day event a month-long virtual adopt-a-thon will be held instead to find homes for over 100 shelter pets). D2’s Newsletter October 18

Providing our Unhoused Community in the City of Berkeley with Menstrual Products 1. Adopt a Resolution to create an allocation of the budget towards annual purchasing of menstrual products and dispensers that will be distributed in three ways: A. Regularly scheduled replenishment of dispensers across public restrooms; B. Provide supplies to the City supported shelters, mental health offices, shower programs, and navigation centers; C. Homeless Outreach to include distribution to encampments and RV dwellers.

2. Resolution will allocate $10,000 of the budget for the first year, and $8,000 for every consecutive year.

3. Direct the City Manager to use existing homeless services funding to develop and deploy a program to provide a broad spectrum of menstrual products, including but not limited to, feminine hygiene, pads, tampons, underwear, and other related products, both through the City’s outreach direct services, as well as through the community based homeless services providers. Additionally, require some elements of this program be deployed immediately, with a full program deployment within six months.

July 14 Support Redistribution of City Resources and Operations from the Berkeley Police Adopt a resolution supporting Redistribution of City Resources and Operations from the Berkeley Police, and taking the following actions:

1. Request that any function that is currently served by Berkeley Police but would be better served by trained city staff or community partners should be transferred out of the police department with all due haste

2. These functions include all non-emergency calls, mental health calls (including wellness checks), calls related to intoxication, calls related to homelessness, calls involving domestic violence, and any other calls that can be served by any other city resource, and

3. The current proposed police budget for 2021 ($72,774,334) will be reduced by an amount of 50% ($36,387,167) or greater and funding of community programs and non-police city agencies will be increased by a commensurate amount, and

4. Reducing the Berkeley Police Department budget by at least 50 percent will allow funding for but not limited to youth programs or community groups and programs, housing and homeless services, food security, mental health services, healthcare, creation of new city jobs, and public health services.

5. Calls involving domestic violence, homelessness, and mental health require specialized responding staff who have been trained in de-escalation and are able to provide direct services to Berkeley residents who are in crisis. The City Auditor is hereby directed to prepare a report to Council that reveals the amount of funding that will become available as a result of these reductions in police responsibilities.

6. The City Manager will identify the expertise needed for non-police responses to these calls, taking into account comparable approaches including CAHOOTS as well as existing local programs which could possibly expand with additional funding such as: the Berkeley Free Clinic, Building Opportunities for Self Sustainability (BOSS), and the Women’s Daytime Drop-in Center, Consider the Homeless and others, and initiate an RFP process for community organizations to provide those services.

7. The City Manager should create a plan for a non-police hotline that can receive 911 calls and connect those calls with non-police resources as appropriate, either by expanding the 311 mandate or creating a new city agency (perhaps 811 recognizing 8 to Abolish).

8. The City Council requests the Berkeley Unified School District and all Berkeley schools. both public and private to end programs that bring police officers into the schools, and to do everything within their power to protect undocumented students and families and to safeguard their information and prevent it from being shared with from police, including ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).

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9. That general fund dollars are not to be expended to pay out settlements resulting from police officer negligence, brutality, or murder. Those settlements will henceforth be deducted from police department budgets.

10. That the Police Review Commission and Peace and Justice Commission are instructed to form a joint committee to annually review police responsibilities and make recommendations to the City Council regarding additional functions that could better be served by non-police staff.

Referral to City Manager to Re-imagine Policing Approaches to Public Safety Using a Process of Robust Community Engagement, to Develop a Path Forward to Transforming Public Safety and Policing in Berkeley* We must have our communities of color, particularly our African American community, at the forefront of conversations to re-imagine approaches to policing and public safety in Berkeley. The people most disparately impacted must have a vital role in the creation of new ways to enhance accountability, compassion and transparency as we move forward to address racial inequities and disparate outcomes of policing in Berkeley. This item is an urgent referral to the City Manager to act quickly and thoughtfully in creating substantial community engagement to develop a new model for policing in Berkeley, to address racial inequities, ensure community health and safety needs are met, and to build trust within our communities of color. This work should begin with public, transparent community forums to listen, learn and receive people’s ideas about how policing should be re-imagined and transformed so that communities of color can be safer within their neighborhoods, the City of Berkeley, and trust in the Berkeley Police Department can begin to be rebuilt. The City Manager will send a list of recommendations to the full Council for review and public input.

July 7 Time Critical Item: Substitute staff's drafts and use WiRED's redlined drafts OR include most of the redlines Substitute staff's drafts and use WiRED's redlined drafts OR include most of the redlines.

June 30 Support for ACA 5: California Act for Economic Prosperity* Adopt a resolution in support of ACA 5, which would place a measure on the statewide ballot to repeal Proposition 209 (1996) and allow the State of California to pursue minority equal opportunity and access initiatives in public employment, education, and contracting. Send copies of the resolution to Assembly members Shirley Weber, Mike Gipson, Miguel Santiago, Lorena Gonzalez, and Buffy Wicks, and State Senator Nancy Skinner.

Support United States Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s legislation to establish a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation. 1. Adopt a resolution supporting United States Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s legislation to establish a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

2. Send copies of this resolution to United States Congresswoman Barbara Lee.

Resolution Urging Members Of Our State Legislature And Governor To Explore New Revenue Generating Options, Including A Millionaire Tax To Ensure Safety Net Programs Are Not Cut Due To An Unprecedented Statewide Deficit Adopt a resolution encouraging State Legislators and the Governor to explore revenue options, including an additional tax on the highest earning Californians, to address the significant state budget shortfall following the impact of COVD-19.

June 16 Supporting the United States and Cuba Collaboration in Fighting COVID-19 1. Adopt a Resolution supporting the United States and Cuba collaboration in fighting COVID-19; and

2. Send copies of this resolution to United States Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris and United States Congresswoman Barbara Lee.

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May 26 Support a Global Ceasefire During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic 1. Adopt a Resolution in Support of a Global Ceasefire during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

2. Send copies of this resolution to the United Nations Secretary-General, United States Senators Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Dianne Feinstein, and United States Congressional Representatives Barbara Lee, Ro Khanna, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Harbi Tlaib, and Pramila Jayapa.

Urgency Ordinance: Updates to the Covid-19 Emergency Response Ordinance* ​ Adopt an urgency ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code 13.110, Title 13, “The COVID-19 Emergency Response Ordinance,” to enhance emergency tenant protections consistent with recently adopted County laws, action in other jurisdictions, and consultation with community stakeholders.

May 19 Updating Berkeley Telecom Ordinances and BMC Codes Adopt a resolution directing the City Manager to include the attached sample language and contain hyperlinked references to update the City’s Telecom Ordinances and BMC codes.

May 12 Repeal SB 872 – Prohibition on Sugar Sweetened Beverages Tax* Adopt a Resolution calling on the Governor and State Legislature to overturn SB 872, a 2018 law prohibiting new sugar sweetened beverage taxes until 2030. Send a copy of the Resolution to Governor Gavin Newsom, State Senator Nancy Skinner, and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks.

Support California Farmworker COVID-19 Relief Legislation 1. Adopt a resolution supporting the California Farmworker COVID-19 Relief Legislation advocated by State Assemblymember Robert Rivas (Author) 2. Send copies of this resolution to State Assemblymember Robert Rivas, as well as State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, and State Senator Nancy Skinner.

Berkeley Juneteenth Association: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Fund to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds Adopt a Resolution approving the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $500 per Councilmember, including $500 from both Councilmember Ben Bartlett & Cheryl Davila, for pre-planning the Berkeley Juneteenth Festival (organized by Berkeley Juneteenth Association, Inc. 501(c)3). The funds will be relinquished to the City’s General Fund for this purpose from the discretionary council office budget of Councilmember Bartlett and any other councilmembers who would like to contribute.

April 28 Placing a Measure on the November 3, 2020 Ballot to Introduce Term Limits for the Mayor and City Councilmembers Adopt a Resolution to draft an Amendment to Article V, Section 14 and 15 of the City Charter for the November 3, 2020 General Municipal Election, limiting the terms of service for the Mayor and City Councilmembers to no more than three consecutive four-year terms or twelve years, with a required two-year hiatus in order to serve additional terms.

April 21 Send a letter to CA Assemblymember Buffy Wicks in support of AB 1851 “Faith-based organization affiliated housing development projects: parking requirements”* Send a letter to Assemblymember Buffy Wicks expressing the City of Berkeley’s support for AB 1851, which would allow for the elimination of residential parking requirements on faith-based properties for density bonus qualifying housing development projects.

Urgency Ordinance: Commercial Rent Increase Restrictions During the COVID-19 Emergency* 1. Adopt an urgency ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code 13.110, Title 13, The COVID-19 Emergency Response Ordinance, limiting commercial rent increases to 10% through and including six months after the local state of emergency has been declared over.

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2. Send correspondence to the following:

i. The District Attorney of Alameda County Nancy O’Malley asking that the District Attorney 1) investigate and take action pursuant to Business and Professions Code 17200, et seq. against any commercial real property owner or agent of such who seeks a rent increase of more than that permitted by this ordinance, or seeks a rent increase that has the effect of constructively evicting any commercial tenant; and 2) authorize the Berkeley City Attorney to use Business and Professions Code 17200, et seq. to take actions against any violator of this ordinance or who seeks a rent increase that has the effect of constructively evicting any commercial tenant.

ii. Governor Gavin Newsom, asking for the Governor to take appropriate action against commercial landlords who seek rent increases that have the effect of constructively evicting commercial tenants during the course of this emergency and for a reasonable time after the end of the emergency.

April 14 Condemning the derogatory usage of the terms “Chinese Virus” (CV) and Wuhan Virus” (WV) as synonyms for the coronavirus, urging members of our community to refrain from using such hateful language, and condemning President Trump’s use of these phrases and his racist xenophobic attacks on Asians Adopt a resolution to:

1) Condemn the 45th President of the United Statest’s use of the terms “Chinese Virus (CV)” and “Wuhan Virus (WV)” as a synonym for COVID-19;

2) urge City of Berkeley employees and residents to refrain from using the terms “CV”, “WV”, or similar stigmatizing names to describe COVID-19;

3) prompt the City to support outreach and education efforts to prevent racist attacks and hate crimes against Asian residents and businesses.

Berkeley Humane’s 7th Annual Pints for Paws Fundraiser on June 6, 2020: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds Adopt a Resolution approving the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $250 per Councilmember including $150 from Councilmember Cheryl Davila, to Berkeley Humane Society’s 7th Annual Pints for Paws Fundraiser on June 6, 2020, with funds relinquished to the City's general fund for this purpose from the discretionary Council Office Budgets of Councilmember Davila, the Mayor and any other Councilmembers who would like to contribute.

Oppose The Alameda County Sheriff's Proposal to Receive An Additional $85 Million Annually to Dramatically Increase the Sheriff's Office Budgets Especially for Santa Rita Jail During a Pandemic Crisis 1. Adopt a resolution opposing the Alameda County Sheriff's proposal to receive an additional $85 million annually to dramatically increase the Sheriff's Office budgets, especially for Santa Rita Jail;

2. Send copies of this resolution to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors prior to their next Board meeting where the proposal will be voted on April 21, 2020.

Establish a Moratorium on Enforcements of the BMC Chapter 14.48 Sidewalk Ordinance, 3x3 regulation, Encampment Evictions, Sweeps, RV Parking and the towing/ticketing/impounding of vehicles used for shelter during the COVID 19 Pandemic 1. Adopt a resolution establishing a moratorium on enforcements of the BMC Chapter 14.48 Sidewalk Ordinance, 3x3 regulation, Encampment Evictions, Sweeps, RV Parking and the towing/ticketing/impounding of vehicles used for shelter during the COVID 19 Pandemic.

2. Direct the City Manager and/or designee to implement the moratorium.

March 24 Inclusionary Units in Qualified Opportunity Zones* ​ Adopt an ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 22.20.065 requiring onsite inclusionary units in new rental developments in Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs).

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Ronald V. Dellums Fair Chance Access to Housing Ordinance; Adding BMC Chapter 13.106* Adopt first reading of Ordinance No. 7,692-N.S., the Ronald V. Dellums Fair Chance Access to Housing Ordinance.

Budget Referral: $279,000 to Fund Berkeley Youthworks Participants Commensurate with the Berkeley Minimum Wage Refer to the FY 2020-21 budget process the allocation of $184,000 for the purpose of funding Youthworks participants at the local minimum wage, which is scheduled to increase in July 2020 to $15.75 per hour plus the Consumer Price Index.

Resolution in Support of Senate Bill 54 and Assembly Bill 1080: The California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act* Adopt a Resolution affirming Berkeley’s support for Senate Bill 54 and Assembly Bill 1080, The California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act. Send a letter in support to Assemblymember Gonzalez and Senator Allen.

March 17 URGENCY ITEM: Alignment with Grassroots Strategies for COVID-19 City Preparedness Adopt the recommendations prompted by the Demands from Grassroots Organizers Concerning COVID-19 to inform the City of Berkeley’s emergency response to the Coronavirus.

March 10 Oppose S.2059 - Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2019* Adopt a Resolution opposing S.2059 – Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2019. Send a copy of the Resolution to Congressmember Barbara Lee, Senators Diane Feinstein and Kamala Harris, and President Donald Trump.

Siting the African American Holistic Resource Center and Affordable Housing at 1890 Alcatraz* ​ That the City Council refers to the City Manager to study the feasibility of using the city-owned property located at 1890 Alcatraz Avenue (currently temporary Mental Health Division offices) for the African American Holistic Resource Center (AAHRC) and also developing affordable housing on the site.The City Manager should report back on the costs and implementation steps to repurpose the property for the AAHRC using the AAHRC Feasibility study as a guide, including what physical improvements would need to be made, and cost for ongoing operations by a non-profit. The City Manager and Planning Department should also conduct an analysis of potential site capacity looking at site context and yield and report on how much housing could be developed on the site under current zoning, including the AAHRC on the ground floor. Additionally, the City Manager and Planning Commission should incorporate the Community Preference policy in selecting applicants for the affordable housing units created by this project.

Affirming the City of Berkeley’s Support for the People of Tibet* Adopt a resolution affirming support to the people of Tibet.

February 25 LifeLong Medical Care’s March 7, 2020 Annual Gala Fundraiser: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds Adopt a Resolution approving the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $250 per Councilmember including $100 from Councilmember Cheryl Davila, to LifeLong Medical Care for their Annual Gala Fundraiser on March 7, 2020 with funds relinquished to the City's general fund for this purpose from the discretionary Council Office Budgets of Councilmember Davila, the Mayor and any other Councilmembers who would like to contribute.

Luna Dance Institute March 7, 2020 Moon Dance Fundraising Gala: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds Adopt a Resolution approving the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $250 per Councilmember including $100 from Councilmembers Cheryl Davila and Sophie Hahn, to Luna Dance Institute for their March 7, 2020 Moon Dance Fundraising Gala, with funds relinquished to the City's general fund for this

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purpose from the discretionary Council Office Budgets of Councilmember Davila, the Mayor and any other Councilmembers who would like to contribute.

Referral to Schedule a Special City Council Meeting on Ohlone History and Culture* Refer to the Agenda & Rules Policy Committee to schedule a Special City Council Meeting of at least one hour in duration immediately prior to a Regular City Council Meeting for representatives of the Ohlone community to present on Ohlone history and culture to provide additional context for the placement of signs stating "Welcome to the City of Berkeley Ohlone Territory” at entrances to our City.

February 11 Discourage the Use of Cell Phones, Email, Texting, Instant Messaging, and Social Media by City Councilmembers during Official City Meetings Adopt a Resolution Discouraging the Use of Cell Phones, Email, Texting, Instant Messaging, and Social Media by City Councilmembers during Official City Meetings. The Brown Act prohibits a majority of members of a legislative body from communicating outside of a public meeting on a matter on the agenda for their consideration. In order to ensure the full attention of the Council to the public and each other, the use of cell phones with access to email, text-messaging, instant messaging, and social media should be limited as much as possible during City Council meetings. The use of digital technologies outside of the City-provided equipment, upon which Agenda Items and notes can be stored, is distracting, and disrespectful to the democratic process. The use of cellphones and telecommunications should explicitly be prohibited during City Council Closed Sessions meetings, as they are confidential. All council meetings require the full and utmost attention of attendees. The City Manager is recommended to submit an item to the Council to amend the Council Rules of Procedure and Order to include a moratorium on the use of cell phones by Councilmembers on the dais during council meetings.

Installation of William Byron Rumford Plaque Adopt a Resolution authorizing the installation of a plaque to honor William Byron Rumford in the public right of way.

Recommendations Related to Code Enforcement and Receivership Actions* ​ a. That the City Manager provide an information session to the City Council regarding the various ways in which code enforcement issues have been brought to the attention of the City over the last 5 years;

b. How various code enforcement issues at residential properties are currently handled;

c. Timeframe and mechanisms for achieving code compliance at residential properties;

d. Any existing assistance programs available to support property owners found to have code violations;

e. Specific learnings/changes in City practices resulting from the Leonard Powell receivership case;

f. Other information deemed relevant and appropriate to understand the City’s current code enforcement practices for residential properties

Additionally, the Policy Committee requests that the Mayor call a special meeting of the City Council for purposes of a forum based on the recommendations provided by Councilmember Bartlett as the draft plan for a public meeting on receivership.

And third, the Committee requests from the City Manager a specific reply on creating a mechanism to provide legal and technical assistance by an independent third party for individuals who are facing City of Berkeley initiated receivership, and that the reply also include a process for the individual to pick legal and technical representatives of their choice. This response should also include a recommendation from the City Manager and a budget referral.

January 28 Dorothy Day House First Annual Fundraiser: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds

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Adopt a Resolution approving the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $250 per Councilmember including $150 from Councilmember Cheryl Davila, to Dorothy Day House for their First Annual Fundraiser on February 7, 2020 with funds relinquished to the City's general fund for this purpose from the discretionary Council Office Budgets of Councilmember Davila, the Mayor and any other Councilmembers who would like to contribute.

January 21 Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA) 16th Crab Feed on Thursday, February, 27, 2020: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds Adopt a Resolution approving the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $250 per Councilmember including $120 from Councilmember Cheryl Davila, to support Berkeley Youth Alternatives, for their 16th Annual Crab Feed Fundraiser on Thursday, February 27, 2020, with funds relinquished to the City’s general fund for this purpose from the discretionary Council Office Budgets of Councilmember Cheryl Davila and Mayor or any other Councilmembers who would like to contribute.

Short Term Referral to the City Manager: 1. Improve and increase External Community Engagement; 2. Identify the funding resources needed to adequately implement number 1; and 3. Implement and require all City Council items and staff reports include Climate Impacts in addition to Environmental Sustainability Adopt the following amended actions with a positive recommendation from the Council Facilities, Infrastructure, Transportation, Environment and Sustainability (FITES) Committee:

1. Short Term Referral to the City Manager: to look at how to improve and increase External Community Engagement – including funding for regular on- going town halls or neighborhood assemblies for external community engagement and collaboration to engage the community and allow for input on new policies and programs which affect “marginalized and front-line communities.”

2. Short Term Referral to the City Manager to report back and identify funding resources and funding needed to adequately implement number 1, including different organizational structure options; and recommendations for funding. 3. Implement and require all City Council items, and staff reports include Climate Impacts in addition to Environmental Sustainability.

Resolution Reaffirming the City of Berkeley’s Commitment to Roe v. Wade* Adopt a Resolution reaffirming the City of Berkeley’s commitment to Roe v. Wade and honoring the 47th anniversary of its passage.

No War With Iran* Adopt a resolution: 1. Condemning the Trump administration’s assassination of a foreign government official, an act of war not authorized by Congress. 2. Endorsing the resolution by Senator Sanders and Representative Khanna to block funding for any military actions against or in Iran without prior Congressional authorization. 3. Endorsing the resolution by Representative Omar and Representative Lee directing the removal of all Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran and requiring that all future actions be explicitly authorized by Congress.

Our Deepest Condolences

Our condolences go out to all the families and loved ones of those who have lost a friend or family member due to COVID 19, gun violence, extreme weather conditions, hurricanes, and wildfires. We lament the killings of transgender and Indigenous women, violence from white suprmacy and police throughout the United States and the world.

My heart is heavy knowing that Sereinat’e Henderson, a 19 year old pregnant mother was murdered due to gun violence. As well as the tragic murder of Seth Smith, a District 2 UCB student. Thankfully, BPD made an arrest in Seth’s murder. and , yet the murder of another district 2 resident Alex Goodwin remains unsolved. The $50K award given in both these tragedies.

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We have lost many heroes and sheroes in 2020 and in my first term. James Sweeney, my cousin and former Berkeley City Councilmember, the notorious RBG, numerous musicians, Margy Wilkinson, Mike Zint, Mike Lee, Michael Dohr and too many more, have transitioned. RIP & Rest in Power!

Sereinat’e Henderson: A 19 year old that was murdered on our streets, October 21, 2020. ​ Mike Lee, a 64 year old former 2016 Mayoral candidate, homeless advocate and activist, died August, ​ 2020.

Maria Guevara, 45, founder of Vallejo Together and crusader for the homeless in the Bay Area for a ​ decade. May 7, 2020.

James Sweeney, 71, former Berkeley City Councilmember. My cousin, James earned his Juris ​ Doctorate degree from UC Davis, Humphrey’s School of Law, and served on the Berkeley City Council for four years. During that tenure, he strongly advocated and voted for the renaming of Grove Street in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King. James was a member of the Camp Wilmont Sweeney advisory board, the Multi-agency Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, served on the Berkeley’s Redevelopment Agency and Housing Authority, was Executive Director of the South Berkeley Community Development Corporation, and a Consultant at UC Berkeley, Communications and Transportation Division.’ February 27, 2020

Mike Zint: A Berkeley activist, a strong advocate for our unhoused community and the Poor. He was ​ one of the founders of First they Came for the Homeless movement and the Here/There Camp. February 14, 2020.

Herbert Roberts: A 69 years old Berkeley resident, unhoused, who was found dead in a van parked on ​ 9th Street on February 1, 2020.

William Stevens, died on Parker Street and Telegraph. on January 15, 2020. ​ Gunnar Brekke, 57, died in his sleep at the Dorothy Day House shelter on January 8, 2020. ​ Michael Dowdy, 44, Berkeley resident, veteran, unhoused, and strong advocate for People’s Park who ​ spread positivity and advocated for the people. Died on Telegraph Avenue and Dwight Way on January 3, 2020.

Gunner Brack: Berkeley resident, unhoused, who died on steps of City Hall. ​ Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their loved ones. We only listed a few but there are many, many more. Please we encourage you to take good care of yourself, specifically your mental health during this time of mourning, uncertainty, SIP, COVID 19, and everything else.

Mike Lee held a memorial for Mike Zint, Mike Lee and Margy Wilkinson in photos above have since passed, sadly. ​ Recognizing Excellence in our Community

Thank you to all volunteers, public safety and all who worked tirelessly this year to extinguish the wildfires and saved lives throughout California and beyond. Thank you for your courage, commitment,

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and service to our communities. We LOVE you and appreciate all you do for all of us each and every day.

Thank you to the constituents, commissioners, and organizations for inspiring our community. Thank you for all you do for all our residents. You know who you are! You’re AWESOME. Thank you.

Other Calls to Action:

Save Alta Bates Hospital! We continue to demand that Alta Bates Hospital remains open. We cannot afford to go to Oakland or ​ Walnut Creek to receive emergency services. Please join the actions when you can. Spread the word. ​ Commissioners Wanted! District 2 still has a few openings for those who want to volunteer to be on a Commission. Please call our office and schedule an appointment to talk about commission opportunities. Your commitment requires one monthly meeting and reading in preparation. You must notify your Council Member’s office in time to receive an excused absence if you are unable to attend a meeting. Additionally you must complete the IRS 700 form annually. Please find the link to the Commission roster below: https://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Clerk/Level_3-Commissions/External%20Roster.pdf POC’s are encouraged to apply. Spread the word. ​ ​ Did you know…

● District 2’s door is always open. We look forward to meeting, greetin​g, and hearing from you. We’re listening. The experience of the ​ “smoke” made me realize the urgency of being prepared, the urgency of knowing your neighbors, the urgency to mobilize, organize for a just transition, and how important it is to be united. Let’s heal ​ ​ ​ together and unite to make necessary change. Please, keep promoting LOVE, PEACE and UNITY. It ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ truly does take a village!

* Please connect with us! To subscribe to our newsletter and join our mailing list, contact us: ​ [email protected] or call 510.981.7120. ​ ​ ​ Don’t forget to like us on Facebook! Please like us when you’re on facebook and stay abreast of our ​ ​ activities. https://www.facebook.com/councilmembercheryldavila/ ​ ​

● Holiday Campaign - The Office of Economic Development (OED) is working towards a ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ proactive, local, safe shopping campaign for the holidays. #BerkeleyHolidays, we are looking for all Berkeley businesses to participate. All the businesses have to do is email [email protected] to participate for FREE in the Berkeley Holiday Gift Guide ​ and social media campaign.

● COVID 19 Information: City of Berkeley COVID 19 https://www.cityofberk​ eley.info/covid19-data/ Alameda County COVID 19 https://covid-19.acgov.org/index.page ​

● Daytime Crisis Line is now available Monday - Friday, 11:30AM - 4PM Call 510.981.5244. We ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ must do all that w​e can to ensure we are taking good care of ourselves. Please Love yourself ​ and forgive yourself and please seek out help when needed. You are not alone. ​ ​

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● Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) The City of Berkeley offers Community ​ ​ Emergency Response Team training courses free of charge to Berkeley residents. These courses will empower you with disaster preparedness and response skills, such as fire safety, and search and rescue skills. We highly recommend the classes. Help us meet our goal of getting everyone in our community trained.

● For Thirst, Water (H2O) First: ​ T​ he Black Healthy Families and the Ecology Center have done and are doing a great job promoting drinking water. H2O or water is the best choice… drink up! Check out their video and stay hydrated! Water is Life. ​ ● Stay , we are in turbulent times. Be safe. Unite. Forgive. Love yourself. ​ ​

Speak truths with compassion and care, maintain self-control and discipline, embrace empathy. Show LOVE! ​ ​ ​ ​

Peace & Blessing, UNITY through Community.

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Resources:

● City of Berkeley requests for service should be directed to the Call Center. You can reach the Call Center by calling 311 from Berkeley or 510.981.2489 outside of ​ ​ ​ ​ Berkeley. Additionally, you can submit a request online at the link below: https://www.cityofberkeley.info/onlineservicecenter/

● Visit the Berkeley Mental Health Clinic at 1521 University Avenue in Berkeley Monday ​ ​ through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Call the Berkeley Mental Health's Crisis, Assessment, and Triage team at ​ ​ 510.981.5244 Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM ​ Call the Mobile Crisis Team every day 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM., by calling the police ​ ​ non-emergency number at 510.981.5900 or by leaving a voicemail at 510.981.5254. ​ ​ ​ ​ Call the Alameda County ACCESS (Acute Crisis Care and Evaluation for ​ Systemwide Services) Program for questions about mental health services and eligibility at ​ 1.800.491.9099 Monday through Friday 8:30 AM to 5 PM. ​ ● CRISIS SUPPORT SERVICES OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA - 24 HOUR CRISIS LINE: 1-800-309-2131 ​ ● NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE: 1-800-273-8255

For Alameda County services, http://www.baaqmd.gov/about-air-quality/current-air-quality/air-monitoring-data?DataViewFormat=daily&Dat aView=aqi&ParameterId=316

call 211 or follow this link: http://www.211alamedacounty.org/ To check our air quality, click here or at the link below. ​ ​ ​ ● Know Your Rights: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-about-daca

● is an alerting system to help keep you informed. If you would like to receive Nixle Alerts: ​ alerts to from yo​ur local agencies, you can register here: https://local.nixle.com/city/ca/berkeley/

D2’s Newsletter October 29