GivingTuesday 2025

Posted on December 1, 2025 in League News | comments

On giving Tuesday this year, consider giving to your League. Donate either on our website, https://www.lwvbae.org/ or by mailing a check to our office at 2530 San Pablo Ave, Ste F, Berkeley, CA 94702. GivingTuesday is th...

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Annual Police Accountability Board Report 2024: Racial Bias and Moving Forward

Posted on December 1, 2025 in League News | comments

The Berkeley City Council held a special meeting on November 18th, 2025, with the agenda containing a single item: the annual Police Accountability Board (PAB) report. This report was comprehensive, being presented by bo...

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How Barriers to Voting Impact Native American Communities

Posted on December 1, 2025 in League News | comments

Every ballot tells a story of land, survival, and sovereignty. For many Native communities, voting is closely tied to issues of self-determination and the protection of future generations. This significance can vary sign...

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Local Food Insecurity: The reason, the result, the resources

Posted on November 24, 2025 in League News | comments

SNAP SNAPS BACK INTO PLACE, OR DOES IT? When the government shut down this October, one of the largest sources of concern was the pausing of SNAP (Calfresh in California) benefits used by 1 in 8 Americans, and 1 in 7 Cal...

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Protecting the Confidential Data of All California Voters

Posted on November 24, 2025 in League News | comments

On November 14th, the League of Women Voters of California, League of Women Voters Orange Coast, and League of Women Voters of North Orange County (together, “the League”) filed a motion to intervene on behalf of vot...

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Berekeley Police Department’s Immigration policy, Surveillance Technology Report, & Encryption of BPD’s Radio channels

Posted on November 22, 2025 in League News | comments

The Berkeley Police Accountability Board (PAB) had a regular meeting on Wednesday, November 5, where they discussed issues including Berkeley Police Department’s (BPD) immigration policy, the BPD’s Annual Surveillanc...

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New Co-Presidents of the California League of Women Voters

Posted on November 17, 2025 in League News | comments

On October 28, 2025, the LWVC appointed Kandea Mosley Gandhi and Lorrel Plimier to be co-presidents.  Both of them are experienced League leaders and will be able to partner to share the work. The Board has seen that lo...

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Women-Led Organizations Team Up to Strengthen Democracy

Posted on November 17, 2025 in League News | comments

League of Women Voters Announces Grassroots Power Partners for Unite and Rise 8.5 Campaign WASHINGTON, DC — The League of Women Voters of the United States today announced the launch of its Grassroots Power Partners in...

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LWVC Seeks to Protect California Voter Data Against Federal Overreach

Posted on November 17, 2025 in League News | comments

On October 21, 2025, the League of Women Voters of California (LWVC) filed a motion in federal court to intervene in USA v. Weber, the US Department of Justice’s case against the California Secretary of State, to prote...

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American and Alaskan Native Heritage Month

Posted on November 17, 2025 in League News | comments

Echoes That Last in Alaska’s Vast Past Alaska’s heritage begins long before it became a part of the United States. For thousands of years, Alaska’s native people including: Iñupiaq, Yup’ik, Tlingit, Haid...

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