Homelessness and Affordable Housing: Charlotte Wheeler and intern Kai Kai Spencer continue to track the implementation of Berkeley Measures O & P. City of Berkeley commissions have started to meet again online. On Ma...
Police Review Commission gets the go ahead from Berkeley City Councilmembers for the Use of Force Policy. LWVBAE members have been attending Berkeley’s Police Review Commission (PRC) meetings since before the Winter Ho...
Convention Observer registration closed June 17 but you can still register for most Convention Caucuses and Information Sessions that occur Monday June 22 through Wednesday June 24. The National League has recently opene...
On May 19th the Climate Change Team held a meeting centered around a presentation by Eric Arens and the City of Berkeley’s potential Climate Action Fund. Eric displayed a modified version of a presentation on cli...
It has been a long time since LWVBAE has held a conversation on health care. The issue is particularly relevant at a time when lives and communities have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides exposing vulnerab...
Dear LWVBAE Supporter and/or Member, COVID-19 strikes again – metaphorically! Our League is pivoting from its traditional letter on paper for its Spring Fund Raising Drive to an electronic letter. We are taking this st...
Thanks to the ZOOM management expertise of Board Director Kandea Mosley, Treasurer Cynthia Chen and LWVBAE intern and Albany High graduate Karanina (Laszlo) Zim, the League’s first virtual Annual Meeting was a great su...
The League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville thanks our national League for standing against systemic racism in its myriad forms. We too mourn the incomprehensible loss of life at the hands of police office...
League members are invited to attend next week’s virtual happy hour at 2 PM, Tuesday June 2nd. The occasion will be an opportunity to mingle with other members and practice using Zoom functions for electronic meeti...
On Saturday, May 16, our League interns and leaders held their second virtual meeting, featuring a presentation by LWVBAE President Ruby MacDonald on state budgeting. Also present were Schools & Communities First! In...