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Albany Policing & Berkeley Community Safety
Posted on April 11, 2021 in League News | comments
Albany Mayor Gary & Police Chief Talk Issues Albany’s webinar on Community Conversation held on March 25, 2020 had the goal to “get to know your local police department.” Part of the time was spent ...
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Police Response to Anti-Asian Violence
Posted on April 5, 2021 in League News | comments
Over the past two weeks, the Berkeley and Albany police departments publicly condemned the recent surge in violence against the Asian American community. They have issued their action steps in response, which include ste...
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Statewide Housing Plan Survey
Posted on April 5, 2021 in League News | comments
TAKE HCD’S SURVEY BY APRIL 23 You can help shape the future of California housing by taking the Statewide Housing Plan Survey from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) before April 2...
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Conversation on Housing
Posted on April 5, 2021 in League News | comments
Rapt attention focused on dynamic Senator Scott Wiener (D, District 11), keynote speaker at the LWVBAE “Conversation on Housing” webinar on the evening of Mar. 29, as he gave a quick history of how the Housing situat...
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Democracy Town Hall: Reimagining Policing
Posted on March 29, 2021 in League News | comments
In response to the murder of George Floyd, the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley held a webinar on February 23rd to discuss police reform and funding. This was one of many “Reimagining Democracy” town ha...
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Food, Soils, and Agriculture
Posted on March 28, 2021 in League News | comments
Hear From a Panel of Experts about California’s Climate Smart Agriculture Programs & how you can support these efforts. Wednesday, April 21, 2021 – 12:00pm. REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT Our panelists, Nicole Leder...
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Information into Action
Posted on March 22, 2021 in League News | comments
A DISCUSSION ABOUT NEWS MEDIA, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND THE BAY AREA MONITOR Monday, April 12th, 2021, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Join Here with evenbrite. All are Welcome Alec MacDonald, editor of LWVBA’s Bay Area Monito...
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Stop Asian Hate
Posted on March 19, 2021 in League News | comments
The League of Women Voters of California condemns all xenophobic and hateful acts targeting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. We stand in solidarity with, and in support of AAPI communities in calli...
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Update on Berkeley’s Police Oversight Efforts
Posted on March 15, 2021 in League News | comments
Berkeley’s Police Review Commission (PRC) held a special meeting on Saturday, March 13th to highlight the need to apply now for positions on the new Police Accountability Board (PAB). The League of Women Vo...
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The Bay Area League Requests Help
Posted on March 15, 2021 in League News | comments
The League of Women Voters of the Bay Area (LWVBA) needs volunteers!Three areas of technology need to be met. Website Tasks / Social Media Tasks / Mailchimp Tasks Please contact lwvbayarea@gmail.com...
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