New Designation Allows Mayor to Lollygag Maskless in Nation’s Capitol Mayor Arreguin enjoyed a welcome respite from Berkeley’s ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of COVID infection by traveling to our nation’s capitol. While Berkeley residents and businesses remain vigilient in face of ongoing COVID risk and rising infection rates by wearing masks indoors at […]
Category: Politics – City Council
Berkeley’s New Crypto Gig Launched With Much Fanfare
Consumer group raises concerns over risks to small investors; analyst describes scheme as double taxation In an effort to expand the utilization of Cryptocurrency beyond alleviating “driving shame” city council has moved to create a micro bond program designed to pay interest by issuing tokens on a secure and auditable Blockchain ledger. The mayor’s office […]
Our Zeitgeist = 4
In the Name of Efficient Governance Berkeley Reimagines Boards and Commissions In a new effort to enhance Berkeley’s operations, City Auditor Jenny Wong commissioned a group of outside experts to conduct the Reimagine Advisory and Taskforces (RAT) initiative. The RAT initiative is an effort to streamline the existing processes involving more than 40 committees, panels, […]
In A Blow to Berkeley Royalists Streets to be Renamed
Activists Claim Move Was Long Overdue As part of the ongoing effort to make amends for systemic injustice, the Berkeley City Council has voted to rename Prince and King streets. The move came about as part of a two step process where Council had to first vote to remove the names then consider motions for […]
Another Berkeley First: The Traffic Control Lending Library
Public Works and the new DOT Team Up to Put the Public in “Public Safety” Chalk up another City of Berkeley innovation, the new Traffic Control Lending Library. This one of a kind community resource allow residents to borrow from the city’s vast inventory of traffic control resources. Berkeley residents with a valid library card […]
Berkeley to Provide Sanctuary to Republicans Voting for Trump Impeachment
Sanctuary City Resolution Passes Unanimously Republican senators who voted in favor of the impeachment of Donald Trump are facing a backlash in their home states. Fervent party loyalists have vowed to avenge what they describe as the “Great Betrayal.” Many senators have been censured by their state party and reported receiving threats to themselves and […]
Uproar at the Berkeley Board of Adjustments
Opposing groups became confrontational at the Board of Adjustments meeting on Tuesday. Citizens Against Gentrification protested the influx of yuppies into a historically working class neighborhood. Otto Meihaus, spokesperson for the organization of UCB Alumni, suggested “Berkeley was best in the sixties”, and expressed the local community’s anger at the influx of newbies, who don’t […]
Berkeley Sues Churches, Synagogues for use of “Amen”
On January 4th, he Berkeley City Attorney filed suit in Alameda County court against several churches and synagogues in the city, citing their continued use of the word “amen” instead of “apeople” at the conclusion of prayers. The city alleges that the usage is in violation of its 2018 law requiring the use of gender […]
Terry Taplin’s Secret Council Meeting Poetry Journal
CM Terry Taplin is a professional poet and in November’s election, he was demoted from private citizen to Berkeley city council member. During a recent Council Meeting, the investigative team at The Bunion spotted, in a reflective surface behind Taplin, pages from what appears to be a journal of poems written during meetings. Using The […]
Fossil Fuels: a Tale of Two Cities
2020 saw two major trends in fossil fuel usage in Berkeley. On one hand, CM Kate Harrison led the Council to ban fossil fuel systems in new construction. On the other hand, she was in the vanguard supporting a surge in propane usage by suppressing enforcement against illegal RV camping on the the city streets. […]