Berkeley Progressive Alliance

Negeene Mosaed is running on a pro-tenant platform with the Right to Housing Slate for Berkeley Rent Board.

Soli Alpert is running with the Right to Housing Slate to secure a second term on Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board.

Behm-Steinberg said she is using her experiences, which include working with nongovernmental organizations, to campaign on a “platform for advocacy.”

Berkeley Citizens Action and Berkeley Progressive Alliance co-hosted a forum Sunday to vote on endorsements for the upcoming Berkeley City Council election in November.

Richmond Vice Mayor Jovanka Beckles won the endorsement of Berkeley Progressive Alliance, Berkeley Citizens Action and Berkeley Tenants Union for the California State Assembly District 15 seat after a forum of the seat’s candidates Sunday afternoon.

Taylor Harvey, chair of UC Berkeley Homeless Student Union and Housing Commission for ASUC, raised awareness of student housing insecurity at the Berkeley Progressive Alliance, or BPA, general membership meeting Sunday.

Early results from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters indicate that Kate Harrison is leading the Berkeley City Council special election with about 64 percent of the vote, suggesting that she will likely win the District 4 council seat.

Both incumbents up for election, Darryl Moore and Susan Wengraf, held out in Tuesday night’s city council elections for Districts 2 and 6, while newcomers Ben Bartlett and Sophie Hahn will take over in Districts 3 and 5.

According to an independent expenditure report, the Berkeley Police Association’s political action committee spent about $18,000 on mailers for District 5 City Council candidate Stephen Murphy’s campaign, funded largely by small individual contributions from Berkeley police officers.

The East Bay Young Democrats, or EBYD, overwhelmingly voted to endorse Berkeley City Councilmember Jesse Arreguin for mayor, in an announcement released Aug. 29.