Fair Campaign Practices Commission

Mark Humbert, a federal employee benefits attorney and 20-year Berkeley resident, is running for the Berkeley District 8 City Council seat.

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Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín has been granted a temporary restraining order by Alameda County Superior Court Tuesday against community member and former mayoral candidate Zachary RunningWolf over alleged in-person and online death threats.

The complaint, sent to the Fair Campaign Practices Commission, or FCPC, was lodged against District 1 candidate Rashi Kesarwani, District 4 candidates Ben Gould and Gregory Magofña, District 8 candidate Lori Droste, the Berkeley Democratic Club, or BDC, and the Berkeley Police Association, or BPA.

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín violated a campaign finance law 18 times during his 2016 campaign and is now required to pay a fine.

The Fair Campaign Practices Commission, or FCPC, voted Thursday to not pursue an additional investigation into a complaint filed by the campus Progressive Student Association alleging that City Council candidate Ben Gould demonstrated unfair campaign practices.

Campaign finance statements, recently filed by Berkeley mayoral candidates Jesse Arreguin and Laurie Capitelli, indicate that Arreguin has received about $25,000 in donations, nearly four times the amount of Capitelli, who raised roughly $6,400.

At meetings last week, Berkeley commissioners decided on the next steps for two election-related measures, one related to the city’s redistricting process and another proposing public financing for local candidates.

Finance committees for the ballot measures of last November’s elections ultimately spent more than $3 million, according to campaign disclosure documents filed this month.

Unlike the city’s school board and City Council elections this year, all candidates who are running for Berkeley’s Rent Stabilization Board are guaranteed a position.