Measure BB

The Alameda County Transportation Commission, or Alameda CTC, announced March 25 that Measure B, a sales tax, is set to end Thursday.

The Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, held a town hall to discuss relevant education and funding 2020 ballot measures Thursday evening.

BART’s Transbay Tube, the 3.6-mile tunnel that connects the East Bay and San Francisco, will undergo construction that will affect early-morning commuters starting in February.

A traffic infrastructure project on Gilman Street under Interstate 80 moved one step closer to realization after business owners, cycling advocates and community members met Jan. 7 to discuss the proposed renovation.

All city measures passed except for landlord-backed Measure DD, and the minimum wage ballots Measure BB and Measure CC, which had both been running joint "no-no" campaigns.

Berkeley residents will be voting on ballot measures ranging from lowering the voting age for certain elections to funding public infrastructure repairs.

In the upcoming November elections, Berkeley voters will have a choice between two measures that would both bring Berkeley to a $15 minimum wage — and the creators of those initiatives want the citizens to vote no on both.

Construction began Monday on the Downtown Berkeley BART station that is estimated to be completed by the end of next year.

City Council member and 2016 mayoral candidate Laurie Capitelli sued the city of Berkeley on Monday over ballot pamphlet language that states he placed a City Council-backed minimum wage initiative on the ballot after being lobbied by business groups.

At an open house in the station Wednesday and Thursday, BART staff and project consultants gathered input from riders about modernizing the Downtown Berkeley BART station.