Nancy Skinner

Rashi Kesarwani is running for reelection to her seat as District 1 council member for the next term in the 2022 election.

It has been almost a year since the Fair Pay to Play Act, which allows student athletes to make money off their name, image and likeness, went into effect.

California state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, and state Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Berkeley, secured $15 million in state funding for repairs at the Berkeley Marina and Municipal Pier.

The California State Legislature passed a $300 billion state budget revision Monday, prioritizing issues including affordable housing, public education and climate change.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 118, the Senate version of a bill that increases fall 2022 enrollment at UC Berkeley and reverses the effects of the lawsuit that froze enrollment at 2020-21 levels, after it passed unanimously in the state Assembly and Senate.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 290, or SB 290, into law Sept. 28, to support affordable housing for low-income college students.

The California State Legislature approved bill SB 16 on Sept. 2 to expand public availability to police misconduct records. 

The California State Senate greenlighted Sen. Nancy Skinner’s SB 8 bill, which extends the duration of the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, SB 330, from 2025 to 2030 and allows for the construction of more housing throughout California.

California state senators Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, and Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, announced Monday that they would be moving the effective date of the Fair Pay to Play Act to Sept. 1.

We urge the governor and the Legislature to work together to ensure that free, universal meals for breakfast and lunch are included in the final state budget.