Romario

Amid uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Berkeley City Council passed an amendment to the city's municipal code Tuesday, seeking to provide clarity with its latest urgency ordinance regarding tenants’ ability to end a lease.

The ASUC passed a resolution administering funds from the COVID-19 Financial Relief Fund to selected organizations Wednesday.

ASUC Senator Romario, who does not use a last name, did not anticipate struggling to financially sustain himself due to the sheer workload of an ASUC senator when he ran for the position last year.

The ASUC Senate held its final meeting of the academic year virtually Wednesday to discuss COVID-19 pandemic relief for students along with several other bills.

The ASUC COVID-19 Financial Relief Committee met Saturday to discuss updates on the allocation of the COVID-19 Financial Relief Fund to various campus organizations.

On Wednesday, the ASUC Senate held its penultimate meeting of the academic year virtually to discuss ongoing work regarding COVID-19 relief and several bills.

Although resolutions could be one of the clearest ways to make a statement as a senator, in looking across several UC campuses it is clear that, to various members of student governments, passing bills may not be the most important part of the job.

The ASUC COVID-19 Financial Relief Committee met Saturday to discuss the financial and legal parameters of the allocation of its fund for vulnerable communities during the pandemic.

After summer sessions were moved online due to the pandemic, ASUC Senator Romario, who does not use a last name, started a petition to waive the mandatory summer campus fee. As of press time, the petition has more than 360 signatures.

The virtual ASUC Senate weekly meeting Wednesday was dominated by a discussion of campus administration's and UCPD’s responses to the outbreak of COVID-19.