2009 Council Items

• 1/27/09, Affordable Housing and Homelessness Prevention in Economic Recovery Package, 9-0-0, Passed
• 1/27/09, Making Employee Free Choice Act a Very High Federal Priority,, 9-0-0, Passed
• 2/10/09, Letter Supporting the Release of Efren Paredes, Jr., 9-0-0, Passed
• 2/24/09, Support of SR7 and HR5, Urging The Repeal of Prop 8, 9-0-0, Passed
• 2/24/09, Proclamation Declaring February 28, 2009 as Walden Center and School Day in the City of Berkeley, 9-0-0, Passed
• 3/24/09, Support AB 312 To Establish An Office of Citizen Complaints for the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) Police Department, 9-0-0, Passed
• 3/24/09, City Sponsorship of the North Shattuck Avenue Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival, 9-0-0, Passed
• 4/21/09, Stimulus Funds for Lawrence Berkeley Lab Remediation, 9-0-0, Passed
• 4/21/09, Urging Berkeley Restaurants to Remove Foie Gras from their Menus, 9-0-0, Passed
• 5/19/09, Co-Sponsorship of the 22nd Annual Berkeley Juneteenth Festival (Continued from April 21, 2009), 9-0-0, Passed
• 6/2/09, Refer $24,702 to the FY 2010/2011 Budget Process for Funding of the Berkeley Boosters’ Life Skills Development Summer Leadership Camps, 9-0-0, Passed
• 6/2/09, Support SB789, CA Employee Free Choice Act for Farm Workers, To Give Agricultural Employees an Alternative Method for Choosing their Collective Bargaining Representative, 9-0-0, Passed
• 6/2/09, Urge President Obama To End The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy and, Failed t To Fire Lt. Dan Choi, 9-0-0, Passed
• 6/9/09, Calling for Release of Jesús Gutiérrez and Urging UC Berkeley to Adopt a Sanctuary Policy, 7-0-2, Passed
• 6/23/09, Support AJR 19, Urging Congress To Repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, 9-0-0, Passed
• 6/23/09, City Sponsorship of the Fond Farewell Funeral Fair, 9-0-0, Passed
• 7/14/09, Supporting a Constitutional Amendment to Implement an Equitable Split-Roll Property Tax, 9-0-0, Passed
• 7/14/09, Referral to City Manager: Naming of I-80 Bridge in Honor of Dona Spring, 9-0-0, Passed
• 7/14/09, Parole Commission Letter to Release Leonard Peltier, 9-0-0, Passed
• 7/23/09, City Co-Sponsorship of the Downtown Berkeley MusicFest, 9-0-0, Passed
• 7/23/09, City Sponsorship of the 2nd Annual Sit For Change Sit-A-Thon Hosted by the Center for Transformative Change, 9-0-0, Passed
• 9/22/09, Ho, Failed ring the Life of Michelle Maykin and Urging People to Register as Bone Marrow Do, Failed rs, 9-0-0, Passed
• 9/22/09, Declaring October 2009 as Animal Shelter Awareness Month
• Revised Agenda Material, 9-0-0, Passed
• 9/22/09, Opposing the Expansion of the Pardee Reservoir and Supporting the Designation of the Mokelumne River as a National Wild and Scenic River
• Revised Agenda Material, 9-0-0, Passed
• 9/22/09, Declaring October 10, 2009 as Indigenous Peoples Day, 9-0-0, Passed
• 9/29/09, Amnesty for Late Renewal Penalties for Dog Licenses, 9-0-0, Passed
• 9/29/09, Support For The People Of Iran In The Wake Of The National Election Of June 13, 2009, 9-0-0, Passed
• 10/13/09, Call for U.S. Support for Third Party Diplomatic Negotiations in the Niger Delta and Support for the Energy Security Through Transparency Act, 9-0-0, Passed
• 10/13/09, Support HR 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, 9-0-0, Passed
• 10/27/09, Referral to Planning Commission: Allowing Beer and Wine Service for Quick Service Restaurants in the Downtown, 9-0-0, Passed
• 11/10/09, Urging The California State Legislature To Amend The Costa-Hawkins Act To Clarify That Inclusionary Zoning Requirements Are, Failed t Pre-Empted By The Law, 9-0-0, Passed
• 11/10/09, Creation of a Housing Mitigation Fee, 9-0-0, Passed
• 11/10/09, Support of Rochdale Village Lease Renewal on Existing Terms, 9-0-0, Passed
• 11/17/09, Banning Animal Declawing, 9-0-0, Passed
• 12/15/09, Supporting SCA 21, Granting Legislative Authority Over UC Policy 6-1-2, Passed
• 12/15/09, Request to City Manager: Report on City of Berkeley’s Involvement in SB 113 (Local Government Omnibus Act of 2009) 5-2-2, Passed
• 12/15/09, Endorse Concept of Comprehensive Homeless Service Center: Berkeley HOPE, 9-0-0, Passed