2014 Council Items

• 2/11/14Referral to City Manager: Exemption of Fire-Damaged Buildings from Affordable Housing Mitigation Fee9-0-0Passed
• 2/25/14Water Conservation Measures 9-0-0Passed
• 2/25/14Senate Bill 837: Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2014 9-0-0Passed
• 2/25/14Redistricting Referendum Petition: Repeal Ordinance No. 7,320 and Consideration of Alternative Redistricting Maps 3-5-1No
• 3/11/14City Manager, Zero Waste Commission, and Community Environmental Advisory Commission Referral: Gas Pump Warning Labels 9-0-0Passed
• 3/25/14The Persian Center for the Persian New Year Festival: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds9-0-0Passed
• 3/25/14Senate Bill 962, the “Cell Phone Kill Switch” Bill9-0-0Passed
• 3/25/14Wearable Video Cameras for Police Officers8-0-1Passed
• 4/1/14Referral to City Manager: Social Media Policy9-0-0Passed
• 4/29/14Assembly Bill 2405: Ellis Act Reform  TABLEDTABLED
• 4/29/14Redistricting Referendum Petition: Repeal Ordinance No. 7,320; and Adopt the First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend City Council District Boundaries from the United Student District Amendment  3-5-0No
• 5/6/14Referral to City Manager/Transportation Commission: Pedestrian Safety on Sacramento Street between University and Dwight9-0-0Passed
• 5/6/14Senate Bill 967: Sexual Assaults on Campus9-0-0Passed
• 5/6/14Senate Bill 1381: Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods8-0-1Passed
• 5/6/14Senate Bill 1132: Moratorium of Hydraulic Fracturing8-0-1Passed
• 5/6/14Downtown Berkeley Association Eats, Beats & Brews: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds, and Approval of City Co-Sponsorship9-0-0Passed
• 5/6/14Supporting CALPIRG's Proposed November City Ballot Measure to End Corporate Personhood (Revised Material)9-0-0Passed
• 5/20/14 Proclaiming May as Mental Health Month  9-0-0Passed 
• 6/3/14 City Sponsorship of BrasArte’s Brazilian Day Festival on August 31, 2014 9-0-0Passed 
• 6/3/14 BrasArte Brazilian Day Festival 2014: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Fund to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds 9-0-0Passed 
• 6/3/14 City Co-Sponsorship and Budget Referral: Bay Area Book Festival 9-0-0Passed 
• 6/3/14 1414 University Avenue  7-0-2Passed 
• 6/3/14 Scheduling of City Council Meeting in July or August , Tabled 
• 6/3/14 Analysis Under Elections Code Section 9212: Green Downtown and Public Commons Initiative, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 6/10/14 Support of Assembly Bill (AB) 1756: 'Starting Over Strong'  9-0-0, Passed 
• 6/10/14 Assembly Bill 2372, Proposition 13: Change of Ownership  9-0-0 Passed 
• 6/10/14 Support Alameda County Residents' Fracking Ban Petition  9-0-0, Passed 
• 6/10/14 Sacramento Street Median Garden Pilot Project 9-0-0, Passed 
• 6/17/14 Implementation of Fair and Impartial Policing Policy, General Order B-4 (Revised Material) 9-0-0, Passed 
• 6/24/14 Civic Center District Overlay Zone 9-0-0, Passed 
• 6/24/14 Support AB 1577: Correct Gender Identification on Death Certificate for Transgender Community 9-0-0, Passed 
• 6/24/14 Letter Thanking Alameda County for Voting in Favor of Phase One of Community Choice Energy (CCE) 8-0-1, Passed 
• 6/24/14 Support SB 935 Minimum Wage Increase and Annual Adjustment 9-0-0, Passed 
• 6/24/14 Citizens Redistricting Commission Charter Amendment (Revised Material) 7-0-2, Passed 
• 7/1/14 Letter to EPA Supporting the Clean Power Plan, a 30% Reduction in Power Plant Carbon Emissions  9-0-0, Passed 
• 7/1/14 Letter to U.S. Department of Labor Encouraging Implementation of EEOC’s Title VII Discrimination Ban for Transgender Workers in Executive Order  9-0-0, Passed 
• 7/1/14 Support Congresswoman Barbara Lee's HR 4068 War Authorization Review and Determination Act  8-0-1, Passed 
• 7/8/14 Postal Heritage Day  9-0-0, Passed 
• 7/8/14 The SMOKE Act (Supplemental material) 7-0-0, Passed 
• 7/8/14 Re-Appointment of Paul Kealoha-Blake to the Mental Health Commission  7-0-0, Passed 
• 7/8/14 City Sponsorship of the Third Annual Sunday Streets  7-0-0, Passed 
• 7/8/14 Support S. 2432 Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act and Send Letters to Six Non-Voting Senators  7-0-0, Passed 
• 7/8/14 Proclamation Honoring the 25th Anniversary of the Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (Revised material) 7-0-0, Passed 
• 7/8/14 Proclamation in Honor of Chican@/Latin@ Heritage Month 7-0-0, Passed 
• 7/8/14 Letter to Berkeley Unified School District Supporting "Equity in Educational Results" (Revised material)7-0-0, Passed 
• 9/9/14 Humanitarian Response to Unaccompanied Minors Along U.S.-Mexico Border 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/9/14 Support USPS Workers and Labor’s Boycott of Staples  9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/9/14 City Manager Referral: Create and Adopt an LGBTQ Equal Housing Ordinance 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/9/14 Referral to Planning Commission: Amendment to B.M.C. Section 23B.44.030 - Variance from Setback Requirements for Downtown Hotel Projects, Tabled 
• 9/9/14 Referral to Planning Commission: Tobacco Free School Zones 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/16/14 Referral to Commission on Labor: Amendments to Living Wage Ordinance (Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 13.27)  8-0-0, Passed 
• 9/16/14 Contraceptive Coverage Equity Act of 2014  8-0-0, Passed 
• 9/30/14 The Legacy of Proposition 187  9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/30/14 Support Fast Food Workers 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/30/14 Referral: Stolen Vehicle Recovery  9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/30/14 “Big Tech” Security Guards 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/30/14 Calling on Gerawan Farming to Respect the Law, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/30/14 Proclamation Declaring October 11, 2014 as Indigenous Peoples Day and Approving City Co-Sponsorship 9-0-0, Passed 
• 10/7/14 Referral to City Manager: Tonnage Limit on Milvia Street 9-0-0, Passed 
• 10/7/14 Tenant Screening Fee Calculation (Revised Materials) 9-0-0, Passed 
• 10/7/14 Berkeley Pride: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds 9-0-0, Passed 
• 10/7/14 City Manager Referral: Consider Immediate Actions to Prevent Continued Vandalism at the Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Solar Calendar 9-0-0, Passed 
• 10/7/14 Targeted Commercial Tenant Incentives 9-0-0, Passed 
• 10/7/14 Referral to the City Manager: Request for Funding of a Berkeley-Specific Homeless Count 9-0-0, Passed 
• 10/21/14 “No Pet” Policies as a Condition of Tenancy , Tabled 
• 10/21/14 Fair Chance Ordinance 9-0-0Passed 
• 10/21/14 Tenant Screening Fee Calculation  9-0-0Passed 
• 10/21/14 Commercial District Stabilization Fee, Tabled 
• 10/28/14 "Good Government" Package 6-0-1Passed 
• 10/28/14 Street Sweeping Violations: Burden of Proof 4-2-1 Failed 
• 12/16/14 Refer $50,000 to the FY 2015/2016 Budget Process to Install Beacon Lights at Sacramento and Bancroft 8-0-0, Passed 
• 12/16/14 Release of Balloons (Revised Material) 8-0-0, Passed