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Ross Bernet

@rosszb.bsky.social

Running for Berkeley Council District 1 Rossforberkeley.com https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ross-bernet-1/

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Sam Greenberg@samjgreenberg.com · 2w ago

fellas Car-Free Telegraph is officially listed in Alameda County Transportation Commission's draft Countywide Transportation Plan with an estimated price tag of $30m. this is a seal of legitimacy-- our county transportation funding agency and the city see it as a top priority! we will deliver this

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Sam Greenberg@samjgreenberg.com · last mo.

SO remember car-free Telegraph? berkeley city council just approved $1.3 million for design and engineering last night!! enormous thank you to @adenaishii.bsky.social for including this in her budget and @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social and @telegraphforpeople.bsky.social for carrying this forward 🥹🥹

Mark Sawchuk@snarkmawchuk.bsky.social · 2w ago

Jane Kim, the current front-runner for the state insurance commissioner, would make this already unsustainable problem even worse. She wants you to subsidize fire insurance for rich people who choose to live in the urban-wildland interface where wildfires do the most property damage.

Urban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰@urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is the first time I’ve ever seen a CA publication speak plainly about both the stakes (and the basic distributional politics involved) The FAIR plan is a ticking time bomb and the primary problem is it promises to insure uninsurable property for rich people. www.latimes.com/business/sto...

City of Berkeley@berkeleyca.gov · 3w ago

Berkeley: Here's your National Night Out checklist: - Figure out who in the neighborhood is hosting ☑️ - Invite the neighbors ☑️ - Register your gathering ☑️ - Apply for free block party permit (if closing your street) ☑️ Do it all by July 20. Read more 👇🏾

Sign up your neighborhood event for National Night Out | City of Berkeley

Register or apply for a free block party permit to close a street by July 20. National Night Out is Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Register your block and even apply to shut down your street to host a neighborhood gathering for National Night Out in August. The annual event showcases gatherings around Berkeley as a way for neighbors to meet each other, get to know City staff, and build community. Registering by July 20 gets your gathering listed on a Citywide map, which will make it easier for newcomers to your neighborhood to find you.

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Ross Bernet@rosszb.bsky.social · 3w ago

The absurdity of the Hopkins saga is what radicalized me and got me interested in engaging Berkeley politics in the first place. I’m running for D1 and safe streets is a core priority of mine. Climate, community, public safety and personal health: bike lanes are the way 💪🚲 Rossforberkeley.Com

Warren Wells, AICP@warrenjwells.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Berkeley City Council will vote on whether to provide protected bike lanes on Hopkins Street. What's interesting is that they did already, back in 2022. When that vote happened (which was later derailed), my older daughter was not yet born. She will start TK the week after this vote.

Get ready to support a July 28 Council vote to make Hopkins smooth, safe, and accessible for all! Back in April, at safe streets advocates’ urging, City Council’s infrastructure-focused committee unanimously recommended that Council reject a proposal to repave Hopkins with only pedestrian improvements unless it is changed to include bike lanes and transit improvements. Since then, Councilmember Kesarwani (D1) has developed a new proposal that largely aligns with the committee’s recommendations and adopted City plans. You can read the new and improved proposal here starting on page 63. On July 28, Council will vote on it. The proposed design has 1-way protected bike lanes on each side of the street from The Alameda to Peralta (where they will connect to the Ohlone Greenway). It also proposes painted bike lanes and traffic calming from The Alameda to Sutter, traffic calming from Peralta to San Pablo, and pedestrian safety and transit improvements. So while there’s room for improvement, this is a huge step forward.
Ross Bernet@rosszb.bsky.social · last mo.

Thank you for the shoutout @rcheetham.bsky.social ! I am thrilled to run for #Berkeley district 1 council seat. Look forward to connecting with folks here!

Robert Cheetham@rcheetham.bsky.social · last mo.

My former Azavea colleague, @rosszb.bsky.social, is running for Berkeley City Council on a safe streets and housing construction agenda. Ross is recently a new father and a very kind and thoughtful human being. We need more elected officials and public servants like him. www.rossforberkeley.com

Hank Green@hankgreen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back. Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance. Be a housing fan.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · last yr.

The bill the Senate is voting on right now would reduce US power generation through 2035 by 300GW, raise wholesale & retail power prices, increase household energy costs, reduce national GDP, & kill 100s of 1000s of jobs. I mean, this isn't "public grocery store" bad, but it's pretty bad!

Economic Impacts of U.S. Senate “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Energy Provisions • Energy Innovation

The Senate's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs.

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Governor Gavin Newsom@governor.ca.gov · last yr.

I’m filing a lawsuit against President Trump after he signed illegal resolutions to target California’s clean air policies. Trump’s all-out assault on California continues, and this time he’s destroying our public health and America’s global competitiveness in the process.

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Pete Buttigieg@petebuttigieg.bsky.social · last yr.

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

Warren Wells, AICP@warrenjwells.bsky.social · last yr.

If the Blue State housing deniers are correct, this will lead to: -Displacement -Rising rents -Drivers circling for parking -Increased deaths in home fires I think they are wrong, but we'll probably find out before California adopts any of these policies.

Michael Andersen@andersem.bsky.social · last yr.

Last week, Montana voted to: - legalize 6-story apartments on most commercial land - sharply cut multifamily parking mandates - limit excess impact fees - cut condo defect liability - require equal treatment for manufactured homes - legalize single-stair buildings up to 6 stories statewide

Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.gov · last yr.

Donald Trump is auctioning off presidential face time to the biggest investors in his personal crypto coin scheme and using the White House for personal profit. Despicable. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...

Trump's meme coin, which had fizzled in value, surges after offer of dinner with the president

President Trump's meme coin had lost 88% of its value. But an offer of dinner with the president helped boost its price on Wednesday.

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