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Upcoming Meetings
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September 14, 2026 · 5:30 PM Closed SessionThe Berkeley City Council’s special closed-session meeting is focused entirely on legal matters. Councilmembers are expected to confer with the city attorney about four ongoing lawsuits involving the city: *Center for American Liberty v. City of Berkeley*, *Eslami v. City of Berkeley*, *Pritchard v. City of Berkeley*, and *Valladares v. City of Berkeley*, and may report any actions taken afterward.
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September 15, 2026 · 7:00 PM RegularBerkeley’s September 15 agenda centers on public safety, with the main debate over whether to let Berkeley police use tear gas again in narrowly defined life-threatening incidents and to lift the moratorium on smoke and pepper spray, alongside a competing recommendation to keep those bans in place and study health and social justice impacts. Beyond that, the council is set to consider a wide range of housing, economic development, climate, and infrastructure items, including support for a neighborhood decarbonization pilot, a study of housing development fees, changes to commercial vacancy and storefront rules, affordable housing loan modifications, downtown and Gilman District revitalization funding, senior meal and transportation services, wildfire-resilience and fire equipment contracts, and grant applications tied to Civic Center seismic planning and the Berkeley ferry project.
Latest Meetings
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September 1, 2026 · 5:00 PM Closed SessionThe Berkeley City Council’s special meeting is focused entirely on closed-session legal matters. Councilmembers are expected to discuss the city’s position in ongoing federal litigation brought by the Berkeley Homeless Union and others, as well as possible new litigation over federal funding conditions.
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July 28, 2026 · 7:00 PM Regular
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July 24, 2026 · 11:00 AM Closed SessionThe council is expected to focus on hiring Berkeley’s next Director of Police Accountability. In closed session, members will consider the appointment itself and authorize Mayor Adena Ishii to negotiate the selected candidate’s employment agreement, including compensation and any contract amendments.
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July 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM Closed SessionThe Berkeley City Council is scheduled to meet in closed session to discuss labor negotiations with the Berkeley Police Association. In practice, that means council members may give direction on pay, benefits, working conditions, or other terms of the police union contract, with any reportable action announced afterward in open session.
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July 14, 2026 · 7:00 PM Regular