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BerkeleysideReportingBy Nico Savidge
Measure V: Should Berkeley raise sales tax to close budget deficit?

King Pool in a 2022 file photo. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/Catchlight " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/large-King-Pool-opened-for-the-summer-.jpg?fit=780%2C585&ssl=1" /> Officials say Berkeley could close a fire station and make other painful cuts if the sales tax increase fails. Critics say the city should find another way to balance its budget.

BerkeleysideReportingBy Nico Savidge
Newsom signs law prompted by Berkeley housing projects that dodged labor standards

An architect’s rendering of a 23-story housing development proposed for 2029 University Ave. Credit: Stackhouse De La Peña Trachtenberg Architects " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-13-at-10.16.54-AM.png?fit=780%2C505&ssl=1" /> The law bars developers of big projects from using California’s “density bonus” law to exempt themselves from local labor mandates.

BerkeleysideReportingBy Alex N. Gecan
Berkeley City Council upholds ban on tear gas in narrow vote

Oakland Police officers trying to maintain order after firing tear gas into a crowd of protesters on 7th St. May 29, 2020. Photo: Pete Rosos " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/05_29_20_protest_oakland-21.jpg?fit=720%2C480&ssl=1" /> The council also kept prohibitions, in place since 2020, against using pepper spray or smoke for crowd control.