Selected by the Berkeley Tenants Convention •
Endorsed bySF Bay Guardian, Green Party of Alameda County, Berkeley Daily Planet, CalDems, Berkeley Citizens Action,
Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, Berkeley City Councilmembers Jesse Arreguin, Kriss Worthington,
Max Anderson, Rent Board Commissioners Howard Chong, Judy Shelton & Igor Tregub,and more.
In November 2012, Berkeley voters will have an opportunity to elect or re-elect a progressive pro-tenant slate to the Berkeley Rent Board. Current Rent Board commissioners whose terms are expiring are: Asa Dodsworth, Nicole Drake, Judy Shelton, & Igor Tregub.
This means there will be 4 positions on the slate that will be chosen at the 2012 Berkeley Tenants Convention!
These positions will be open to the community, not just the incumbents. (It’s unclear how many incumbents are running, and if all incumbents will be supported by the Convention- we’ll find out when the voting’s done!)
How do you become nominated by the Berkeley Tenants Convention? Well, there are three components to the nomination- below is a quick sketch- details like actual questionnaires etc are coming soon.
Questionnaire: If you are interested in being considered for the progressive Rent Board slate at the Tenant Convention, please complete the pending candidate questionnaire and submit it to someone t.b.a. Each candidate who indicates their interest in running will be asked to participate in a 15-30 minute interview with a panel of representatives from different community organization about your background and interest in running for the Rent Board. After all interviews are completed the panel with make recommendations to the Tenant Convention for its consideration.
Screening: A candidate interview and screening will be held in late May or early June at a time and location to be determined. Representatives from various progressive organizations will have an opportunity to ask candidates questions.
The Convention: The convention itself will be held on a Sunday in June, 2012 to be announced. Watch this space for updates!
Thank you to everyone who volunteered, donated, came to one of our fundraisers, and of course, everyone who voted for us. We will represent you and all of Berkeley honestly and fairly.
Here are the totals as of 11/19/10, 7 days after the election. These numbers may change slightly.
Name/# of votes/% of total votes
Jesse Townley 17,456 14%
Pam Webster 16,117 13%
Dave Blake 15,784 13%
Lisa Stephens 15,336 13%
Kathy Harr 15,231 13%
Asa Dodsworth 15,022 12%
P.S.- Personal note from Jesse Townley: I’d like to recognize that all 9 candidates who ran for these 6 seats kept personal rancor largely out of the campaign and it was a respectful, straight-forward race, especially in comparison to some of the other Berkeley campaigns this year.
(I’m speaking for myself here, only because I haven’t spoken with my slate mates about this note yet)
Today’s the day! Remember, vote SHERRY (the last letters of our 6 names = SHERRY!)
If you haven’t already mailed your ballot, drop it off at any polling place within Alameda County. If you want to see your sample ballot OR don’t know where your polling place, enter your address here.
You can follow the election results LIVE on-line.
Here’s the schedule of results:
* 8:00 pm – Vote By Mail Returns
* 8:45 pm – Mandatory Vote By Mail Precincts
* 9:30 pm – Precinct Returns
* Every 20 minutes – Update Subsequent Precinct Returns
Hey all-
We’re down to a matter of hours- meet us at noon tomorrow (Sunday, Halloween) to distribute literature in different parts of Berkeley. And if you want to stay inside, we have some tenant voters for you to call.
It all happens at the campaign office 12 noon, rain or shine!
We need your help to elect the entire Progressive Rent Board slate on November 2nd!
1. You can volunteer here, or call 510-4-RENT-05. We need phone-callers, literature droppers, sign-putter-uppers, you name it!
2. You can request a sign by e-mail, or call 510-4-RENT-05.
3. We are getting the word out to new & current voters about our great slate, and we need your financial help. Anything from $5 to $1500 is welcome, either use the Paypal button to the right of this text or send a check.
Come on by from 6pm on and take some signs to put up around the neighborhood, today Thursday 6-11pm. Early birds get PIZZA! We have 8 designs to choose from:
Big slate sign!
Medium slate sign!
6 different signs, 1 per candidate!
Stop by and pick one up for your window or yard, or sign up here and we’ll deliver one to you as soon as possible!
We’re meeting each Saturday & Sunday to walk precincts, make phone calls, or drop literature at our shared campaign office at 2242 Bancroft in Berkeley!
Come on by or fill out our Volunteer form & we can get you some volunteer things to do from home.
We need your help to make this campaign successful!
Conventions | Jesse Townley | 
March 26, 2012 8:28 am | 
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