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In 2023, a @berkeleypolice lieutenant raked in $686k with overtime and benefits. 16 others cleared $400K+. This is overtime abuse, a department gaming the system, and a City Hall asleep at the wheel — all while running a budget deficit. Time for accountability.

@CityofBerkeley

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@BerkeleyScanner They live in neighborhoods with the highest tax subsidies, while new residents foot the bill for their low property taxes yet they oppose having new neighbors.

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2/2 Yet our councilors spend their time grandstanding on international politics and picking fights with the federal government.

@adenaishii, @RashiKesarwani @bencbartlett, @okeefe4council, @brentblackaby @CeciliaforBerk, @MarkHumbert focus on Berkeley or resign now!

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1/2 This has to be one of the most ridiculous governing bodies anywhere. The city is running a deficit, streets are riddled with potholes, and downtown is falling apart…

https://t.co/rh5b9ocgTR

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@eb4everyone Over-regulation makes building new homes risky and expensive—condo insurance alone runs 3–4x higher in CA, wiping out moderate-income projects. And Prop 13 makes things worse, locking in tax breaks for incumbents while shifting the burden to new buyers.

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Incredibly important report detailing why condos - for-sale apartments, instead of rental apartments - are so rare and hard to build in California, largely because of California-specific rules. https://t.co/LhfZ20y2Qe

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@RashiKesarwani @berkeleyside If the city council had any sense at all—and wasn’t constantly distracted by pseudo-progressive theatrics like passing resolutions on international politics—Berkeley could actually unlock its real potential for population and economic growth.

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@BerkeleyScanner Nonsense. Go home, morons. The council’s stance on international conflicts is irrelevant. Don’t make this already completely dysfunctional body even worse.

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@JesseArreguin Yet your county is getting dirtier and smellier, and more businesses are shutting down every month. Your politics have failed us miserably.

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2/2 The permit center is a choke point, the Rent Board is bloated and dysfunctional, and basic governance has collapsed.

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1/2 While every downtown in the Bay is finding its footing again, downtown Berkeley is falling further behind—dirtier, smellier, and with more stores closing every month. Our nonsensical progressive politics simply aren’t working.

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@70ms @JasminPing1 @d2wuzup @vonk1970 @FoxNews @wolfofwallst @GavinNewsom @JesseBWatters The number of poor and working class people actively harmed by prop13 subsidized is 100x the number of people that benefit.

Count your lucky stars Meghan that you’re in the “in group”. You’re not segregated into the “ I have to pay full freight on my taxes” group

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@SoliAlpert It may be impossible to undo the damage you and your predecessor have done to @CityofBerkeley. Reform @510981RENT now and stop wasting public funds. We can’t afford the bloated bureaucracy you’ve built.

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1/3 The Berkeley Rent Board @510981RENT is a key contributor to the city’s crumbling rental housing stock. It burns millions in salaries and benefits to provide services almost no one uses.

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3/3 @adenaishii @RashiKesarwani @bencbartlett @okeefe4council @brentblackaby @CeciliaforBerk @MarkHumbert Berkeley residents need action. Reform this wasteful bureaucracy now and free small mom-and-pop owners from its grip. Rental housing quality is a matter of safety.

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1/3 The Berkeley Rent Board @510981RENT is a key contributor to the city’s crumbling rental housing stock. It burns millions in salaries and benefits to provide services almost no one uses.

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2/3 Time to free small property owners with fewer than 5 units from this bloated bureaucracy. The Rent Board is nothing more than an expensive burden on tenants and residents of @CityofBerkeley.

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@CollinRugg Private, for-profit healthcare is one of America’s biggest problems. Homelessness, addiction, and untreated mental illness all grow from lack of free care. Public, universal healthcare would save lives and cost less to run.

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@510981RENT is paying for Facebook posts no one reads. Berkeley has the most expensive rent board in the nation — and it’s bloated and overstaffed. Chairman @SoliAlpert, clean this up. What you’re running borders on theft of public funds.

@BerkeleyScanner please investigate!

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@MeghanMcCain @grok how many wars has Israel won?

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The @CityofBerkeley is spending $35 million on services for fewer than 1,000 homeless residents; that’s over $35,000 per person. Taxpayers deserve transparency and accountability on where this money is actually going.