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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunaparra.bsky.social
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berkeley city councilmember, district 7 • envisioner of utopian futures, passenger of public transportation, haver of opinions, & studier of history • she/they • 🇲🇽🌹

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 27/09/2026
Rank Daria Wrubel #1 for Berkeley City Council District 1! She supports building housing, tenant protections, and ending the use of Flock surveillance cameras so that we can protect our community's privacy. www.dariaforberkeley.com P.S. our hats match! 👒
Alfred and Daria Wrubel, both are wearing big flowery straw hats and warm pastel colors.  Alfred is holding a Daria Wrubel for Berkeley City Council sign.
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cecilia lunaparra @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
i <3 dsa!!
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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🎙️ON AIR: Democratic socialists are gaining ground in California. We’ll talk with @votealexlee.bsky.social, @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social and New York Times writer Charles Homans about what’s driving the movement. ❓Are you a Democratic Socialist. What led you to join the party? 📻Listen:
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What Does Bay Area Democratic Socialism Look Like? | KQED
We talk about what the party stands for and how its politicians and policies are making local impacts.
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cecilia lunaparra @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
what decades of left wing municipal governance can do to your north american city
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cecilia lunaparra @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
hopkins.
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Terry Taplin @taplinterry.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Council will be voting to schedule the paving of Hopkins St with enhanced safety improvements for all users including one-way Class IV separated bikeways. Councilmember Lunaparra and I submitted a supplemental that would extend them to Stannage Ave. View: berkeleyca.gov/sites/defaul...
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Igor #IStandWithUkraineTregub he/him @igortregub.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Thank you to Councilmember @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social and her amazing interns and staff for leading us on an eye-opening #Berkeley housing habitability tour. I learned a lot, and am recommitted to working towards a habitable #berkeley we can all call home. Photo credits: Olga Bolotina
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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Last night the El Cerrito City Council voted to end our Flock contract! Huge thanks to the hundreds of El Cerritans who organized to make this happen. They met with councilmembers multiple times, shared research, sent emails, circulated petitions and dozens spoke at our meeting that ended at 1 am.
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Syrak Micael | Candidate for Berkeley City Council District 7 @syrakforsouthside.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I’m Syrak Micael, and I’m running to represent District 7 on the Berkeley City Council. As a lifelong Berkeley resident, I love this city — and I’ve spent years putting in the work to make it even better. (1/7)
Syrak, a young Black man, poses in front of UC Berkeley's Campanile, wearing a light blue shirt long sleeve shirt and khakis. He is smiling and clasping his hands in front of him. The brick walkway behind him is lined with grass and trees.
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Eric Panzer @ericpanzer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Well, given that a grocery store has already been proposed on Southside, looks like he's already delivering on his campaign promis—oh wait, that was @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social and @markhumbert.bsky.social
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cecilia lunaparra @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
i feel so grateful and proud of what we have been able to accomplish together 💓 can’t wait to see what comes next for my beloved southside my statement is at tinyurl.com/Lunaparra2026
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Statement from Berkeley Vice Mayor Cecilia Lunaparra 03-30-2026
An Open Letter to the People of District 7 from Berkeley Vice Mayor Cecilia Lunaparra Dear Community, For the past two years, it has been an honor and a privilege to represent the Southside on the B...
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cecilia lunaparra @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
i’m so, so sorry we failed you. my thoughts are with your family ❤️
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cecilia lunaparra @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
zohran mamdani begins his speech with a eugene v debs quote🥹🥹 we’re so back
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Brent Blackaby @brentblackaby.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Thanks to the Berkeley Student Cooperative for hosting @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social and me last night for a “Meet Your Councilmembers” event at Cloyne Court.
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cecilia lunaparra @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
please join me in keeping these two victims of traffic violence in our thoughts. it is so heartbreaking to repeatedly see our residents and visitors, especially the most vulnerable, be subject to such violence on our streets.
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 30/09/2025
This photo of Bancroft Way shows how street space is now used: 1/4 for buses 1/4 for cars 1/4 for loading and parking 1/4 for bikes Previous it was 1/2 cars, 1/2 parking, even though most people using the street used the bus, bike, or walking. berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
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Southside Complete Streets Ribbon Cutting
Join us for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of the Southside Complete Streets project. The Southside Complete Streets project transformed three streets in Southside, all bordering the UC ...
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 30/09/2025
Street improvements in Southside, one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the country, are now complete! There will be a ribbon cutting this Wednesday at 11am with #Berkeley Mayor @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social & Councilmember @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
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UPTE @uptecwa.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Thank you, Berkeley City Councilmembers Tregub, @brentblackaby.bsky.social, and @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social, and state Sen. @jessearreguin.bsky.social's staff, for visiting our strike vote this week to learn how elected officials can support the healthcare, research, and education we provide
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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Epicenter currently put at this interesting little traffic island, where Piedmont meets Dwight from the NW, with now-blocked-off slip lane. What did Alpha Sigma Pi do?
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City of Berkeley @berkeleyca.gov · 22/09/2025
Berkeley just experienced a small earthquake. Check USGS for the official earthquake magnitude: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... Remember to drop, cover, and hold on during earthquake shaking.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution. But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
Average nitrogen dioxide concentration in Paris has fallen significantlyHer proposals have faced pushback — from right-leaning politicians, a car owners’ association and suburban commuters, who say that targeting cars makes their lives more difficult.

But last month, Parisians voted in a referendum to turn an additional 500 streets over to pedestrians. A year earlier, Paris had moved to sharply increase parking fees for SUVs, forcing drivers to pay three times more than they would for smaller cars. The city has also turned a bank of the Seine from a busy artery into a pedestrian zone and banned most car traffic from the shopping boulevard of Rue de Rivoli.

Carlos Moreno, a professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and a former adviser to the city, said the French capital has developed “an urban policy based on well-being.”
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cecilia lunaparra @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
overheard on campus: “bro i didn’t even bring my car this year we got free BART! it’s just not worth it” and then their friends were talking about how easy it is to transfer at macarthur 😎
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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
EVANSTON DEFLOCKS: City just issued a news release announcing that all 19 license plate cameras have been deactivated, and the contract will be fully terminated effective Sept. 26. Story TK.
Evanston Deactivates Flock Cameras and Terminates Contract

On August 26, the City of Evanston and the Evanston Police Department deactivated all 19 Flock Safety ALPR cameras. The City is no longer collecting or providing license plate reader data to the Flock network.

The findings of the Illinois Secretary of State’s audit, combined with Flock’s admission that it failed to establish distinct permissions and protocols to ensure local compliance while running a pilot program with federal users, are deeply troubling. As a result, the City has deactivated the cameras and issued a termination notice to Flock, effective September 26, 2025.

During this interim period until September 26, data collected by other agencies and shared on the Flock network will remain available for Evanston’s investigations into reported crimes. However, Evanston will not collect or share any data itself.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I wish a very happy “fuck you” to everyone who thought throwing trans people under the bus was going to stop these lunatics Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either This is why we fight for *everyone*
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City of Berkeley @berkeleyca.gov · 03/07/2025
Fill out before the end of today! Use an online survey to let us know how to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists who use Telegraph Avenue while improving bus speed and reliability. 🚴🚶👩‍🦼🚌 Community message: berkeleyca.gov/commu... Online survey: communityfeedback.op...
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Help improve mobility by foot, bike, or bus on Telegraph | City of Berkeley
Give input at June 25 meeting or use online survey by July 3 to give input on priorities and concept designs. Use an online workshop or survey to let us know how to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists who use Telegraph Avenue while improving bus speed and reliability.The City is also seeking to integrate better truck and delivery loading zones on this section of Telegraph Avenue, which stretches from Dwight Way to Woolsey Street at the Oakland border. Options include bus-only lanes and bus stop improvements, physically protected and separated bike lanes, crosswalks, curb management, and other improvements.
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 02/07/2025
Happy Minimum Wage adjustment day, #Berkeley! The new minimum wage is $19.18 per hour.
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 29/06/2025
Here it is! Happy Pride everyone! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏘️
Alfred wearing a pink blazer and a long purple mamianqun-style skirt with a multicolored pattern down the front panel, which is based on Berkeley zoning map around telegraph avenue
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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Statement from DSA's National Political Committee On Zohran Mamdani's Primary Win, June 27, 2025. In New York City, socialism has won. Time and again, the capitalist class have told working class New Yorkers that providing the basic necessities of affordable housing, efficient transit, and universal child care are not possible, and they should be grateful for the crumbs they do provide. But working class New Yorkers across all different ages, races, and religions have refused to accept that lie. New York City has again proved that a better world is possible. These election results are a rejection of the Democratic Party political establishment and point to a widespread desire for an alternative to the status quo, and the need for the working-class political party DSA is building.
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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
“when can my city get a Zohran” we already have our in Berkeley, that’s @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social, she makes housing vision charts with rose logos on them
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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
CM @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social is up now! She says that rents in Berkeley are back to 2018 prices *because* the city has been building housing, and that the zoning status quo is what displaces people. The city needs to do more, and this ordinance is part of that.
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 27/06/2025
Councilmember @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social speaks in favor of middle housing, talks about how new buildings will contribute to affordable housing funds and how Berkeley's strong tenant protection laws will protect tenants in existing housing.
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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Next is someone from a local land trust who says that Berkeley's zoning has prevented them from building mixed-income housing, and that they support the supplemental rezoning proposal from Lunaparra and Resarwani.
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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Happy Thursday, folks! I'm spending my evening (virtually) in Berkeley, where the City Council will *finally* vote on the Middle Housing Ordinance to legalize duplexes, fourplexes & small apartments in most neighborhoods throughout the city. Grab some 🍿, 🧵 starts here!
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
“The Berkeley Tenants Union, or BTU, collaborated with the Office of District 7 City Councilmember @CeciliaLunaparra.bsky.social and @DSAeastbay.bsky.social to highlight new ways Berkeley tenants can unionize [to] and negotiate for lower rent regarding livability concerns and lease violations.”
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Berkeley Tenants Union informs residents of new rights from Measure BB
The Berkeley Tenant Organizing Task Force, or BTOTF, offered a “Know Your Rights” training session April 30 educating tenants on the expansion of their bargaining power under Measure BB.
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Bike East Bay @bikeeastbay.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
In March and April, a vote on a proposal to close the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail on weekdays to people biking and walking was scheduled twice, then cancelled each time on short notice. Thanks to a public records request we now know what happened. 🧵with details and how to take action:
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 08/05/2025
Crosswalk upgrades at Channing Circle in #Berkeley! These new islands will split up some of the city's longest crosswalks into shorter sections, and also provide barriers between people crossing the street and cars going around the loop.
Road construction building new traffic islands at a traffic donut. Lots of orange conesA brand new pedestrian crossing island with concrete curbs and yellow detectable warning tiles.  Surrounding road is under construction with orange cones and fence
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Transbay Coalition @transbaycoalition.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Big thanks to Berkeley Councilmember @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social for introducing and getting passed a city resolution last night that calls for: - $2 Billion in state funds for transit - A funding measure for transit in the Bay Area that comes from progressive funding sources!
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Marc Hedlund @marcprecipice.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Thanks to all the @ebkm.org riders for coming out today—600 in all. It was a blast and it was great to have so many people say, “I needed this.” We all do. ❤️
A pack of kids, families, and supporters on bikes in the street. The kids mostly have yellow safety vests on.
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Sam Gould @form67.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Stumbled upon the Bike East Bay 9th Street popup in Berkeley on my way back from lunch. The street is so wide that a two way protected cycletrack can fit without removing parking. The kids loved racing their bikes on it too.
Two way cycle trackMobile bike repair stationBike East Bay tent
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 19/04/2025
Barbara Lee is Oakland’s next mayor.
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 16/04/2025
Immigration Know Your Rights Training this Wednesday evening in Berkeley! This one's a joint effort between Councilmember @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social , student leaders, and community groups. actionnetwork.org/events/immig...
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Immigration Know Your Rights Training Hosted by the Offices of Councilmember Cecilia Lunaparra and ASUC MEMSSA Senator Medina Danish, CAIR-SFBA, and the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
Immigration Know Your Rights Training Hosted by the Offices of Councilmember Cecilia Lunaparra and ASUC MEMSSA Senator Medina Danish, CAIR-SFBA, and the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
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Eric Panzer @ericpanzer.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
If ICE is to be the instrument by which innocent people are sent to rot in foreign torture camps, I think it's time we start giving their vehicles the 1964 UC Berkeley treatment
A black and white photo of student protesters surrounding a police car  on Sproul plaza at the UC Berkeley campus during the Free Speech Movement protests in 1964
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Elizabeth @kitabet.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
if you felt it, tell the USGS here! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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Transbay Coalition @transbaycoalition.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"There are ways to solve the problem that don't involve penalizing the most vulnerable." -- @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social Exactly! 💙
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Alex Lee @votealexlee.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
this is immoral, ineffective, and stupid. The conservative narrative is homelessness is a personal choice. No it’s a societal failure. www.kqed.org/news/1202984...
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San José Mayor Pushes to Arrest Unhoused Who Refuse Shelter | KQED
Matt Mahan’s proposal would make San José the latest Bay Area city to escalate criminal enforcement against people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 26/02/2025
Tenants in a North Berkeley apartment building have organized a tenant union under the new law in 2024's Measure BB. @berkeleyside.bsky.social article at www.berkeleyside.org/2025/02/25/m...
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Berkeley residents form city’s first tenants union with power to bargain with landlords
The group of residents in a North Berkeley building are the first to use new expanded renter protections passed under Measure BB.
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 22/02/2025
Berkeley Rent Board's Resolution Reaffirming Berkeley as a Sanctuary City passed unanimously last night! The Rent Board will also be working on Know Your Rights education. Here are some resources on your rights in California: calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
RESOLUTION 25-01
REAFFIRMING BERKELEY AS A SANCTUARY CITY
BE IT RESOLVED by the Rent Stabilization Board of the City of Berkeley as follows:
WHEREAS, the residents of Berkeley have a long history and deep commitment to
welcoming immigrants, refugees, and those in exile; and
WHEREAS, the Berkeley community believes in protecting all of our residents and
letting them know they are safe, regardless of their immigration status; and
WHEREAS, the City of Berkeley was the first city in the nation to declare itself a City
of Refuge in 1971 (Resolution 44,784-N.S.) and the first city to support the “New Border
Vision” in 2020, to encourage Congress to expand public safety, protect human rights, and
welcome people to our communities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Berkeley reaffirmed its City of Refuge status in 1986
(Resolution No. 52,596-N.S.), 2007 (Resolution No. 63,711-N.S.), 2015 (Resolution No. 67,325-
N.S.), 2016 (Resolution No. 67,598-N.S. & No. 67,763-N.S.) and 2017 (Resolution No. 68,131-
N.S.); and
WHEREAS, the City of Berkeley once again reaffirmed its Sanctuary City status on
January 21, 2025, adopting Resolution NO. 71,658-N.S. “REAFFIRMING BERKELEY AS A
SANCTUARY CITY”; and
WHEREAS, the Trump administration has begun a campaign of mass deportation and
has rescinded the longstanding federal policy restricting immigration enforcement activity at
schools, after-school programs, hospitals, community health centers, and places of worship; and
WHEREAS, non-citizen tenants are vulnerable to abuse and manipulation by their
landlords on the basis of their immigration status.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
affirms its support for the Sanctuary City policies adopted by the City of Berkeley in Resolution
NO. 71,658-N.S and prior resolutions, and affirms that said policies apply to the Berkeley Rent
Stabilization Board and its operations and staff; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Berkeley Rent Stabilizations board expresses its
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Igor #IStandWithUkraineTregub he/him @igortregub.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Last night the #berkeley City Council passed a resolution in support of reimagining the monopolistic investor-owned utility model for one that puts the people ahead of profits and delivers affordable, clean energy. Thanks to my coauthor @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social All clean power to the people!
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 09/02/2025
Red paint makes buses go faster! New bus lane on Durant Ave in #Berkeley for @rideact.bsky.social buses! 🚌🚌🚌 @telegraphforpeople.bsky.social
Alfred wearing a flowery hat and a red Chinese style jacket, in front of a freshly painted bus laneA #7 AC Transit bus to Emeryville Amtrak stops at a bus stop with a green bus shelter
 People are crossing the street in front. In the back are highrise dorms
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