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Ross Bernet

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Running for Berkeley Council District 1 Rossforberkeley.com secure.actblue.com/donate/ross-bern…

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 29/09/2026
Californians: you're going to hear about the Starter Home Revitalization Act a lot over the next few years. In short, it legalizes small-lot infill ownership homes (ie townhomes and cottage courts) by-right everywhere housing is allowed, with strict approval deadlines similar to those for ADUs.
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you for all your work Emilie! Local news is essential for a functional democracy.
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Supply and demand….does apply to housing??!!? 🤔🤔🤔
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tree planting event in Berkeley this weekend near the Bat 🌳🌳🌳
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m running for City Council to get back to the basics:  • Pave our roads • Safe infrastructure • Tackle the deferred maintenance backlog • Deliver safety upgrades for everyone  Decades of neglect left us with a $250M+ pavement backlog. Let’s build safe, smooth streets across Berkeley! 🚴 🚦 🚗
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank you for publishing this @berkeleyscanner.com Read about all five candidates here:
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Couldn’t have said it better myself! Thanks for your leadership @adenaishii.bsky.social ! “Doing Business in Berkeley” is exactly the talk title I am most excited to hear about right now. Let’s increase our tax base so we can support all the other amazing things we want to do 💪
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I meet too many people who complain that transit needs to be better in Berkeley. We have negligent AC transit directors abdicating their responsibility rather than focusing on their jobs. It’s no wonder it’s not better. Make sure to vote @valencia4actransit.bsky.social And thank Jean Walsh!
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Walking to pick my kid up from elementary school and watching the mayor ride by on her e-bike. Just another day in Berkeley. ✌🏻
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
*Day FIVE* of the IMMENSELY valuable parking directly in front of Monterey Market continues to serve as a used car sales lot. Where is the outrage from the folks so worried about loss of parking from bike lanes??
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NW Berkeley home prices hit $1.5M this summer - that makes ownership impossible for most regular people. Berkeley has done a good job building rental apartments, but we need more paths to ownership. Condos, missing middle housing & single-stair reform will help bring young families to Berkeley.
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thanks @marcprecipice.bsky.social for the shoutout to @telraam.bsky.social! Love what they are doing to democratize data-driven safety 🙏❤️
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Reporting from Berkeley on why repaving must include street safety upgrades! After Rose St was repaved, speeds jumped 5mph—increasing collision risk. Thanks to 2024’s Measure FF, we have funds for speed bumps & traffic calming to reach our Vision Zero goals. 📹: @brandonyung.bsky.social 🙏
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Jean Walsh is the real deal! She leads with enthusiasm, principles, and strategic vision, never settling for status quo public transit in Alameda County. Plus, her car-free happy hours are a monthly treat! I'm honored to have her endorsement and support out door knocking with me! 🚌🚏❤️💪
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I am deeply honored to receive the endorsement of California State Assemblymember @buffywicks.bsky.social As a dedicated champion for housing, Assemblymember Wicks continues to lead the charge on making housing more abundant and affordable across our state. Grateful for her leadership 🙏
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Makes me sad and in disbelief that Berkeley is getting sued for violating environmental law “CEQA” for an intention to build a bike lane. Doesnt seem real. A despicable, hopefully not too costly distraction. Parking is good for the environment after all! www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/09/03/c...
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Buffy Wicks @buffywicks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I am incredibly disappointed & frustrated that AB 1903, my bill to reform construction defect liability, just died in the Senate. Critical components were amended out Friday & it was ultimately held by the Senate late last night — missing the midnight deadline for concurrence.
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Eric Panzer @ericpanzer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I know we're all tee-hee-heeing over Trump's deranged, attempted renaming spree, but all I can feel is this gnawing nausea This behavior is 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘦, and our oligarch-controlled media are all but incapable of saying it If any Dem president had done this, they'd have been impeached by dinner
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Terry Taplin @taplinterry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Join the Fourth Street Maker's Row at their Summer Sidewalk Sale and Head West Marketplace featuring merchants, activities, and live music! 🛍 🎯 🎶 August 29 and 30 | 11 am - 5:30 pm 1834 4th Street More Info: www.fourthstreet.com/eventslistin...
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🅒🅗🅡🅘🅢 🍫 🍫 🍫 🤯 @wowitschris.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
btw what inspired this post was a bike trip to berkeley bowl west and finally noting a duplex being built on ninth. looking it up now it was proposed as soon as missing middle zoning kicked in (13th of nov 25), approved within two weeks, and it's already at framing. that's what i like to see!
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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I get that rebalancing street design away from car dominance is inconvenient to those whose lifestyle is fully oriented around driving. But personal passenger vehicles are the No 1 source of GHG emissions in CA. Taking action to address this isn't "environmentalism gone awry", it's a core component.
"Berkeley resident Max Lynn watched in disbelief last month as the City Council voted to eliminate over half of the parking spaces on Hopkins Street in favor of bike lanes. Not because he's anti-environment, but because he viewed it as environmentalism gone awry.
"I've lived here for 23 years, and I've ridden bikes, walked, ran, driven cars up and down the street the whole time," Lynn said. "I'm not sure why they need to be so radical. It's almost militant.""Chart of "2023 GHG Emissions by Scoping Plan Sector and Sub-Sector." showing transportation as the biggest pie piece at 37.1% and passenger vehicles specifically at 28.3%
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I wasn’t sure if the compostable bags could be put in the green bin in Berkeley. And the answer is yes! (Sadly not in Oakland, curiously) resource.stopwaste.org/curbside/ber...
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Thank you @bluejekyll.bsky.social Even in Berkeley we need to fight for progress that should be obvious. Everyone says meeting voters is the essential differentiator for winning. We starting door knocking! Sign up to knock doors with me or donate on my website. Rossforberkeley.Com
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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Thanks @ebkm.org for an amazing rolling bike celebration around Oakland’s Lake Merritt this morning. Let’s get the cycletrack lake loop done & enable this same feeling EVERY day! Info at BikeEastBay.org/LML
Photo of families riding bikes on a pathway with Oakland’s Lake Merritt in the background Photo of a giant group of parents and kids on bikes taking up an entire street, standing and waiting at a stop sign
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
People are biking, folks!
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
See you there!
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Sam Greenberg @samjgreenberg.com · 25/07/2026
fellas Car-Free Telegraph is officially listed in Alameda County Transportation Commission's draft Countywide Transportation Plan with an estimated price tag of $30m. this is a seal of legitimacy-- our county transportation funding agency and the city see it as a top priority! we will deliver this
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Mark Sawchuk @snarkmawchuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Jane Kim, the current front-runner for the state insurance commissioner, would make this already unsustainable problem even worse. She wants you to subsidize fire insurance for rich people who choose to live in the urban-wildland interface where wildfires do the most property damage.
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🦫 Libby Lee-Egan 🦫 @libbington.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Today is your last chance to fill out a postcard for Hopkins! Find @prinzrob.bsky.social or @rosszb.bsky.social at Bike East Bay's Summer Brake event 5-7:30pm today. bikeeastbay.org/event/summer... It looks like it's going to be a blast and I'm bummed I'm going to miss it.
"Send a postcard to your councilmember for Hopkins bike lanes" plus photos of happy, cool, smart people with their postcards
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I am humbled to have earned Terry Taplin’s endorsement. Terry leads with a big heart, is a great listener, is a champion for safe streets, the marina, and knows how to fight for what’s right! Will you donate today for a more affordable, sustainable Berkeley? secure.actblue.com/donate/ross-...
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I'm incredibly proud to be endorsed by former District 7 Councilmember Rigel Robinson! During his time on Council, Rigel was a tireless advocate for safe streets, transit, and the ferry. Add your name to keep the momentum going: rossforberkeley.com/endorsements Or donate today! Thank you!
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City of Berkeley @berkeleyca.gov · 18/07/2026
Berkeley: Here's your National Night Out checklist: - Figure out who in the neighborhood is hosting ☑️ - Invite the neighbors ☑️ - Register your gathering ☑️ - Apply for free block party permit (if closing your street) ☑️ Do it all by July 20. Read more 👇🏾
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Sign up your neighborhood event for National Night Out | City of Berkeley
Register or apply for a free block party permit to close a street by July 20. National Night Out is Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Register your block and even apply to shut down your street to host a neighborhood gathering for National Night Out in August. The annual event showcases gatherings around Berkeley as a way for neighbors to meet each other, get to know City staff, and build community. Registering by July 20 gets your gathering listed on a Citywide map, which will make it easier for newcomers to your neighborhood to find you.
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Hope to see you tomorrow at Hidden Cafe in Strawberry Creek to chat walkable Nieghborhoods and making Berkeley an even better place to live! 10am - Noon I need to collect signatures from D1 voters to appear on the ballot, so please stop by even for 5 minutes to sign and say hello!
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Bianca Walser @biancawalser.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
People who think that advocates for safe mobility infrastructure are politically powerful need to understand our streets would look very very different if that were in fact true.
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The absurdity of the Hopkins saga is what radicalized me and got me interested in engaging Berkeley politics in the first place. I’m running for D1 and safe streets is a core priority of mine. Climate, community, public safety and personal health: bike lanes are the way 💪🚲 Rossforberkeley.Com
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Looking forward to it!
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
East Bay Kidical Mass is such a joyful event. Grateful to all the volunteers that make it happen! Huge kudos to @marcprecipice.bsky.social amongst many others!!
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Marc Hedlund @marcprecipice.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Here’s a short, seven-minute documentary about East Bay Kidical Mass @ebkm.org, posted online for the first time. Enjoy, and hope to see you at a future ride! youtu.be/10CImzRMSu8
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Kidical Mass: A Family That Bikes Together
YouTube video by BIKEPACKING.com
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Thank you for the shoutout @rcheetham.bsky.social ! I am thrilled to run for #Berkeley district 1 council seat. Look forward to connecting with folks here!
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back. Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance. Be a housing fan.
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
🫠 Better late than never?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/06/2025
The bill the Senate is voting on right now would reduce US power generation through 2035 by 300GW, raise wholesale & retail power prices, increase household energy costs, reduce national GDP, & kill 100s of 1000s of jobs. I mean, this isn't "public grocery store" bad, but it's pretty bad!
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Economic Impacts of U.S. Senate “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Energy Provisions • Energy Innovation
The Senate's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs.
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Ross Bernet @rosszb.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Traveling to Anchorage Alaska for a wedding and inspired by the #nokings protest here
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 12/06/2025
I’m filing a lawsuit against President Trump after he signed illegal resolutions to target California’s clean air policies. Trump’s all-out assault on California continues, and this time he’s destroying our public health and America’s global competitiveness in the process.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
By this Pam calculation, one pill has to kill more than five people. Math is hard.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 01/05/2025
Mike Waltz has left the chat.
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ren they/them 🏳️‍⚧️ @renzaro.com · 02/05/2025
Fixed it for you, @sfchronicle.com. No death deserves to go this undignified, this unanswered for. Holding the victim and loved ones in my heart.
SF Chronicle headline “pedestrian fatally struck by car in SF SoMa neighborhood” crossed out and replaced with “driver fatally struck pedestrian in SF SoMa neighborhood, one of the most dangerous in the city”
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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Last week, Montana voted to: - legalize 6-story apartments on most commercial land - sharply cut multifamily parking mandates - limit excess impact fees - cut condo defect liability - require equal treatment for manufactured homes - legalize single-stair buildings up to 6 stories statewide
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