[Editor’s Note: We believe that “if in doubt about how to vote, ask Margot”. She’s the best candidate for Berkeley’s Assemblymember. As such, she’s been to all the candidate forums, so she’s gotten a ...

The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceAGENDA: Public Comment on non-agenda and items 1 – 7. 1. Minutes, 2. Review and Approve 2/13/2024 -- draft agenda – (Review/Consider) Request from Bay Area Housing ...

The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceAt the beginning of the week the death toll in Gaza was 5,791 of whom 2,360 were children. After President Joe Biden doubt about the number of deaths, the Gaza ...

RHNA, Nexus Study, AMI In Lieu Fees Inclusionary Housing Requirements the Palmer Fix, Density Bonus, SB 330, Chart of Income Categories and Affordable Rents and where to go to stay current with ...

When I was a young man, an eighteen-year-old, to be exact, I was psychotic, and I was unaware that what you do can have consequences. Some consequences of actions, even actions taken at the tender age ...

Many disabled people have issues that do not shorten life expectancy and often live as many years as those without a disability. On the other hand, many, including those of us with mental illness, ...

The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceHelping mentally ill people recover is often one of the objectives of treatment. Yet it is not the only objective. The agendas of mental health treatment that I've ...

Yet, this should not include restrictions on upward mobility. It should not include the presumption or the requirement that we are incompetent. And it should not include lumping us into a category of ...

When I first became severely psychotic in 1982, apparently my father realized he was in over his head in trying to deal with me alone, and believed I needed professional help. He first took me to an ...

Yet that is actually only a distant tip of a huge iceberg. When we study the incidents of police operations (in which killing is too often a result) over the past few decades, we find several levels ...

The East Bay's Non-commercial VoiceOur 30-minute, live Zoomchat with Barbara Lee's (D-CA) rep in Washington went well. The face-to-face encounters offered a pleasant reprieve from the usual drudgery ...