Candidate for
Mayor; City of Berkeley

Why I am Running + Again + for Mayor!

I was honored to serve as Berkeley's Mayor from 1994 to 2002 and to accomplish starting the Downtown Arts and Theater District and building the I-80 Bicycle/Pedestrian Overpass without going to the voters for extra taxes. Since leaving office I have followed City affairs closely, and I find that Berkeley has become a divided community and that people believe that City Hall isn't listening.

I am running to bring back community-based government that listens to the people, to get our Downtown and other commercial areas back on track, to replace top-down planning with collaborative processes and to meet our most fundamental problem of providing for green growth without sacrificing Berkeley's beauty, historic charm, and incomparable livability.