- Occupation: Director, Innovation Ecosystem Development, UC Berkeley
- Harvard University, MBA
- Tufts University, BSE, Computer Science & Applied Math
- Co-founder, Berkeley Startup Cluster
- Co-founder, Peak Democracy Inc
- Chair, Berkeley Zoning Adjustments Board
- Board Member, Claremont-Elmwood Neighborhood Association
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Safer, More Family-Friendly Neighborhoods
- Mitigated Traffic, Maintained Parks, Inviting Commercial Districts
- A City that is Environmentally & Fiscally Sustainable
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The LWV Berkeley/Albany/Emeryville asked questions on the issues of all candidates for this office.
Read the answers from Mike Alvarez Cohen
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- Retiring District 8 City Councilmember Gordon Wozniak
- City of Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates
- Berkeley Fire Fighters Association & Berkeley Police Association
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- An Even Better Berkeley 2020 Plan
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My citywide plan will bring clean jobs to Berkeley, thereby increasing our commercial and retail tax base, so that we have the funds to address our city's challenges.
- District 8 Transparency & Accountability System
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My District 8 plan will model how government that is transparent and tech-savvy can be cost-effective and highly responsive to the needs of our neighborhoods, residents and businesses.
- Mike's Mainstream to Moonshot Mindset
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Berkeley and District 8 have problems that have been dogging us for years. These intractable problems include traffic, parking, crime and noise. These are stubborn problems because of unchanging attributes of our city. We need to continue to pursue mainstream, incremental solutions to these problems, but I want to also think big and explore out-of-the-box, moonshot approaches that will tackle these problems.
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