Berkeley’s Environment and Climate Commission

The city of Berkeley’s Environment and Climate Commission is meeting to discuss and act on key issues at 5 PM on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. See the Zoom link and the important discussion and action items on the agenda. For the full agenda, see HERE.

DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS HIGHLIGHTS

Discussion: Tracking Climate Action and Resilience Implementation Progress
Indicators

Discussion: $1.5 M Healthy Residential Electrification Just Transition Pilot Program
Just Transition Presentation and more!

Medicare Privatized!

Are you concerned that Medicare is being privatized?

The LWVBAE Healthcare Team invites community members to attend our Zoom meeting on Tuesday, August 9th from 7 PM to 8 PM. Register here to learn about:

- How hedge funds and other financial speculators can buy clinics and primary care practices and acquire control over access to health care without gaining the permission of Medicare patients

- What we need to do to preserve Medicare as a public program

Speakers: Henry L. Abrons, MD, MPH and Stephen Vernon, MFT. Co-leaders of the Healthcare Team.

LWV Welcomes Bipartisan Action

The League of Women Voters of the United States CEO?Virginia Kase Solomón?issued the following statement in response to the Senate’s bipartisan deal on the Electoral Count Reform Act:

“We are pleased to see our elected leaders in the Senate find common ground to put forward necessary reforms to the Electoral Count Act and Presidential Transition Act. The reforms proposed will help to further clarify the role elected officials play when submitting a slate of electors and the role the Vice President plays in that process." Read more!

Protect democracy and the environment on the State and National levels!

- Receive National League action alerts in your inbox - then respond with phone calls, postcards, emails  to our electeds.

- Receive California League action alerts in your inbox - then respond  to your electeds and more.