The Special Session on Homelessness Response was rescheduled to this Tuesday (9/16) at 4 PM due to technological difficulties.
Hear the presentation of our Homeless Response Team audit and share your feedback on how the City is addressing homelessness.
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@chrismihm.bsky.social “Congress as an institution seems all too willing to cede its constitutional and historical authority and prerogatives.” federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/202...
“Unlike birthright citizens, naturalized citizens can now be stripped of their status through a ‘civil process’ — which doesn’t guarantee a lawyer and uses lower standards of evidence.”
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Join us for a double-header Council Session tomorrow!
4 PM: Special Session on Homelessness Response including our new audit on the Homeless Response Team
6 PM: Regular Meeting where the Budget Office has an information item on the Financial Condition audit recommendations
Berkely’s Homeless Response Team has room for improvement, audit finds https://trib.al/ccdhBCl
📢 New Audit released today:
“Homeless Response Team: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Procedures and Better Track Outcomes” finds that resource limitations, coordination challenges, and limited outcome reporting impacted encampment response efforts. 📝https://bit.ly/HRTAudit 1/10
Immigration Know Your Rights Training this Wednesday evening in Berkeley! This one's a joint effort between Councilmember @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social , student leaders, and community groups.
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Berkeley City Auditor logo with text reading 2024 Knighton Award for Berkeley Restaurant Inspection Audit. Read the report at https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-audits
The Association of Local Government Auditors recognized our Restaurant Inspections audit as one of the top of 2024! 🏅
The judges acknowledged our team's impact and rigor, awarding our audit the "distinguished" recognition.
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Currently listening to council meeting on pavement management and infrastructure planning.
Coverage of our leases report from @berkeleyside.bsky.social www.berkeleyside.org/2025/01/31/b...
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📄For more detailed information, visit our website to access the full report on Berkeley's lease management system.
✅To tackle these issues, we re-opened 8 recommendations including clarifying lease management roles and responsibilities, updating the lease policy, and developing a complete central list of leases. Addressing some of these issues will depend on additional resources.
🔎We also found that there is no staff person currently in charge of citywide lease management. Limited staff capacity and lack of clear direction from management make it hard for the City to stay on top of its rental agreements.
⚠️We found that there is no guidance for offering below market rate rent, or when the City should pay for utilities and other fees. Differences in lease terms could result in unfairness across rental agreements.
🔑The audit team found that the City lacks a central complete list of #leases and according to Public Works staff, has lost track of its own property in the past.
📢New report released today! Our special follow-up report, “2009 Leases Audit Follow-Up: Berkeley Faces the Same Risks 16 Years Later” takes a look at a prior audit of City leases and points out how the City’s management of its over 49 leases can still be improved.
