Shoshana O'Keefe

Context

Associated municipality: Berkeley.

Councilmember, District 5. From the city website (retrieved 2026-10-22); verify.

Issues

• Hopkins Street Bikeway Referral (moved a failed supplemental item, 3-6; voted no on the final referral)
• Commercial Vacancy Blight Standards (co-sponsor)
• Council Discretionary Fund Grants (contributed up to $200 to two grants; named for $500 in the withdrawn DBA item)

Log

• 2026-10-24 - Roles and votes added from the July 2026 minutes.

• 2026-10-22 - Page created from public sources.

June 2026 activity

• Council Discretionary Fund Grants (author of the Solano Stroll grant, $24,000, June 30)
• Surveillance Use Policy Approvals (voted yes)
• Biennial Budget Adoption (voted no on the failed alternative June 23)
• See 2026-06-23 - City Council (special) and 2026-06-30 - City Council (regular).

Early June 2026 activity

• Moved the sales tax measure (Sales Tax Ballot Measure); authored the Solano Stroll referral set aside on June 16 (Biennial Budget Adoption); recused from Hot Tub Zoning Referral because of a recent hot tub purchase.
• See 2026-06-09 - City Council (regular), 2026-06-16 - City Council (regular) and 2026-06-22 - City Council (special closed session).

May 2026 early activity

• May 7: moved the failed amendment (4-5) to add her UAS Use Policy amendments; voted for portions 1 to 7 of the main motion (Surveillance Use Policy Approvals, Flock Safety Contract Extension). See 2026-05-07 - City Council (special).