Ross Bernet
Candidate for City Council Member, Berkeley, District 1 · Environmental Program Manager
Ross Bernet is a senior program manager for carbon renewal at Microsoft with 15 years of experience leading environmental efforts in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations, including securing a deal that protected 400,000 acres of forest on the East Coast.
Positions in brief
Focuses on housing affordability and tenant protections, safer and smoother streets, real solutions to homelessness, environmental protection including converting Golden Gate Fields into a park, efficient government, and public safety.
Bernet's platform includes six priorities: housing affordability and tenant protections, noting 'Berkeley's housing affordability crisis doesn't just affect newcomers, but all of us'; smoother, safer streets funded by Measure FF with a focus on accessibility; building shelter capacity and permanent supportive housing to address homelessness while keeping public spaces clean and safe; environmental protection including expanding street trees, maintaining parks, protecting the shoreline, and converting Golden Gate Fields into a public park with wetland restoration; efficient government through streamlined permits and modernized technology, ensuring 'every tax dollar is spent wisely'; and public safety through adequate police resources, civilian oversight boards, community policing, and 'clear and appropriate usage policies' for police technology.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Supports housing affordability, tenant protections, and building shelter capacity and permanent supportive housing to address homelessness.
“Berkeley's housing affordability crisis doesn't just affect newcomers, but all of us”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Supports street improvements funded by Measure FF, prioritizing accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Supports expanding street trees, protecting the shoreline, and converting Golden Gate Fields into a public park with wetland restoration.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Supports streamlining permits and modernizing city technology to ensure tax dollars are spent wisely.
“every tax dollar is spent wisely”
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports adequate police resources, civilian oversight boards, community policing, and clear usage policies for police technology.
“clear and appropriate usage policies”
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