This blog has been updated with further information on September 30.
A YES vote on Measure FF will ensure that Berkeley has sufficient funding to pave streets, improve bike and pedestrian infrastructure, and add green infrastructure.
Measure FF would create a special parcel tax ($0.17/sf (residential) / $0.25/sf (commercial)) that could raise $15 million annually for 14 years for the purposes of “street and sidewalk repair, repaving and reconstruction, pedestrian safety projects, traffic-calming measures on bicycle boulevards, and environmental infrastructure.”
Learn more about the campaign at www.yesonff.com
Why It Matters
At Greenbelt Alliance, we support the “complete streets” approach—meaning designing our cities with pedestrians, bikes, cars and multimodal types of transport in mind— and advocate for increased access to green public infrastructure to improve resilience in our communities. This measure will support Berkeley in making more investments that will improve streets and sidewalks while also making improvements that will make it easier for people to get out of their cars (helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions) for a safe, comfortable, and accessible biking, walking or transit experience, while improving green infrastructure and adding native tree species.
Competing Measures
Adding complication to this vote, Berkeley has two competing measures to fund street repair and the measure that receives the most support will be adopted. After careful consideration we recommend a Yes vote for measure FF and a No vote for measure EE. To learn more about why we oppose EE you can check out this blog.
