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Judy Shelton
 
19738 votes
15.31%
- Occupation: Rent Board Commissioner
 - B.A. Social Welfare
 - Union Activist
 - Artist
  
Priorities:
- Tenant/landlord outreach & customer service
 - Strengthen tenant protections
 - Adopt an earthquake retrofit policy for apartment buildings
  
 
Judy J. Hunt
 
17930 votes
13.91%
- Occupation: Non-profit Executive
 - Former Commissioner, Alameda County Advisory Commission on Aging
  
Priorities:
- Fairness to Tenants & Landlords - Good Governance Practices
 - Fiscal Accountability & Executive Performance Appraisals
 - Transparency - Open decision making processes
  
 
Asa Dodsworth
 
17551 votes
13.62%
- Occupation: Rent Stabilization Board Commissioner
 - Berkeley Tenant/Affordable-Housing Convention Endorsed Candidate 2012
 - Chair of Waivers Committee, Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
 - Former Zero Waste Commission Vice-Chair
 - 13 year Member, and Cook House host for Berkeley Food Not Bombs
 - Berkeley Native, first elected to represent Berkeley in 30 years
 - Certified Permaculture Designer
  
Priorities:
- Outreach: with out effective outreach, tenant protections & rent control are unused, leaving tenants abused. Ex: Recent Student Tenement Fires.
 - Earthquake Safety, inspecting Berkeley's 100+ Soft Story buildings for safety, and require them all to be brought to current earthquake safety code.
 - We successfully lobbied to require all 16+ unit rental complexes provide Municipal Recycling & Food Waste Composting to tenants. Now we must enforce.
  
 
Alejandro Soto-Vigil
16869 votes
13.09%
- Occupation: Legislative Aide/Commissioner
  
Igor A. Tregub
 
16659 votes
12.93%
- Occupation: Rent Board Commissioner
 - Commissioner, Berkeley Housing Advisory Commission
 - Fmr. Chair, Berkeley Commission on Labor
 - Mechanical Engineer
 - Sierra Club Northern Alameda County Executive Group Member
 - Regional Council, Bend the Arc - A Jewish Partnership for Justice
 - 2012 Cal Dems Alumnus of the Year and California Young Democrats Leadership Award Recipient
  
Priorities:
- Preserving affordable housing and evictions protections in Berkeley
 - Building safety, sustainability, and habitability
 - Expanding outreach, accountability, and transparency
  
Nicole Drake
15327 votes
11.89%
- Occupation: Aide, Vice-Mayor Maio
  
Kiran Shenoy
13204 votes
10.24%
- Occupation: Attorney/PRC Commissioner
  
Jay James
11252 votes
8.73%
- Occupation: Mechanical Engineer
  
  
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