The Berkeley City Council couldn't agree final night on several major proposals to address racial disparities in policing and changes that would give the Police Review Commission more power to investigate and discipline police officers for misconduct. Another proposal to write a ballot degree to establish a new police commission that would occupy much more authority than the existing Police Review Commission also wasn't voted on.
Instead,during a meeting that dragged on to 11:30 p.m., the council spent much of the night debating an ordinance that prohibits signs on buildings and mediating a dispute between Berkeley hills homeowners upset over a small residential construction project that would partially obstruct views of the Bay Bridge.
Later in the evening, and when council took up the police reform measures,the nine-member panel was divided on how to slip forward and then ran out of time.
The only policy reform approved final night involves an overhaul of the rules officers must follow regarding uses of force.…
Source: eastbayexpress.com