National Affairs Department Update
Chief Deputy: Nicholas Kitchel
- Coordinated with UC Federal Caucus working group (Student Regent’s office, UCM graduate student leader, and UC Berkeley student leaders) on next steps of action
Legislative Liaison: Henry Grunzweig
- Drafting proposal for UC Federal Caucus to be presented to Members of Congress who represent UC campuses
Campus Organizing Director: Ian Deck
- · Applying for grants to fund USSA Legislative Conference
- · Drafted description of USSA Legislative Conference to be included in press release
Campus Organizing Director: Douglas Taylor
- · Applying for grants to fund USSA Legislative Conference
- · Applied for Student Opportunity Fund grant to fund USSA Legislative Conference
- · Drafted application for USSA Legislative Conference, to be opened to public on Sunday, February 10
State Affairs Department Update
**Chief Deputy: Morgan Prentice
- NOTE: Please welcome our NEW Chief Deputy of State Affairs
- Attended February UCSA Board meeting at UC Santa Barbara
- Assisted in planning for the Student Lobby Conference
Legislative Liaison: Tanay Kothari
- Participated in Student Lobby Conference planning conference calls
Campus Organizing Director: Devonte Jackson
- Attended February UCSA Board meeting at UC Santa Barbara
- Facilitated a conference call with campus organizing directors from different UC campuses to organize a week of action
Advocacy Director (DOE/LOC Designate): Alex Silva
- Gathering a list of possible speakers for a forum with a current legislature
Local Affairs Department Updates
Chief Deputy: Aparna Bhattacharya
Safety: Stephanie Petrillo
- Working with the Office of the President to incorporate the Safety aspect into the current ASUC app
Sustainability Director: Kristen Klein/Mashail Arif**
- Working on publicizing Sustainability Tips (ASUC Facebook/Twitter and possibly Res Hall Newsletters)
Telegraph Business Development Director: Kelly Lester
- Served on TBID committee to represent student interests in Telegraph business development
- Currently working on Telegraph Happenings website
- Currently working on Business Sustainability App
Business Incubator Director: Erica Lee/Arushi Saxena**
- Set up umbrella organization for different entrepreneurial groups on campus
- Working on reaching out to different student groups on campus to get advice on how to set up final structure for organization
City Council Liaisons: Stein Beals/Nils Gilbertson
- Working on settling parking permits
- Drafted letter to City Council regarding Automatically Renewing Leases to increase renter visibility
- Increasing City Commission outreach
Transportation Director: Angela Alexanian/Andrew Hsu
- Working on Class Pass and Bear Transit negotiations
Redistricting Director: Noah Efron
- Planning a Student Forum for early April
- Trying to get ASUC to endorse our district map proposal (to be finalized on February 13)
Berkeley Cribs Director: Allison Hall
- Website is intended to be up and running by March
- Currently working on resolving technical issues on the website
At-Large Department Update
Chief Deputy: Ada Gu
- Developing Spring 2013 Project Plans with Directors At-Large
- Spring 2013: working on institutionalizing Voteco
- Housing Commission task allocation
SWANA Campaign Director: Christina Mehranbod
- Communicating with minority-centric student groups at other UC campuses
- Researching on how to present and pass bill at UCSA conference in Spring 2013
- Passing out SWANA campaign material packages to other campuses to raise awareness about bill
Mental Health Analyst: Rui Xu
- Planning a mental health panel and blog as an outlet for student mental health issues
- Planning to centralize mental health resources into one convenient location
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