Open Government Ordinance
The Open Government Ordinance ensures access to public meetings, agendas, recordings, and other key public records.
Berkeley’s Open Government Ordinance ensures that community members can access public meetings and documents. This local ordinance provides additional regulations on top of the State of California’s Brown Act and Public Records Act. Read the full text of the Berkeley Open Government Ordinance.
Public Records
Find links to some key public records below:
- City Charter
- Berkeley Municipal Code
- General Plan and Area Plans
- Zoning Ordinance
- Landmarks Preservation Ordinance
- Guide to Public Information and Records Requests
- Records Retention Schedule
- City Council Rules of Procedure
- Commissioner’s Manual
- Conflict of Interest Code
- Statements of Economic Interest for filers under GC 87200
- Agendas and Minutes of the meetings of all Legislative Bodies
- Index of Regional Bodies on which the City is represented and the City Representatives who serve on them
- Off-agenda Memos
- Large Documents
Communications from City Manager and department heads to other agencies on behalf of the City
| From | To | Date | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police Department | BUSD* | April 5, 2011 | Recommendations for School Safety |
| Planning | ABAG**, MTC*** | June 28, 2011 | SB 375 Sustainable Communities Strategy |
| Public Works | City of Oakland | August 12, 2011 | Comments on Safeway Shopping Center |
| City Manager | City of Oakland | October 17, 2011 | Comments on Safeway Shopping Center |
| Human Resources | CA Department of Insurance | November 29, 2011 | Insurance Gender Non-Discrimination |
| City Attorney | State Water Resources Control Board | December 14, 2011 | Petition A-2062(a) |
| Planning | California Strategic Growth Council | February 10, 2012 | Sustainable Communities Planning Grant |
| Planning | AC Transit | March 7, 2012 | BRT Final Environmental Impact Report/Statement |
| Planning | AC Transit | March 9, 2012 | Berkeley Oversight Board Appointment |
| Planning | CA Community Colleges | March 15, 2012 | Berkeley Oversight Board Appointment |
| Planning | AC Transit | March 19, 2012 | Revised Comments on BRT FEIS/R |
| City Manager | PG&E | April 20, 2012 | East Bay Energy Watch |
| City Manager | City of Oakland | July 30, 2012 | Concerns on Safeway Shopping Center |
| Police Department | UC Berkeley Police Department | August 30, 2012 | BPD Mutual Aid Memorandum Of Understanding |
| City Manager | US Postal Service | September 26, 2012 | Request for Information Re: Berkeley Main Post Office |
| City Manager | US Postal Service | October 15, 2012 | Public Meeting Regarding Berkeley Main Post Office |
| City Manager | US Postal Service | October 18, 2012 | USPS Letter Collection Boxes |
| City Manager | US Postal Service | October 23, 2012 | USPS FOIA Request |
| City Manager | US Postal Service | November 6, 2012 | USPS Request to Reconsider Public Meeting Date |
| City Manager | Office of the Chancellor, UC Berkeley | December 4, 2012 | Stanley Hall Diesel Spill |
| City Manager | US Postal Service | January 29, 2013 | USPS FOIA Request Follow-up |
| City Attorney | Kern County Planning and Community Development Department | July 7, 2014 | Alon Bakersfield Crude Flexibility Project Draft Environmental Impact Report |
| City Attorney | USPS Facilities Department HQ Field Office | July 9, 2014 | Berkeley Main Post Office Covenant - City of Berkeley and National Trust Comments |
| City Attorney | California Energy Commission | July 10, 2014 | Additional Recommendations for Oil By Rail Safety in California |
| City Attorney | Advisory Council on Historic Preservation | October 14, 2014 | Berkeley Main Post Office - Comments of City of Berkeley and National Trust on the USPS's Request to Review Finding of No Adverse Effect |
| City Attorney | San Luis Obipso County Department of Planning and Building | February 4, 2016 | Finding Environmental Impact Report for the Phillips 66 Company Rail Spur Extension and Crude Unloading Project |
| City Attorney | Berkeley Neighborhoods Council | October 6, 2016 | Inquiry Concerning Measures DD and AA |
| City Clerk | Alameda County Registrar of Voters | Dec 3, 2019 | Election Administration |
| City Manager | East Bay Regional Park District | April 2, 2020 | Use of Properties West of I-80 |
| City Clerk | Alameda County Board of Supervisors | May 22, 2023 | Alameda County Elections Commission |
| Economic Development | Senate Budget Committee Assembly Budget Committee | May 24, 2023 | Continued Funding Request - California Green Business Program |
| City Clerk | Alameda County Registrar of Voters | Feb 19, 2025 | Election Administration |
| City Manager | Alameda County Board of Supervisors | Oct 29, 2025 | Homelessness - Measure W |
*Berkeley Unified School District
**Association of Bay Area Governments
***Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Oversight
The Open Government Commission handles oversight of the Open Government Ordinance. If you have a complaint related to compliance with the Open Government Ordinance, Brown Act, or Public Records Act, complete a Complaint of Noncompliance Form and send to FCPC@berkeleyca.gov.