Candidate Statement of Qualifications
I, ASA DODSWORTH, hereby declare that I am a candidate for an elective office in the City of Berkeley, and make the following statement:
1. That my name is Asa Dodsworth
2. The office for which I am a candidate is Rent Stabilization Board Commissioner
3. That my residence is 2185 Acton St
4. The place of my birth is Berkeley, California
5. My present occupation is Rent Stabilization Board Commissioner
6. I have held the following public offices: Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner; Chair, Waivers Committee; Member, Outreach Committee; Member, Safe & Sustainable Housing Committee; Member, Earthquake Safety Sub-Committee; member, Ad-Hoc Committee on Smoke Free Housing; Former Vice-Chair, Berkeley Zero Waste Commission
7. Record of community service: Dog/Cat Volunteer, Berkeley Animal Shelter; Food Not Bombs (11 years); Tutor, Berkeley Youth Alternatives; #OccupyTheFarm!; Co-Founder Permaculture Boot Camp; Berkeley Copwatch; Prison Literature Project.
8. I am a taxpayer in the City of Berkeley.
9. I am a community-endorsed candidate for affordable housing. Berkeley is my hometown and community. Having seen a loss of Berkeley’s diversity due to high housing costs, I've worked for rent control and Strong Tenant Protections. In my two years on the Rent Board, I've improved outreach to tenants and landlords, while strengthening Berkeley’s Disaster Preparedness & Fire Safety enforcement program. This has saved lives by relaying the City's expectation that apartment buildings must include working smoke detectors and other common-sense measures. Along with many stakeholders, I've worked to develop a more effective and comprehensive citywide safety program. Anonymous complaints of fire hazards are currently not allowed under existing city regulations, nor is there the funding to do effective fire safety inspections in multi-unit properties. We should change this through a modest increase of the Rental Housing Safety Program Fee. I will keep fighting for you! My priorities include: Fire Safety, Earthquake Safety, and Environmental Incentives for Landlords and Tenants through Recycling and Composting. A coalition of tenants, landlords and homeowners selected me at the 2012 Berkeley Affordable Housing Convention. Endorsers include Commissioners Stephens, Blake, Webster, Townley, and Harr; and EBMUD Director Andy Katz. http://berkeleytenantconvention.net/
10. I refer to the following residents of the City of Berkeley:
Alejandro Soto-Vigil, Vice Chair, Housing Advisory Commission; & Affordable Housing Convention Endorsed Candidate
Igor Tregub, Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner; & Affordable Housing Convention Endorsed Candidate
Judy Shelton, Rent Board Commissioner & Affordable Housing Convention-Endorsed Candidate
Jesse Arreguín, Berkeley City Councilmember; former Chair, Berkeley Rent Board
Max Anderson, City Council District 3
Kriss Worthington, Berkeley City Councilmember
John T. Selawsky, President, Berkeley School Board
Beatriz Levya-Cutler, Berkeley School Board Member
Daniel Tuchler, President, Cal Berkeley Democrats
Leah Simon-Weisberg, Legal Director, Tenants Together
‘Boona Cheema’, Executive Director of BOSS (Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency)
Deborah Matthews, Commissioner City of Berkeley Zoning Adjustment Board
Alex Ghenis, Disability Rights Activist; former vice-president of External Affairs, Berkeley Student Cooperative
Willie Phillips, Board Member of Resource Community Development
Nancy Carleton, Former Chair, Zoning Board; Past President, Berkeley Partners for Parks; Co-Chair, Halcyon Neighborhood Association
Linda Franklin, Director of Alameda County WIC (Women, Infants & Children Nutrition Counseling Program); Community Health Commissioner, Former
Effie Rawlings, Biofuel Oasis Workers Co-op member; Cooperative Roots Non Profit Housing Board member; Co-Founder of Occupy the Farm; US Army Veteran
Judith D Gips, KPFA Community Advisory Board Member; Environmental Research Associate; Food Not Bombs; School teacher
Judy Ann Alberti, BCA, former Rent Board Commissioner
Winston Burton, Berkeley Board of Library Trustees, Chair
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