Candidate for
Mayor; City of Berkeley

Tom Bates was sworn in as the 21st Mayor of Berkeley on December 10, 2002. Ushering in a new era of civility on the Council, he has worked successfully to accomplish his core goals: promoting youth and education efforts and create a "kid-friendly" city, building Berkeley into a national environmental powerhouse, creating a positive and more equitable relationship with the University of California, and encouraging new market-rate and affordable housing in the downtown and along select transit corridors.

He brings to the Mayor's Office a lifetime of public service experience and action on local, regional and national progressive issues - including four years as an Alameda County Supervisor and two decades as a California legislator representing Berkeley.

Accomplishing Core Goals

Building a Green City and Economy

• Developed nationally recognized program to finance solar upgrades for Berkeley residents
• Launched the East Bay Green Corridor to create green jobs with four other cites, UC Berkeley and Lawrence National Laboratory

• Joined with UC Berkeley to create Project BUILD, providing tutoring and books for 1,000 kids a year
• Partnered with community health groups to fund new hypertension clinic in South Berkeley

• Created and supported the broad citizen-led planning group that developed a consensus plan for our downtown
• Strongly supported new museum, hotel and "green" pedestrian plaza on Center Street