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Safety for ALL on Hopkins

Take Action today for Hopkins, we are almost there!

Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

Thanks to everyone who has sent in emails, put up a sign, forwarded emails to their friends, helped organize an action, donated to pay for signs, talked to their neighbors and generally showed up for street safety on Hopkins. We are in the home stretch! Hopkins is scheduled for a vote next Tuesday. View the agenda here and read the item here.

Hopkins will get a vote at the meeting on July 28 at 6pm

  • Send a quick email to your councilmember today (not sure who your councilmember is? Find out here), these types of communications can have a huge impact on how your councilmember will vote
  • Send a message to the whole council via Action Network
  • It’s not too late to fill out a postcard! Last chance is at Bike East Bay’s Summer Brake event today 5-7:30pm. Show up at GU headquarters in West Berkeley or meet at North Berkeley BART for a group ride to the party.
  • Know someone who lives on or less than ¼ mile from Hopkins?
    • Encourage them to sign this neighbor letter by the evening of July 26. Fill out the form to add your name​
    • If you want to text people about the letter, use this: Hello there, neighbors have put together a letter to show our support for protected bike lanes on Hopkins. Please fill out the form to add your name bit.ly/Hopkins-Neighbors and share the link with others who live close to Hopkins St!
  • Show up to the meeting on Tuesday, July 28 at 6pm

Safety for ALL on Hopkins

aka SafeHopkins

I gather my neighbors to support more housing and better transportation options in my city

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