Welcome to another episode of the Doomloop Dispatch, the news show covering the worst parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. In this episode, Kevin speaks to former Berkeley City Council member Kate Harrison about Berkeley politics, mainly the forces gentrifying the famously liberal city. We get into the fights over roads and sidewalks, the treatment of the homeless and why she quit the council.

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SOURCES

Kate Harrison for Mayor of Berkeley

https://www.facebook.com/kate4berkeley/

Councilmember Kate Harrison abruptly resigns, saying ‘Berkeley’s processes are broken’

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/01/31/berkeley-kate-harrison-council-mayor

Profile: Kate Harrison, Berkeley Mayor candidate

https://berkeleyspeaks.org/profile-kate-harrison/

Empty empires: A few Berkeley landlords are sitting on several vacant buildings

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2025/12/30/empty-empires-a-few-berkeley-landlords-are-sitting-on-several-vacant-buildings

Letters: Here’s what’s wrong with Berkeley and why a City Council member resigned

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/letterstotheeditor/article/berkeley-farming-water-oakland-crime-18645459.php

87. Berkeley gentrification with Kate Harrison