Brent Blackaby
@brentblackaby.bsky.social
Berkeley City Councilmember, District 6. Dad. Co-Founder of Confidently. Privacy should be a right! Co-Founder of Trilogy Interactive. #GoCrimson
Thanks to all the veterans who served to defend our country and keep us safe — especially my dad, Earl, who commanded a Titan II missile in the US Air Force. Happy Veterans Day!
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thanks to all the veterans who served to defend our country and keep us safe — especially my dad, Earl, who commanded a Titan II missile in the US Air Force. Happy Veterans Day!
Thanks @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social for co-hosting office hours with me in North Berkeley! Enjoyed chatting with you and our constituents about their ideas and concerns.
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Thanks @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social for co-hosting office hours with me in North Berkeley! Enjoyed chatting with you and our constituents about their ideas and concerns.
Thanks to the Berkeley Student Cooperative for hosting @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social and me last night for a “Meet Your Councilmembers” event at Cloyne Court.
October 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thanks to the Berkeley Student Cooperative for hosting @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social and me last night for a “Meet Your Councilmembers” event at Cloyne Court.
Congrats to the Berkeley FireSafe Council for hosting another successful neighborhood potluck yesterday!
October 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Congrats to the Berkeley FireSafe Council for hosting another successful neighborhood potluck yesterday!
Thanks to Dan for hosting your Scenic Ave neighbors and me last night, for a lively discussion about housing, fire safety, downtown revitalization, and other issues facing Berkeley. Look forward to continuing the conversation over the weeks and months ahead!
October 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Thanks to Dan for hosting your Scenic Ave neighbors and me last night, for a lively discussion about housing, fire safety, downtown revitalization, and other issues facing Berkeley. Look forward to continuing the conversation over the weeks and months ahead!
My team and I enjoyed our walk with Councilmember Shoshana O’Keefe and Bob & Emma from the Berkeley Path Wanderers to discuss plans to upgrade Keeler Path near Remillard Park. Thanks for the tour! (And thanks to Shoshana’s mom for the cookies!)
October 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My team and I enjoyed our walk with Councilmember Shoshana O’Keefe and Bob & Emma from the Berkeley Path Wanderers to discuss plans to upgrade Keeler Path near Remillard Park. Thanks for the tour! (And thanks to Shoshana’s mom for the cookies!)
Thanks to all of the constituents that joined my team and me for our September office hours, held at the Berkeley Rose Garden! It was great to catch up with so many neighbors to hear what’s on their mind and learn more about how we can help. Look forward to the next one!
September 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Thanks to all of the constituents that joined my team and me for our September office hours, held at the Berkeley Rose Garden! It was great to catch up with so many neighbors to hear what’s on their mind and learn more about how we can help. Look forward to the next one!
Enjoyed joining Councilmember Shoshana O’Keefe at Berkeley’s first Sun Day today. Congrats to @kerabinns.bsky.social and the planning team on a wonderful event celebrating clean energy and climate action!
September 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Enjoyed joining Councilmember Shoshana O’Keefe at Berkeley’s first Sun Day today. Congrats to @kerabinns.bsky.social and the planning team on a wonderful event celebrating clean energy and climate action!
Had a wonderful time at yesterday’s Solano Stroll! Thanks to all the friends, neighbors, and colleagues who marched with us in the parade and stopped by our booth. Always great to celebrate our beautiful community while getting feedback on how to make Berkeley even better!
September 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Had a wonderful time at yesterday’s Solano Stroll! Thanks to all the friends, neighbors, and colleagues who marched with us in the parade and stopped by our booth. Always great to celebrate our beautiful community while getting feedback on how to make Berkeley even better!
The shooting of Charlie Kirk is a senseless tragedy. I condemn it wholeheartedly. There should be no place in America for political violence — full stop. *Now* can we talk about guns?
September 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The shooting of Charlie Kirk is a senseless tragedy. I condemn it wholeheartedly. There should be no place in America for political violence — full stop. *Now* can we talk about guns?
With our indomitable Congresswoman @lateefahsimon.bsky.social this morning. Thanks you for your bold progressive leadership — and for fighting for East Bay families every day in Washington, DC!
September 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
With our indomitable Congresswoman @lateefahsimon.bsky.social this morning. Thanks you for your bold progressive leadership — and for fighting for East Bay families every day in Washington, DC!
Thanks to @bloomberg.com for covering the work we’re doing here in Berkeley to protect our community from the wildfire threat. But lots of work still to do! #ZoneZero #EMBER #FiresafeBerkeley
How This California City Aims to Avert Another Urban Wildfire Catastrophe
In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, Berkeley has moved quickly to require ember-resistant zones for high-risk homes after years of delay by the state.
www.bloomberg.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Thanks to @bloomberg.com for covering the work we’re doing here in Berkeley to protect our community from the wildfire threat. But lots of work still to do! #ZoneZero #EMBER #FiresafeBerkeley
Successful weekend of vegetation cleanup and wildfire preparedness with my Zone Zero assistant. (Look at that big pile of branches ready for Berkeley’s free chipper program!) But lots more work still to do… #ZoneZero #EMBER #wildfiresafety #FireSafeBerkekey
August 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Successful weekend of vegetation cleanup and wildfire preparedness with my Zone Zero assistant. (Look at that big pile of branches ready for Berkeley’s free chipper program!) But lots more work still to do… #ZoneZero #EMBER #wildfiresafety #FireSafeBerkekey
Proud to join my council colleagues in approving bold new Middle Housing zoning standards, which will add gentle housing density in neighborhoods outside fire hazard zones. Together we can make Berkeley better, safer, more affordable, and more welcoming for more families who want to live here!
June 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Proud to join my council colleagues in approving bold new Middle Housing zoning standards, which will add gentle housing density in neighborhoods outside fire hazard zones. Together we can make Berkeley better, safer, more affordable, and more welcoming for more families who want to live here!
Great news: The Berkeley City Council unanimously approved the Fire Department’s EMBER proposal, along with my amendments to improve it after months of community input. Together, we’re making Berkeley more wildfire resilient and safe — but much more to do!
www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/06/17/c...
www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/06/17/c...
Final Berkeley vote on strict new wildfire plan expected tonight
Update: Berkeley officials unanimously approved EMBER shortly after 11 p.m. following hours of public comment on both sides.
www.berkeleyscanner.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Great news: The Berkeley City Council unanimously approved the Fire Department’s EMBER proposal, along with my amendments to improve it after months of community input. Together, we’re making Berkeley more wildfire resilient and safe — but much more to do!
www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/06/17/c...
www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/06/17/c...
Proud that @berkeleyca.gov and our Fire Department are leading the way on wildfire preparation and resiliency!
Berkeley fire department pushes defensible space proposal
YouTube video by NBC Bay Area
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April 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Proud that @berkeleyca.gov and our Fire Department are leading the way on wildfire preparation and resiliency!
My neighbor on tonight’s flight home to SFO. There oughta be a law…
March 20, 2025 at 5:49 AM
My neighbor on tonight’s flight home to SFO. There oughta be a law…
Thanks @buffywicks.bsky.social for coming out to support Berkeley’s proposed EMBER program to improve our wildfire resilience. @adenaishii.bsky.social, Berkeley Fire Chief Sprague and Asst Chief Arnold, and our teams look forward to working with you to make Berkeley and the East Bay fire safe!
March 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Thanks @buffywicks.bsky.social for coming out to support Berkeley’s proposed EMBER program to improve our wildfire resilience. @adenaishii.bsky.social, Berkeley Fire Chief Sprague and Asst Chief Arnold, and our teams look forward to working with you to make Berkeley and the East Bay fire safe!
Calling all artists and nonprofits!
Want funding for your next big idea? Berkeley is offering grants to artists, festivals, and nonprofit organizations!
🎨 Artists
🏛️ Nonprofits & Arts Orgs
🎉 Festivals
🎭 Arts Nonprofits
Deadlines: Feb 19– Mar 12
📝 Apply here: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
🎨 Artists
🏛️ Nonprofits & Arts Orgs
🎉 Festivals
🎭 Arts Nonprofits
Deadlines: Feb 19– Mar 12
📝 Apply here: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
Artists, festival organizers, nonprofit organizations can apply for arts grants | City of Berkeley
Learn more about applying, guidelines, and eligibility through webinars, which start on January 8, 2025. Deadlines range from February 19 to March 12, depending on the grant. Artists, festival organizers, nonprofits seeking to make arts part of their programs, and arts nonprofits can apply for one-time grants to support their work and strengthen the arts culture of Berkeley.These grants allow individual visual artists to fund new individual works; festival organizers can use them to put on events; arts nonprofits can use the money to fund operations; and nonprofits interested in the arts can use them to create new arts programs.
berkeleyca.gov
February 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Calling all artists and nonprofits!
This is heartbreaking. We must do better, period. Our hearts go out to our neighbor and her friends & family. But that’s not nearly enough. Everyone in Berkeley deserves safe streets and sidewalks. It’s on us as public officials to deliver.
UPDATE: A 66-year-old woman is dead after being struck by a driver in North Berkeley on Sunday afternoon near Monterey Market, authorities have confirmed.
UPDATE: Female pedestrian, 66, dead after Berkeley crash
The woman was trapped under the car during the crash, which left groceries scattered in the street. BFD had to lift the car to free her.
www.berkeleyscanner.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is heartbreaking. We must do better, period. Our hearts go out to our neighbor and her friends & family. But that’s not nearly enough. Everyone in Berkeley deserves safe streets and sidewalks. It’s on us as public officials to deliver.
As Trump’s ICE ramps up deportations, we must stand strong. I was proud to author Berkeley’s latest Sanctuary resolution, passed by the City Council last Tuesday. Thanks to @adenaishii.bsky.social @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social @taplinterry.bsky.social & colleagues at BUSD and EB Sanctuary Covenant!
January 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
As Trump’s ICE ramps up deportations, we must stand strong. I was proud to author Berkeley’s latest Sanctuary resolution, passed by the City Council last Tuesday. Thanks to @adenaishii.bsky.social @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social @taplinterry.bsky.social & colleagues at BUSD and EB Sanctuary Covenant!
Speaking truth to power. Grateful to Bishop Budde for delivering this message eloquently and powerfully. (And extra proud to be an Episcopalian today!)
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Speaking truth to power. Grateful to Bishop Budde for delivering this message eloquently and powerfully. (And extra proud to be an Episcopalian today!)
Wonderful to be in community with friends and neighbors from across Berkeley at this morning’s MLK Day breakfast, a welcome contrast with inaugural events in DC. Together, we recommit to the hard work ahead to move all of Berkeley forward — and defend our progressive values.
January 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Wonderful to be in community with friends and neighbors from across Berkeley at this morning’s MLK Day breakfast, a welcome contrast with inaugural events in DC. Together, we recommit to the hard work ahead to move all of Berkeley forward — and defend our progressive values.
Congrats @lateefahsimon.bsky.social on your swearing in! Honored to be there today as you take the baton from @barbaraleeformayor.bsky.social and keep up the fight for all of us in Congress!
January 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Congrats @lateefahsimon.bsky.social on your swearing in! Honored to be there today as you take the baton from @barbaraleeformayor.bsky.social and keep up the fight for all of us in Congress!
Thank you for your leadership, Chief Sprague. The fires in LA should be a wake-up call for all of us. I look forward to continuing to work with you to make Berkeley fire safe. As the councilmember representing the north Berkeley hills, nothing is more important.
BFD Chief David Sprague wants to remind Berkeleyans that, like our neighbors in Los Angeles, a devastating fire could strike us at any time.
Berkeley fire chief warns of 'structural challenges' here similar to LA
BFD Chief David Sprague wants to remind Berkeleyans that, like our neighbors in Los Angeles, a devastating fire could strike us at any time.
www.berkeleyside.org
January 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thank you for your leadership, Chief Sprague. The fires in LA should be a wake-up call for all of us. I look forward to continuing to work with you to make Berkeley fire safe. As the councilmember representing the north Berkeley hills, nothing is more important.