Public Policy Video Index

Public Policy Video
Index

Utilizing video as a public policy tool is commonplace in the mainstream politics of today for those wishing to influence social or political change. However, a quarter of a century ago, this technology was employed much less often since few people owned video cameras or had the ability to edit film. But perhaps what makes thesevideo presentations even more significant is that they actually put a focus on local government issues with the intent to influence policy. Berkeley Citizen
	Chemical Waste: Disaster in the Planning (1994) was premiered on the steps of the Berkeley City Hall with the aid of a small TV monitor and generator. This public policy video was made in response to the 1994 plan to place the new UCB hazardous waste facility in Berkeley's Strawberry Canyon watershed. It was subsequently viewed at both the Planning Commission and at the Berkeley City Council. It was stated that this video both peruaded Berkeley's Mayor and UC Berkeley to relocate the UC's waste facility on the central campus. (1) Berkeley City Council Video Presentation, (2) Video Kickoff on steps of City Hall, (3) Womanvision: UC Berkeley Hazardous Waste Facility
	Traffic in Transit (1995) Video presentation West Berkeley (SUDS) area traffic plan. A brief history of the City of Berkeley's Corporation Yard and a proposal for a West Berkeley neighborhood traffic plan.
	The 1995 video premiered at a regularly-scheduled Berkeley City Council meeting during the public comment period. This was something that had never been attempted before that night or since. Traffic In Transit Berkeley City Council Video Presentation
	Berkeley's Storm Drain: Portal to the Bay. (1992) 8:30 TRT Produced by Erbele/Wood This policy video includes a community tour of the city's Corporation yard, Public Works operations, and related surface water - urban runoff concerns and the impact of the City of Berkeley Public Works street sweeper operations on storm drains, urban runoff pollution and the San Francisco Bay. Was viewed on the Agenda of theAlameda County Urban Runoff Clean Water Program Management Committee.
	The "Big Game (2007) 27:22 TRT This video chronicles the celebrations, protests, ups and downs of the tree occupation next to the UC Berkeley Memorial Stadium and community efforts to preserve the oak grove. It was produced to support the the ongoing activism of the treesitters. The "Big Game" was so named because it was during the early afternoon of the Cal Stanford annual big game in 2006 that the first trees were occupied. It also reminds us that there are games bigger than football. First viewed at the Landmark California Theatre as part of the Berkeley Video and Film Festival. The "Big Game" was the recipient of the Grand Festival Award for documentary community activism. Honor........... More on the Meorial Oak Grove
	Don't Let Shell Kill Again (1997) 13:10 TRT This public Policy video was edited from two films to support the City of Berkeley’s boycott of companies doing business with Shell Oil Company because of the multinational corporation's impact on Nigeria and for the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa with eight other environmental activists. City voted to boycott those who do business with Nigeria. Note: During the Ken Saro-Wiwa Commemoration Dublin 2007 and before projecting a film "Don't Let Shell Kill Again" on to the outside of the Shell Head Quarters building in Dublin, Ireland, activists heard speeches from Senator David Norris and Sister Majella McCarron. This Dublin event was the premiere showing of "Don't Let Shell Kill Again" in Europe.
	The "Don't Let Shell Kill Again" public policy presentation video was seen at the City of Berkeley's Regular Council meeting in 1997 at and several public showings in our Berkeley community.
	Berkeley Public Works: Moving into the Twenty-First Century ( 1997) 12:00 TRT This twelve-minute video that chronicles the growth and development of Berkeley's Public Works Department over the last century including issues of fleet management, the municipal workforce and land use. This public policy video presentation was produced and narriated by L A Wood, then the only citizen member of the City Council Subcommitte on Alternative Fueling Site(s). It was viewed on it agenda as well asviewed by the Public Works Department with rank and file membership.
	On Berkeley Soil (1996) 13:48 TRT This policy video presentation premiered on the Berkeley City Council agenda in March 1996 during a workshop that included the San Francisco Regional Water Board staff. The video addresses concerns over groundwater deregulation and the State of California's proposed Containment Zone and Brownfields Policies. Berkeley (voted) took the position that Resolution 92-49 gave Regional Boards authority to suspend remediation requirements on a case-by-case basis and suggested that any further loosening of these requirements not be adopted.
	On Berkeley Soil (1996) This policy video presentation premiered on the Berkeley City Council agenda in March 1996 during a workshop that included the San Francisco Regional Water Board staff. The video addresses concerns over groundwater deregulation and the State of California's proposed Containment Zone and Brownfields Policies. Berkeley (voted) took the position that Resolution 92-49 gave Regional Boards authority to suspend remediation requirements on a case-by-case basis and suggested that any further loosening of these requirements not be adopted.
	Sheltering Berkeley Animals(1996) 13:10 TRT This presentation featured Cily Councilmember Dona Spring inspecting the old animal shelter. This policy film was first viewed at the Berkeley City Council June 18, 1996 budget hearing. in support of the Bond issue for a new facility.
	Berkeley City Council Video Presentation Sheltering Berkeley Animals(1996) 13:10 TRT This presentation featured Cily Councilmember Dona Spring inspecting the old animal shelter. This policy film was first viewed at the Berkeley City Council June 18, 1996 budget hearing. in support of the Bond issue for a new facility.
	Nano Technology at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Environmentalists Question the Expansion of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab into the Sensitive Strawberry Creek Watershed – Molecular Foundry Construction Begins without Environmental Impact Report – The destruction of a sensitive watershed in an earthquake prone area is too high a price to pay for a potentially dangerous and unproven technology that may do more harm than the miraculous good its proponents claim is possible. 2004
	Berkeley City Council Video Presentation Radioactive Berkeley: No Safe Dose (1996) 14:15 TRT This Public Policy film was first viewed at the Berkeley City Council in December of 1996. Featured speaker Dr. John Gofman M.D, Ph.D. addresses the medical impacts of low-level radiation exposure. The video also expressed a public concern over children visiting the Lawrence Hall of Science to exposure to tritium emissions from the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's Tritium Labeling Facility. Berkeley City Council Video Presentation
	Radioactive Berkeley: Pathway to Exposure (1998) 10:00 TRT The public policy video Radioactive Berkeley: Pathway to Exposure was first premiered on the agenda of the Berkeley City Council in 1998 regarding the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory radiation releases in the Berkley hills. . It featured a discussion of numerous members of the public regarding the exposure of children at the Lawrence Hall of Science, on the hillside in Berkeley, CA. Berkeley City Council Video Presentation (coming soon)
	Save the University Village Community Garden. 2001. This video was developed to address the need to preserve the University Albany Village Community Garden from possible destruction or relocation. Included are highlights from the October harvest festival of that year.
	This video and others were produced in support of City of Berkeley Measure C. It chronicles some of the needs of Berkeley’s pool facilities (in 2010) as well as the many citizens who both worked and enjoy these valuable community resources. While Measure “C” received overwhelming support throughout Berkeley’s middle-income and lower-income flats, it was defeated by a heavy “no” vote in the wealthy hills neighborhoods, where residents complained that the pools were too expensive in hard economic times.