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#berkeley-politics

Best known as the longtime co-editor of the Co-op News, the weekly newspaper of the Berkeley Co-op, Michael Fullerton lived in Berkeley for more than 60 years and was active in the community and in electoral politics, as well as the cooperative movement. Michael died on Jan. 5, at age 85, from complications of cancer. He told his wife, Sandy, to be sure that his obituary included his work on Ron Dellums's first Congressional campaign in 1970, when Dellums ran on an anti-Vietnam war platform.

The resignation of Kitty Calavita and Julie Leftwich from Berkeley's Police Accountability Board (PAB) last month should alarm every resident who believes democracy is more than a ballot box moment.These were not casual departures. Calavita and Leftwich were the two most senior members of the PAB and the last original members who helped carry forward Berkeley's long tradition of civilian police oversight.