The Berkeley City Council recently approved a first-in-the nation ordinance that provides oversight and transparency for the use of military equipment by the city’s police officers.

The ordinance was written by Councilmember Kate Harrison and passed its first reading April 27. A second reading must occur within 30 days after which the ordinance will become law.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.