Currently holds the office of Berkeley City Mayor until December 31, 2028.
Candidate for Berkeley City Mayor in 2024 California General Election.
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Get StartedAdena knows youth need safe spaces, access to resources, and activities to keep them off the street and out of trouble, especially when their parents are at work or otherwise not at home. She will focus on expanding youth sports, internship programs, and innovative organizations like Youth Spirit Artworks – an Alameda County non-profit that serves transitional-age youth impacted by adversity, economic, and housing challenges. Learn more
Adena will work to support our police department in addressing staffing shortages and increasing technology that has been proven to deter and assist in solving crime. Learn more
Adena will work to educate the public on available services and resources, including removing disability and language barriers to hotlines and informational materials. She also supports efforts to destigmatize mental health crises, both to encourage people to seek help and to decrease fear among those who encounter someone in crisis. Learn more
Adena is committed to the full and fast implementation of the city’s Reimagining Public Safety Plan – a balanced, transformative, and equitable approach to community-centered safety. Learn more
Adena is committed to keeping the development of Berkeley’s gun violence prevention (part of the Reimagining Public Safety initiative) on track, and if possible, accelerating it. Learn more
Expand the Special Care Unit (SCU) / Mobile Crisis Teams service hours to 24/7. Learn more
Adena will encourage projects that include expanding green corridors, increasing native vegetation in public spaces, encouraging green infrastructure, and supporting community-led and fire department initiatives that seek to protect people who are vulnerable to fires in the Berkley Hills. Learn more
Adena supports the removal of eucalyptus trees in the Berkeley Hills as they continue to pose a fire risk. Learn more
She will also continue the Berkeley Chipping Program to allow individual removal of “hard vegetation.” Learn more
Strengthen tenant protections to stabilize existing housing for tenants, preserve affordable housing, and prevent displacement. Actions include supporting Just Cause protections and Rent Stabilization protections. Learn more
Thoughtfully and appropriately revise exclusionary rules around land use, including density and height limitations that prevent additional residents from moving into the neighborhood. Adena supports denser buildings in transit corridors and middle housing (ADUs and multiplexes) in residential neighborhoods. Learn more
Make shelters a safe and welcoming alternative to the street. Adena believes each of us, whether housed or unhoused, should have the dignity of being able to choose where and how we live. That’s why she will prioritize moving more people off the street by creating better alternatives to the street. Learn more
Support long-term policies to address gentrification, including expanding access to higher education and jobs and skills training opportunities. Learn more
Secure regional funding for affordable housing. Learn more
Ensure Housing First principles continue to inform our policies around addressing homelessness. Learn more
Remove obstacles to, and incentivize the construction of, missing middle housing (e.g., duplexes, fourplexes, ADUs) to help increase housing, prevent displacement, maintain our supply of family-friendly housing, add smaller units (which promotes diversity across neighborhoods), and help correct historically exclusionary zoning practices. Nowhere is that needed more than in Berkeley, the birthplace of exclusionary zoning. Learn more
Adena supports the Complete Streets model that will enable a greater number of pedestrians and a variety of vehicle types, sizes, and speeds to pass safely on public roads and pathways. Learn more
Adena supports transitioning our local energy system to one that delivers carbon-free electricity across a highly distributed system. Learn more
Adena supports the principles in the Berkeley Vision 2050 framework (approved by voters through Measure R in 2018) – a 30-year plan to identify and guide the implementation of climate-smart, technologically advanced, integrated and efficient infrastructure to support a safe, vibrant and resilient future for Berkeley. Learn more
Preserve the Equity Zone in our current paving plan and if possible, add funding to accelerate pavement improvements. Learn more
Adena strongly supports the SAFE Streets measure on the November ballot as the best choice to fix our neglected streets and sidewalks, implement essential traffic safety improvements to benefit all road users, enhance the environmental sustainability and climate resilience of our public spaces, and transform Berkeley’s future into one where it is safe, easy, and fun to get around, regardless of age, mobility, or mode choice. Learn more
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