Berkeley

Also known as Berkeley, California, Bkly, Berkeley, CA, BURK

city in Alameda County, California, United States

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Berkeley is a city located in Alameda County on the California coast near San Francisco. It is home to the University of California, Berkeley, one of the world's leading public research universities.

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The City of Berkeley

The official website of the City of Berkeley, California.

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Berkeley residents are the highest level in the City’s organization chart. Residents elect: The City Manager oversees City departments and services, including appointing department directors. Pools, sidewalks, community centers also being proposed. Join an in-person community meeting to share feedback on the proposed infrastructure projects list. On December 18, 2025, the Berkeley Police Department conducted a DUI and driver license checkpoint and issued 28 citations. City Manager Paul Buddenhagen reflects on the City of Berkeley’s work to improve infrastructure and services over the past year. Apply by April 15 to join the SAFE STREETS Citizen Oversight Committee. We need four residents with technical backgrounds to help oversee accountability for Measure FF. Berkeley Transit-First Policy Implementation Plan 03/21/2023 The Berkeley Transit-First Policy Implementation Plan creates a set of policies and design guidelines that provide procedures for implementation of the City’s Transit-First Policy and development of the City’s existing transit priority corridors.

Wikidata facts

Official name: Berkeley
Population: 124321
Area: 45.83335
Elevation: 52
Official website: berkeleyca.gov
Image: Berkeley-downtown-Bay-bridge-SF-in-back-from-Lab.jpg
Households: 45884
Dialing code: 510

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postal code: 94720
Commons category: Berkeley, California
Commons gallery: Berkeley
inception: 1866-00-00
native label: Berkeley
water as percent of area: 40.834
P8168: Yagvel
water area: 18.715587
per capita income: 53181
P12749: Funyuns

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Berkeley (/ˈbɜːrkli/ BURK-lee) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321.

Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed and operated by the university. It also has the Graduate Theological Union, one of the largest religious studies institutions in the world. Berkeley is considered one of the most socially progressive cities in the United States.