BILL NUMBER: SJR 12	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Skinner)

                        MAY 8, 2013

   Relative to the sale of the Berkeley, California, Main Post
Office.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 12, as introduced, Hancock. Berkeley, California Main Post
Office.
   This measure would urge the United States Postal Service to
rescind its decision to sell the Berkeley, California, Main Post
Office.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, The Berkeley Main Post Office, located at 2000 Allston
Way in Berkeley, California, was built in 1914, and has many
significant historical features, including two Works Progress
Administration (WPA) murals; and
   WHEREAS, The Berkeley Main Post Office was designated as a City of
Berkeley Landmark in 1980; and
   WHEREAS, The Berkeley Main Post Office was listed on the National
Register of Historic Places in 1980, and was listed on the National
Register as a significant contributor to Berkeley's Civic Center
Historic District in 1998; and
   WHEREAS, The Berkeley Main Post Office serves over 100,000 people
a year at its central downtown location, less than one block from one
of the Bay Area's major transit hubs; and
   WHEREAS, The sale of the Berkeley Main Post Office would have an
adverse effect on the current residents of Berkeley, and would put at
risk a significant historic asset; and
   WHEREAS, The proposed sale of the Berkeley Main Post Office has
been met with overwhelming public opposition; and
   WHEREAS, The Berkeley City Council has adopted a resolution
opposing the sale of the Berkeley Main Post Office; and
   WHEREAS, Hundreds of community members voiced their opposition to
the sale at a public hearing; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of
California, jointly, That the Senate and the Assembly urge the United
States Postal Service to rescind its decision to sell the Berkeley
Main Post Office; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer and
the Postal Regulatory Commission and to the author for appropriate
distribution.