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Berkeley council presses staff to restore archival access after website redesign
Summary
Council members warned that a recent website overhaul reduced publicly accessible records and broke links for historic documents and maps; staff agreed to scope work to restore access, identify budget needs and provide clerical support to help council offices locate missing materials.
Council members expressed sharp concern on July 26 that a recent redesign of Berkeley’s official website has removed or made hard to find large swaths of archival government material, including attachments, maps and some general-plan graphics.
Council Member Hahn, sponsor of the referral, said the new site reduced publicly reachable pages from an estimated 15,000 to roughly 500 and broke many links embedded in past council items. Hahn described multiple staff meetings that produced partial agreement: staff offered training in how to use the city’s official…
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