Editing Shirley Dean (section)

==Mayor==
Shirley Dean was first elected Mayor of Berkeley in 1994 after a close run-off race.<ref name="berkeley.edu"/>  Dean actually trailed in the November 1994 general election, with fellow council member Don Jelinek capturing 49.2% of the vote against Dean’s 45.5%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berkeleyside.com/2016/07/01/former-councilman-civil-rights-crusader-don-jelenik-dies|title=Former councilman, civil rights crusader Don Jelinek dies|date=July 2016 }}</ref> Under city law, that forced a runoff in December, which Dean won due to lower turnout in the college town.

She was re-elected by more than 56% of the vote in 1998.<ref name="berkeley.edu"/>  A month before her 1998 victory, her opponent, Don Jelinek, accused her of disguising her identity while visiting [[Wilmington College (Ohio)|Wilmington College]], the college attended by rival Council member and Jelinek supporter [[Kriss Worthington]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/10/06/MN84413.DTL |title=Berkeley Mayor Accused of Lying About Fact-Finding Expedition |publisher=Sfgate.com |date=1998-10-06 |access-date=2012-05-12 |first=Charles |last=Burress}}</ref>  Dean stated that she visited the school to read about Worthington in the college newspaper, a public record. She also stated she did not ask for non-public records and that upon the request of the college showed her California Driver  License bearing her full name and address. There is no record that she used any material from the college newspaper.

During most of her two-term tenure as Mayor, she worked with divided City Council that had a 5-4 progressive majority.  The position of mayor in the city of Berkeley is largely a symbolic post, carrying no more power than other council members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=10114 |title=Structure of Berkeley Government |publisher=Ci.berkeley.ca.us |access-date=2012-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512175209/http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=10114 |archive-date=2012-05-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Dean compensated by working relentlessly on programs she thought were best for the city.<ref name="berkeleydailyplanet.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2002-11-20/article/16214?headline=Mayor-Dean-says-goodbye |title=Article in ''The Berkeley Daily Planet'' |publisher=Berkeleydailyplanet.com |access-date=2012-05-12}}</ref>  For much of her career, Dean's political base was the very active network of Berkeley neighborhood organizations; however, many of her critics and rivals found her to be too conservative.  Dean and other members of the City Council were openly mocked at a city-sponsored art festival where a satirical mock City Council meeting was staged in which actors took over the Council Chambers and ridiculed Berkeley's elected officials.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

After September 11, when the progressive City Council majority voted to condemn the war in [[Afghanistan]], Dean went on [[Fox News]] and reported that the Council’s actions were prompting a flood of letters and e-mails threatening an economic boycott of the City.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/berkeley-draws-ire-for-anti-war-stand |title=Berkeley Draws Ire for Anti-War Stand |publisher=Foxnews.com |date=2011-12-01 |access-date=2012-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010032533/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,37190,00.html |archive-date=2012-10-10 |url-status=live }}</ref>  On a television show regarding the issue, she called her Council colleagues who had voted for the measure “patriots” who had every right to protest.

Dean lost her bid for re-election in 2002 to fellow Democrat [[Tom Bates]].  The day before the election Tom Bates stole 1,000 copies of The Daily Californian because the paper had endorsed Dean.  Bates was charged with the theft, pleaded guilty, was fined, and ordered to pay the paper restitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailycal.org/article/10530/berkeley_mayor_tom_bates_to_plead_guilty_to_theft|title=Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates to Plead Guilty to Theft|work=dailycal.org|access-date=2008-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713104108/http://www.dailycal.org/article/10530/berkeley_mayor_tom_bates_to_plead_guilty_to_theft|archive-date=2009-07-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dean ran for Mayor against Bates once more in 2008, but was soundly defeated.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Oakley|first1=Doug|title=Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates defeats Shirley Dean|url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/berkeley/ci_10900738|website=Inside Bay Area|publisher=Inside Bay Area/Oakland Tribune|access-date=16 April 2015|date=November 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419094420/http://www.insidebayarea.com/berkeley/ci_10900738 |archive-date=2015-04-19}}</ref>

Dean's accomplishments as Mayor include:
* Recognition for bringing the Arts and Theater District to life in [[Downtown Berkeley]] by establishing a public-private partnership with the [[Tony Award]]-winning [[Berkeley Repertory Theatre]] and bringing in the [[JazzSchool]], Aurora Theater, and Nevo Center for the Performing Arts in one of Berkeley’s oldest buildings.<ref>{{cite news|author=Bernard Weinraub|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E1DB103AF930A25750C0A9679C8B63 |title=The New York Times ARTS ''IN AMERICA; Berkeley Now Nurtures Theater as Well as Protest'' |newspaper=New York Times |date=2001-03-13 |access-date=2012-05-12}}</ref>  The Arts and Theater District was showcased by the [[United States Conference of Mayors]] as an example of revitalization of a declining downtown area.  It is estimated that over a 5-year period the city's original investment of $5.5 million on Arts District projects generated over $150 million in public and private spending in the downtown area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/05_28_01/indianapolis1.asp |title=Mayors Gather in Indianapolis to Learn About Model Arts Programs |publisher=Usmayors.org |date=2001-05-28 |access-date=2012-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212183108/http://www.usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/05_28_01/indianapolis1.asp |archive-date=2012-02-12 }}</ref>
* Putting together the funding to build the [[Berkeley I-80 bridge]] a bicycle and pedestrian overpass that spans the multi-lane I-80 Freeway providing safe passage from the city to the [[Eastshore State Park]] and the [[Berkeley Marina]].<ref name="berkeley.edu"/>
* Development of a plan for City-sponsored housing assistance for people with AIDS to remain in their own homes based on the input of a task force she formed that included members of the AIDS community.  The unanimously approved plan served as the precursor to the city obtaining federally sponsored supportive housing.<ref>[http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/contentdisplay.aspx?id=6042 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927043007/http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/contentdisplay.aspx?id=6042 |date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref>
* Working to restore the landmark Marin Circle Fountain with private funds.  The fountain is the largest public works gift ever given to the city of Berkeley.
* Working in partnership with [[Country Joe McDonald]] to honor veterans by bringing the “Wall that Heals”, a [[Vietnam War]] memorial, to Berkeley in honor of those who served, died and protested that war.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countryjoe.com/voice.htm |title=War Memorial on its way to Berkeley |publisher=Countryjoe.com |date=1997-01-30 |access-date=2012-05-12}}</ref>
* Establish programs expanding and renovating the city's library, constructing 800 new housing units including the Gaia Building downtown, and lowering crime.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/election2002/stories/000114.html |title=Bates Ousts Incumbent Dean in Berkeley Mayors Race |publisher=Journalism.berkeley.edu |date=2002-11-06 |access-date=2012-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208075847/http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/election2002/stories/000114.html |archive-date=2012-02-08 }}</ref>
* As Chair of the [[East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)|East Bay]] Public Safety Corridor, leading the East Bay regional effort to ban the sale of [[Saturday Night Specials]], enact [[trigger lock]] ordinances, and impose special taxes on retailers who sell guns.<ref>{{cite web |author=City of Oakland |url=http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/council/coun_mem/chang/guncon.html |title=Gun Control - City of Oakland |publisher=Oaklandnet.com |access-date=2012-05-12 |archive-date=2012-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213004854/http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/council/coun_mem/chang/guncon.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>  This work was recognized by the [[United States Department of Justice]] and Attorney General [[Janet Reno]] as exemplary. She also secured private contributions to purchase an outdoor sculpture, “The Berkeley Peace Bell”, made from melted guns.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=7820 |title=City of Berkeley Guns to Art Project Peace Bell |publisher=Ci.berkeley.ca.us |access-date=2012-05-12 |archive-date=2012-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212075125/http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=7820 |url-status=dead }}</ref>