Editing Berkeley, California (section)

====Political movements====
During the 1970s and 1980s, activists increased their power in local government. This era also saw major developments in Berkeley's environmental and food culture. Berkeley's last Republican mayor, [[Wallace J. S. Johnson]], left office in 1971. [[Alice Waters]] opened [[Chez Panisse]] in 1971. The first curbside recycling program in the U.S. was started by the [[Ecology Center (Berkeley)|Ecology Center]] in 1973. Styrofoam was banned in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ecologycenter.org/about/history/|title=Our History|publisher=Ecology Center|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418001331/http://ecologycenter.org/about/history/|archive-date=April 18, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As the city leaned more and more Democratic, local politics became divided between "Progressives" and "Moderates". 1984 saw the Progressives take the majority for the first time. [[Nancy Skinner (California politician)|Nancy Skinner]] became the first UC Berkeley student elected to City Council. In 1986, in reaction to the 1984 election, a ballot measure switched Berkeley from at-large to district-based elections for city council.<ref>{{cite news|author=Mark A. Stein |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-11-03-mn-14900-story.html |title=Progressives in Berkeley Challenged by Tradition |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=November 3, 1986 |access-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref>

In 1983, Berkeley's [[Domestic Partner Task Force]] was established, which in 1984 made policy recommendation to the school board, which passed [[domestic partner]] legislation. The legislation became a model for similar measures nationwide.<ref>{{cite news|author=Joe Garofoli |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ethel-Manheimer-Berkeley-activist-dies-4110179.php |title=Ethel Manheimer, Berkeley activist, dies |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=December 12, 2012 |access-date=January 1, 2013}}</ref>