Lovable El Cerrito

A blog about discovering the state of politics in El Cerrito, CA in the year 2026.

  • Adventures on Nextdoor

    Adventures on Nextdoor

    Some weeks ago, right after the time of the Measure C library tax vote, I virtually bumped into some neighbors through mutuals on the left-leaning Twitter knockoff site, Bluesky. One of them was dropping some funny content (basically the reason I have an account, along with following cat rescues). This person made a couple of…

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  • The ECCRG Blog

    The ECCRG Blog

    I had no idea, back in January, that doing a deep read of a niche political blog was going to launch a months-long obsession with El Cerrito political history. One of the first things I observed, reading the El Cerrito Committee for Responsible Government (ECCRG) blog, was that it was telling a rather alarming story…

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  • Welcome!

    Welcome!

    Hi. My name is Rosemary Clark. I’m a biologist, an aspiring science fiction author, a gardener, a bicyclist, and I live in El Cerrito, California. I’ve lived in this town since 2011, first as a renter, then since 2019 as a homeowner. I don’t normally start internet conversations with a detailed biography. Generally, I think…

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