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1. Does the City regulate the types and number of animals a resident can keep?
2. What animals can I keep in El Cerrito?
3. Who do I contact if I have questions about keeping animals in El Cerrito?
4. Does the City provide animal control services?

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1. Can I defer submittal of fire suppression and fire alarm systems?
2. Who is responsible for obtaining the building permit?
3. How can a reputable contractor be located?
4. What is the Residential Rental Inspection Program?
5. Who do I call to complain about an animal nuisance?
6. Who do I call if I think construction work is being performed without required permits?
7. How do I report graffiti? Who is responsible to remove graffiti?
8. How do I report an illicit discharge?
9. What does the Code Enforcement Officer mean by "poor property maintenance"?
10. Who do I report Pool Maintenance concerns to?
11. What are "illegally placed signs"?
12. What is an "Unpermitted living Space"?
13. Who do I call to complain about vehicles parked on the street for too long?

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1. How can I get a copy of the City Council agenda?
2. Where and when are City Council meetings held?
3. How do I apply for a board, commission, or committee vacancy?
4. When are City Council meetings televised?
5. How do I request copies of public records?
6. How do I register to vote, vote by mail ballot or change my voter registration?
7. How do I obtain a marriage license or copy of a birth certificate?

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1. What is a charter city?
2. Why is El Cerrito considering becoming a charter city?
3. How will El Cerrito become a charter city?
4. When will residents vote on this measure?
5. What is a Real Property Transfer Tax or RPPT?
6. Are there other charter cities in the Bay Area?
7. As a homeowner, will I have to pay the Measure V tax every year?
8. Will I have to pay the Real Property Transfer Tax if I gift my home to a family member, place it in a Family Trust, or leave it to my children as inheritance?
9. What can the revenue be used for? Why is it not guaranteed for specific services or improvements?
10. Will we get any additional or increased services if Measure V passes?
11. Will the Real Property Transfer Tax directly impact property values?
12. Will the Real Property Transfer Tax negatively impact the proceeds from a sale of a home in El Cerrito?
13. Will being a Charter City increase the chances the City will go bankrupt?
14. Will Measure V cause rents to increase?
15. Will sales of commercial property also be subject to the tax?
16. Why did the City place Measure V on the ballot? Is it really about the Real Property Transfer Tax?

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1. What is a Conflict of Interest Code?
2. What are the three elements of a Conflict of Interest Code?
3. What is a Statement of Economic Interests - Form 700?
4. How do I know if I must file a Statement of Economic Interests?
5. Why do I have to file a Statement of Economic Interests?
6. When do I have to file?
7. Where do I have to file?
8. How do I complete my Statement of Economic Interests?
9. Who will see my form?
10. What else should I know?
11. Where do I go for help?

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1. Can I pay my bill for the Water Utility User Tax in cash or give it directly to the City?
2. If I have moved during the billing period will I receive another Water UUT bill and am I being billed for time I was not living there?
3. The account holder is deceased. Does the estate still need to pay the Water UUT bill?
4. Do businesses need to pay the Water UUT bill?
5. Can I pay everything in one lump sum and not receive future billings?
6. Why is there a difference in the amount I owe from the UUT current charges?
7. Whom should I contact if I have a question about my Water Utility User Tax Supplemental Bill?

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1. Who can I talk to about how to start up a business in El Cerrito?

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1. How do I apply for employment with the City of El Cerrito?
2. What job opportunities are available with the City of El Cerrito?
3. Where can I find information on becoming a Police Officer for the City of El Cerrito?

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1. I am a brand new contractor doing business in El Cerrito. What do I do?
2. I am an existing contractor. How do I access my contractor account?
3. How do I login with my contractor account?
4. How do I apply and pay for a Building permit?
5. How do I apply and pay for an Encroachment permit?

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1. Do I need a business license?
2. Why did I receive this Utility User Tax Bill?
3. Does El Cerrito have a property transfer tax?
4. How do I get a parking permit?
5. What is the “State SB 1186 Fee”?

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1. What is OpenGov?
2. How do I select the data I want to see?
3. How do I see the actual numbers within the graph?
4. Can I save the data I am viewing?
5. How do I contact the City about the financial transparency site?

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1. How do I report illegal dumping or a spill?

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1. How do I request a free food scraps collection pail?
2. Won't putting food scraps in my green waste bin attract raccoons and other pests?
3. What if my neighbor's green waste bin smells or attracts pests?
4. What about ants and other bugs?
5. Am I required to participate?
6. Should I compost everything I can?

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1. How do I contact a city/county department?
2. Where can I find the answers to my frequently asked questions?

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1. What is the El Cerrito Minimum Wage Ordinance?
2. What is the effective date of the El Cerrito Minimum Wage Ordinance?
3. What is the El Cerrito minimum wage?
4. What is the difference between the Federal, State and El Cerrito minimum wage laws?
5. Where can I find more information about the El Cerrito Minimum Wage Ordinance?
6. What is the Consumer Price Index?
7. Who is an employee according to this ordinance?
8. Can tips or gratuities be counted toward the minimum wage?
9. What are the geographic boundaries of El Cerrito?
10. Can commissions be counted toward the minimum wage?
11. Does the El Cerrito minimum wage apply to full-time and part-time employees?
12. To which employers does the El Cerrito Minimum Wage Ordinance apply?
13. What are the Minimum Wage Ordinance administrative requirements for covered employers?
14. Does the El Cerrito minimum wage cover employees who work in El Cerrito but are not El Cerrito residents?
15. May employers use commission earnings as a credit toward its obligations to pay the El Cerrito minimum wage?
16. May employers use tips as a credit toward its obligations to pay the El Cerrito minimum wage
17. Are employers required to pay the El Cerrito minimum wage to workers who are exempted from the California minimum wage requirements?
18. Which minimum wage rate should employers use when employee must be paid a wage using a formula based on the California minimum wage?
19. May an employee agree to work for less than the City’s minimum wage?
20. What can I do if my employer does not pay me at least the El Cerrito minimum wage?
21. What can I do if my employer retaliates against me because I question her/him about not being paid the local minimum wage?

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1. What do I do if online incident reporting is not right for me?
2. What if this happened in another city, can I file a report using this online police citizen reporting system?
3. What if this happened on the freeway?
4. What is a known suspect?

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1. How can I report an abandoned vehicle?
2. How do I contest a parking citation?
3. How can I obtain a copy of a collision report?

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1. What is the role of the District Attorney? Why doesn’t the Police Department choose not to prosecute arrested defendants?
2. What is “Broken Windows” policing theory? Is this the policing philosophy of the ECPD?
3. What types of oversight and accountability mechanisms are in place in El Cerrito?
4. What is the complaint process? How can I make a complaint?
5. Does the ECPD use militarized equipment?
6. Is the City evaluating other ways to respond to mental health and homeless incidents?
7. Does the ECPD engage in De-Escalation, Racial Profiling, and Implicit Bias training?
8. How does the ECPD policy match up to Use of Force change campaigns?
9. How does Asset Forfeiture work?
10. Do police labor unions have special protections in El Cerrito?
11. How has the City reduced funding to the Police Department?
12. Why isn’t El Cerrito listed on the California Police Scorecard?
13. Does El Cerrito have a drone program?

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1. Who maintains the sidewalk?
2. My tree needs to be trimmed. I don't think it's been trimmed for several years.
3. I like the plants that are growing around the new City Hall. Can you tell me the name of the one that is blonde on top.

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1. Is the pool an indoor or an outdoor pool?
2. How big are the pools?
3. How many laps are in a mile?
4. Do I need to be a member?
5. What types of chemicals are in the water?
6. Do you have lockers?
7. Are my belongings safe at the Swim Center?
8. How old is a senior? How old is a child?
9. How old do you have to be to participate in lap swim?
10. Why do nonresidents pay more than residents?
11. Who is considered a resident?
12. It’s hot outside today. Can I come swimming?
13. It’s raining and cold. Is the pool still open or are swimming lessons still happening?
14. What is the difference between family swim and recreation swim?
15. Why don’t you allow my child to wear flotation devices?
16. What temperature are your swimming pools?
17. Why do you have so many rules?

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1. Where is the Community and Swim Center located?
2. What is the Community Center Office hours of operation?
3. How do I contact the Recreation Department?
4. What forms of payment do you accept?

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1. Can I recycle food scraps in my green waste container?
2. Where do I recycle?
3. Can I drop off Styrofoam at the recycling center?
4. Do you do buy-back (pay out) for cans, bottles, cardboard and/or paper?

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1. What are "Very High Fire Hazard Severity (VHFHS) Zones"?
2. What is meant by the term "defensible space"?
3. What are fire resistant plants?
4. What is considered "Fire hazardous vegetation"?
5. What is "Ornamental landscaping"?
6. What is a "Firebreak"?
7. What is a fuel break?