Michael S. Bernick archive, 1970-2015.

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Descriptive Information

Title: Michael S. Bernick archive, 1970-2015.

Material Type: Book

Creator: Bernick, Michael, 1952-

Subject: San Francisco Renaissance Center.

Subject: UC Berkeley National Transit Access Center.

Subject: Arnelle & Hastie.

Subject: California.--Office of State Controller--1987-1991.

Subject: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)--1988-1996.

Subject: Employment development--California.

Subject: Occupational training.

Subject: Social enterprise businesses

Subject: Inner city entrepreneurship

Subject: Railroads--United States.

Subject: Transit-oriented development.

Subject: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)

Subject: San Francisco (Calif.)

Description: The Michael S. Bernick Collection contains the papers and writings of Michael Bernick throughout his lifetime, particularly from 1982 and onwards. The collection is organized by entities with which Bernick was involved, such as San Francisco Renaissance Center, the BART Board of Directors, Arnelle & Hastie, the Employment Development Department, Gray Davis Controller's Office, and the UC Berkeley National Transit Access Center. The collection also contains collected literature on employment and transit issues, as well as some of Bernick's personal materials and BART campaign materials. The collection has been rearranged from its original state, with the help of Mr. Bernick himself, but the contents of each folder are in the original order.

Description: Series 1, San Francisco Renaissance Center: This series contains material related to or created by the San Francisco Renaissance Center. There are six subseries. Subseries 1.1 contains SFRC's early materials from 1979-1981, including much of the founding documents and correspondence. Subseries 1.2 contains items from the SFR Research Center, organized by project or organization title. Subseries 1.3 contains folders organized alphabetically by various training initiatives and businesses run by SFR from 1982-1986. Subseries 1.4 contains clippings related to SFR and employment in San Francisco organized chronologically. Subseries 1.5 pertains to conferences and talks from 1982-1986 attended by Bernick or other SFR employees. Subseries 1.6 contains materials related to meetings with organizations in SFR's network; it is organized alphabetically by organization name.

Description: Series 2 - Arnelle & Hastie (1987 – 1999). The materials in Series 2 relate to Michael Bernick’s years with Arnelle & Hastie law firm between 1987 and 1999. It is divided into three subseries by type and arranged in alphabetical order or by date: Correspondence, files by date, and files by subject, respectively. Topics include employment development, projects for the Department of Insurance, public finance, and public productivity.

Description: Series 3 - Controller Gray Davis’s Office (1987-1991). Series 3 pertains to Bernick’s work as a contractor for Controller Gray Davis’s Office between 1987 and 1991. It primarily relates to Davis’s campaign, homeless housing, infrastructure, tax reform, land use, and growth control. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order by subject.

Description: Series 4 – BART Board: The contents of this series deal with Michael Bernick’s tenure as a member of the BART Board of Directors from 1988 to 1996. There are ten sub-series. Series 4.1 pertains to the BART extensive plan to Marin and contains articles and correspondence relating to it. Series 4.2 has materials dealing with the BART Domestic Partners program. Series 4.3 contains items about the BART extension project to the San Francisco Airport. Series 4.4 consists of articles and correspondence about the BART Commuter Rail expansions. Series 4.5 encompasses poems written about BART. Series 4.6 contains documents, articles and correspondence related to BART’s efforts to increase their public power. Series 4.7 consists of items dealing with BART issues from 1988-1991, topics included are BART Extension plans, Post 1989 Earthquake performance, productivity measures, and Transit parking. Series 4.8 has materials dealing with BART issues from 1992-1994 and has topics that cover the Mission Street Station Rehabilitation project, the proposal for San Mateo to join the BART district, and the Morrison Knudsen rail car contract and dispute. Series 4.9 pertains to BART issues from 1995-1996 and covers such topics as the introduction of smart card technology, the dedication of Leandro Soto Square, and the Powell Street Turnaround project. Series 4.10 consists of materials relating to the BART Strike of 1997.

Description: Series 5 - Transit Villages: Series five consists of items dealing with Michael Bernick’s efforts and research to develop transit villages, which were to focus higher-density mixed use development, especially housing, within a quarter mile radius of BART stations in order to maximize transit ridership and minimize car use. Series 5.1 consists of articles and correspondence relating to Bernick’s research and implementation of the transit villages. Series 5.2 contains materials involving the Transit Oriented Development projects in Sacramento and Santa Clara counties and in the San Francisco Bay Area. Series 5.3 has items dealing with the development of the state Interregional rail line and the creation of links between these lines and residential and commercial properties. Series 5.4 encompasses materials from the National Transit Access Centers symposiums in LA and the San Francisco Bay Area in 1992 and 1993. Series 5.5 is made up of articles and publications on transit villages by Bernick and other authors. Series 5.6 has items that explore the role and expansion of transit villages in the 21st century. Series 5.7 pertains to transit village projects in the San Francisco Bay Area and deals with the development of transit villages in West Oakland, Richmond, and Redwood City.

Description: Series 7 consists of items dealing with the various campaigns that Michael Bernick helped with in addition to those where he ran for public office himself. Subseries 7.1 contain files regarding his campaign for the San Francisco Community College Board in 1982. Subseries 7.2 encompasses files and records dealing with Bernick’s role in the Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club, The Walter Mondale Presidential campaign, Quentin Kopp’s run for State Senate, Kevin Star’s campaign for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and others. Subseries 7.3 includes articles and documents relating to Bernick’s successful campaign for the BART board of directors in 1988. Subseries 7.4 deals with Bernick’s reelection to the BART board in 1992 and subseries 7.5 contains items on his third campaign to the BART board in 1996. Subseries 7.6 is made up of documents relating to California campaigns from 1984-1998 including Bernick’s run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1991, the Frank Jordan San Francisco mayoral campaign of 1991, Kathleen Brown’s run for governor in 1994, John Molinari’s bid for mayor of San Francisco in 1987 and Dianne Feinstein’s campaign for governor in 1990 and then for the United States senate in 1992. Subseries 7.7 is comprised of lists of contributors to various campaigns that Michael Bernick worked on from 1998 to 1996.

Description: Series 9-Personal items.

Date of Publication: 1970

Date: 1970

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Descriptive Information

Title: Michael S. Bernick archive, 1970-2015.

Material Type: Book

Creator: Bernick, Michael, 1952-

Subject: San Francisco Renaissance Center.

Subject: UC Berkeley National Transit Access Center.

Subject: Arnelle & Hastie.

Subject: California.--Office of State Controller--1987-1991.

Subject: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)--1988-1996.

Subject: Employment development--California.

Subject: Occupational training.

Subject: Social enterprise businesses

Subject: Inner city entrepreneurship

Subject: Railroads--United States.

Subject: Transit-oriented development.

Subject: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)

Subject: San Francisco (Calif.)

Description: Series 9-Personal items.

Date of Publication: 1970

Date: 1970

Descriptive Information

Title: Michael S. Bernick archive, 1970-2015.

Material Type: Book

Creator: Bernick, Michael, 1952-

Subject: San Francisco Renaissance Center.

Subject: UC Berkeley National Transit Access Center.

Subject: Arnelle & Hastie.

Subject: California.--Office of State Controller--1987-1991.

Subject: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)--1988-1996.

Subject: Employment development--California.

Subject: Occupational training.

Subject: Social enterprise businesses

Subject: Inner city entrepreneurship

Subject: Railroads--United States.

Subject: Transit-oriented development.

Subject: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)

Subject: San Francisco (Calif.)

Description: Series 9-Personal items.

Date of Publication: 1970

Date: 1970