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At 10 o'clock this morning, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin announced that he has cancelled tonight's special meeting of the Berkeley City Council, which was announced last night at eight P.M. He tweeted this:

"I’m canceling the meeting. Our policy stands and shame on the Sheriff for threatening to not provide emergency support to Berkeley."  

Berkeley's city code, 2.04.020, indicates that Arreguin must have called the original Special Meeting:

"Special meetings of the council may be held at any time upon the call of the Mayor or any five members of the council."

Nothing in the code authorizes the city manager to call meetings.