A longtime Berkeley resident, attorney, and neighbor — running to represent Elmwood, Claremont, and southeast Berkeley with experience, fairness, and common sense.
Hear directly from Fred about why he's running, what he's learned from decades of Berkeley civic life, and what he wants for District 8.
Fred Feller has spent his career in the law and his life in Berkeley. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center — where he served as an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal — and a former teaching fellow at Stanford Law School, Fred began his career as a housing law specialist helping San Francisco neighborhood residents get legal help they could not otherwise afford.
For decades since, Fred has practiced law in Berkeley, focusing on housing, real estate, and the everyday disputes that shape how neighbors live together. That work has given him something rare in politics: years of experience listening to both sides of hard problems and finding resolutions people can live with.
Fred has served the city he loves as a Commissioner on the Berkeley Police Review Commission and the Berkeley Housing Advisory Commission, and as President of the Berkeley Albany Bar Association. He lives in the Elmwood, in the heart of District 8.
District 8 deserves a councilmember who sweats the details — on safety, on housing, on the basics that make neighborhoods work.
Fix the pavement, calm the traffic, and make walking to College Avenue, Ashby, and our schools safe for kids and seniors alike. Basic city services, delivered well.
The Claremont hills face real fire risk. Fred will push for clear evacuation planning, vegetation management, and honest communication with hill neighborhoods.
Fred has spent his career in housing law — representing real people in real disputes. He'll bring that experience to Berkeley's housing decisions: growth that is fair, legal, and workable for tenants, homeowners, and neighborhoods.
The Elmwood and College Avenue shops are the heart of the district. Fred will work to keep storefronts full, sidewalks clean, and small businesses supported.
From the Police Review Commission to the Housing Advisory Commission, Fred has done the unglamorous work of oversight. He'll bring the same rigor to the city budget and council.
A career mediating disputes teaches you one thing: listen before you decide. Fred will hold regular district office hours and answer his own email.
District 8 stretches across southeast Berkeley — the Elmwood and its beloved shopping district, the Claremont neighborhood rising into the hills, and the blocks around College and Ashby.
It's a district of brown-shingle homes and small storefronts, of longtime residents and new families — and it deserves representation that knows it block by block.
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