Yet another reason to replace Berman when we get a chance.

Although I support the bill.

Speaking of "unprofessional," Berman's continues to stonewall the accusations of sexual harassment in his office WHILE sending investigators after the victim just like he stonewalls constituents who question him about his positions on forthcoming bills and ignores them even while they read him the portions of the bill he's too "busy" to bother reading.

We deserve better and the local Democratic party needs to pay much closer attention to their endorsements.

These Berman stories give me hope that he will be voted out of office; he never should have been elected in the first place. We could have had a far more qualified woman, Vicki Veenker, representing us in the Assembly.

Just Berman rehearsing for his Saturday Night Live audition. He truly is a joke.

Bergman’s conduct is an embarrassment. He should resign.

Really? So what. Politicians are human like the rest of us. I totally emphasize with his frustration when constantly dealing with uninformed or blatantly false statements. He’s a smart guy who will get my vote every time.

@RPipp, of course you do. You're an architect and one of his developer supporters with a vested interest in his positions. I'll bet he even takes your calls and emails.

Unlike the rest of us who get to spend hours listening to his Zoom hedging and then a few more hours trying to get answers from him, his staff -- all 200+ of us for just one meeting.

This is hilarious. Fire him for using the F word? You gotta be f'ing kidding

Not the best manners for an elected official, but I can't help think this serves as a distraction from Berman handling of harassment allegations within his own office ....

Berman's silence, lack of leadership and lack of support for his own staff are truly f*ing unacceptable.

I think that this episode illustrates Berman's lack of judgment. In isolation it doesn't strike me as enough to replace him, but in combination with a record of other incidents, I think it does.

In particular, as previous commenters mentioned, I am deeply concerned by Berman's refusal to address the credible (IMO) claims of sexual harassment made against his office. Responsibility here (as in all places) appropriately rolls up to him, whether or not he is directly accused.

Additionally, it is disturbing to hear reports that he may be attempting to stifle (and/or harass? threaten?) the claimant. I do not know if this is true, but if it is, that is hardly the way for an elected leader - or any human being - to act, I think we can agree. I think we deserve to hear more about these claims.

Further, it is troubling to witness Berman's lack of preparedness when it comes to answering questions about proposed legislation (and other matters). It is not unreasonable to expect a legislator to be familiar with the legislation on which he is representing us with his vote.

I supported Vicki Veenker in Marc Berman's initial race due to her greater number of years of experience, and her history of exercising good judgment on important matters of public consequence. Although I think it is common for young elected official to grow into their roles successfully, and emerge as strong forces in emerging lawmaking (we have many fantastic examples of strong, effective leadership in Congress, for example), I am not sure that Berman has demonstrated that kind of growth.

If we had stronger term limits and campaign finance limits, it would be easier to replace elected leaders when they underperform elections. I hope we can put those policies in place so that more candidates - of all ages - have a chance to prove themselves when current elected leaders fail.

I never liked him when he was on Palo Alto City Council. He's rather jerky.

Get rid of him and Assembly Bill 2098, which is a veiled attempt to ban dissent on the topic of COVID information that is not in lock step with Fauci and the CDC.

The commenter is Nick Clifford, a anti-vaxxer living in Santa Cruz county, who considers this worldwide pandemic a hoax, perpetrated by a satanic cabal.

Berman's outburst was understandable.

It's a matter of public record (simple google search) that Berman's largest donors are labor unions and Calif teacher unions. He serves his largest donors, not his constituents.

To the detriment of PA and thousands of students, he voted to keep CA schools closed through 2021 and into 2022, in spite of PA parents/students protesting to open in person, and some Stanford and UCSF doctors petitioning to open them for the health and well being of Palo Alto children. It's well documented now how destructive school closures were to all children (learning loss, emotional social health, lost college opportunities, future income loss, etc), and especially harmful to low income and minority families (also well documented on a national level). CA youth sports, schools, activities should have fully reopened by Aug 2020 like other states around the country. We’re so disappointed Assemblyman Berman was largely complicit in these acts serving teachers unions instead of students, who schools were intended to serve. (Hence the recent news about mass exodus from CA public schools).

Berman also voted to continue the State of Emergency in CA Feb 10, 2022, while adults are partying at the SuperBowl, bars and restaurants, and the Governor has been on a two week vacation in Central America. That's some Emergency!

Many SCC parents, Democrat and Republican alike, will never forget or forgive the year of lost school experience driven by Democratic politics from the likes of Berman, instead of prioritizing childrens' and public health needs.

Berman's behavior as an Assemblyman is beyond unprofessional. And his unwillingness to address the credible charges of sexual harrasment in his office, with employees under his watch, is both unethical and I would also presume illegal.

Looking forward to voting him out.

As I scan these comments and think about Mr. Berman performance starting with Palo Alto City Council, I wonder what the super majority of Democrats want for the future of this region. There is a lot of talent to be tapped for better candidates for this district.

The Republican brand does not seem viable for the foreseeable future. The burden of change is upon us dissatisfied voters to produce better candidates and pick the best one. November 2022 is almost too late. The real opportunity for everyone, including me as an "independent", will be November 2024.

Berman caters to small and/or politically correct constituencies.
How about respecting the mainstream of Silicon Valley and representing their interests?!
He could do much better.
We pay huge taxes, are productive for this state, country and the world.
I have not observed Berman caring about that and people are tired of this attitude.
Vote in more interested, informed, better representation to the CA state assembly!
Check voting record SB9 etc.

I live for this sort of thing.

Berman has refined his skill to have as little dialogue with his constituents as possible. He engages with those who like his votes, kisses up to the CA Democratic Party leadership, and tries to avoid everyone else.

As a Democrat, I find Berman’s "Party above Constituents" approach a real problem. I want leaders to represent "we the people", not their Democratic Party career path.