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  1. The City of Berkeley's website (berkeleyca.gov) web servers and City-contracted vendor servers are maintained for the exclusive use of the City of Berkeley staff in communicating matters of general public interest via the Internet. While the City attempts to keep berkeleyca.gov accurate and timely, the City neither warrants nor makes representations or endorsements as to the accuracy, quality, content, or completeness of the information, text, images, graphics, hyperlinks, and other items contained on its web servers. Web content is compiled from a variety of sources, and is subject to change without notice from the City as a result of updates and corrections.
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