New Berkeley

Structure of Government:
Excutive Branch:  Chancellor, Mayor as VP.
		  Chancellor heads the Executive Council, which heads the
		  Council of 12.  C12 is much like UN Security Council.
		  Non-Executive Council members are representatives from
		  different factions (Academic Senate, City Legislature,
		  Judicial Council, Jack London Faction, Native Americans,
		  Triumphante).
Legislative Branch: Academic Senate/City Legislature (Acts like US
		    Senate/House)
Judicial Branch: Judicial Council (where do they come from?  University
                 arbitrators?  Alameda County Judges?)
Military Force: Berkeley Police Department, headed by the Chief of Police, who
                answers to the Mayor, who answers to the Chancellor.

Other important groups:
  Jack London Faction -- Named after the big square on the waterfront, the main
  			 goal of the Jack London Faction is to return the City
			 of Oakland, to the south of New Berkeley to its glory
			 days before the Rifts, when it overshadowed Berkeley.
			 Opinions of the JLF in New Berkeley go from amusement
			 to anger.  They were given a place on the council of
			 12 by the previous chancellor who hoped to bring
			 Oakland back from the complete destruction it had
			 suffered in the quakes following the Rifts.
  Triumphante Pioneers -- One of the first things New Berkeley did when they
  			  could stand on their own two feet was to send
			  explorers into the interior of the state.  A group of
			  them found the place where the Sacramento and the
			  American Rivers meet as an ideal place for a
			  settlement.  They called the place Triumphante
			  (Triumphant) in honor of their triumph, and began
			  work on digging up the city that had once occupied
			  that land (Sacramento).  It is rumored that another
			  group that had struck out north had found something,
			  and when they return, they may make the Council of 12
			  into the Council of 13.
  Native Americans -- According to Spirit West (World Book #15), there is a
  		      tribe of Miwoks holed up in what was once Stockton, CA
		      (now known as the Valley Preserve).  The folks from New
		      Berkeley discovered them and invited them to participate
		      in the council at New Berkeley to help the people of New
		      Berkeley know how to approach the suddenly wild Central
		      Valley (the north half was scoured clean on the
		      destruction of Shasta Dam in the early hours of the
		      explosion of the Rifts).  The invitation was accepted,
		      and the people of New Berkeley and the people of the
		      Valley Preserve have lived in peace.  However, the dig at
		      Triumphante, and other minor problems have strained
		      relationships in recent years.
  Sons of California -- A secret society whose goal is to return California to
  			the prominance it held before the Rifts.  Sneers at all
			the native american rigamarole, and secretly supports
			the goals of the JLF.  Are nothing more than your
			generic run of the mill secret society, but if they
			ever get a dynamic leader, watch out world.  Has heard
			rumors of the Coalition States, but does not believe
			they are as strong as the rumors claim.


Dramatis Personae:

Council of Twelve:
(Executive Council)
David Michaels, Chancellor --15th level Rogue Scientist
Enrico Talabasa, Mayor --13th level Mystic
Rebecca Marie McAllister, Provost --
Allison Waters, Vice Chancellor
Joseph Wang, City Manager
Maureen Rambo, Chief of Police --9th level Headhunter (ex Coalition?)

(Others)
Edmund "Pat" Brown, leader of the JLF
Jose Pedro Saragoza, Chair of the Academic Senate
Tuan Yi, Chief Justice of the Justic Council
Arith Walks-On-Water, Native American representative
Scott William Sutter, Triumphante Pioneer (member of SoC)
Andrew Anderson, Speaker of the City Legislature.