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However, because they were only available to married couples, this ruled out the availability to Warren due to the lack of legal recognition of their relationship. In October 1978, the city council passed an anti-discrimination ordinance inclusive of gays and lesbians, one which, like many of the time, did not address the relationship status of many gays and lesbians. He and Warren took the proposal to the City of Berkeley and University of California Berkeley, which was Warren"s employer.
The policy was adopted by the City Council and School Board in 1984, but the Council voted against the bill while the Board voted for lieutenant
lieutenant played a role in the electoral defeat of many members who had voted against the bill, and the solidly-pro-domestic partnership majority voted in favor of the bill in December, and Brougham and Warren were the first couple to file for employee domestic partnership benefits under the city"s policy. Berkeley"s policy, however, did not include a registry for residents of the city.
lieutenant only granted live-in partner health benefits regardless of whether they were straight or gay. Berkeley became the third city to enact a domestic partnership registry in the state in 1991.
Brougham drafted the registry ordinance along with the Berkeley City Clerk Sherry Kelly and then president of the East Bay Lesbian/Gay Democratic Club Victoria Kolakowski.
Later, Brougham became the first openly gay elected official in the East Bay region of California on April 21, 1987, when he was elected as a director of the Peralta Community College District, and continued as a director until 2000. Brougham is a former president of the East Bay Lesbian/Gay Democratic Club.
