bpoa February newsblast
The newly-elected but largely unchanged Board of Directors of the Berkeley Property Owners Association met last week and elected a new slate of officers. Your new President is Sid Lakireddy who will be backed by Don Holms as Vice-President, Kathy Snowden as Secretary and Sara Schoeneman as Treasurer. The rest of the Board would be Will Flynn. Jim Smith, Claude Zamanian, Jon Vicars and yours truly.
I am pleased to turn over the gavel to Sid and am also pleased we now have a president about the same age as the BPOA itself. If this organization is to survive, it will need an infusion of youth. It is starting to look like an appropriate meeting topic for our monthly meeting could be Medicare for Landlords. Given its assets, and despite its fl aws, the BPOA deserves the support of
I will continue as editor of this newsletter for now. I guess I always wanted to be a columnist and the BPOA newsletter has given me a chance to vent. I hope I have made some points over the last two years. If you have any comments on the editorials or the newsletter in general, please e-mail me at bpoa@bpoa.org and
Congratulations to the new officers and let us look forward to a fruitful new year and decade.
Albert Sukoff
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Berkeley Property Owners Association
email: bpoa@bpoa.org
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TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATON
The only thing worse than bullies who forcefully take what is rightfully yours are the bureaucratic thugs who claim it is moral for them to take it.Protect your rights to life and property with the same tenacity you would fight a bully. Don't let them use moral guilt to disarm you.
--Eric Khrom
Brooklyn NY
FREE MONEY FROM ASHBY LUMBER?
Now, new and renewing BPOA members will receive 50% off their next purchase of up to $100 in merchandise from Ashby Lumber. That's like getting a check for $50 when you join or renew! The discount applies to nearly everything sold at Ashby Lumber & Hardware. Only power tools, sale items, and special orders are excluded. Coupons are mailed by BPOA to qualifying members. Not a member? Become one now! Join BPOA
SOFT STORY
ARE YOU ON THE LIST? INVENTORY LINK HERE
YOU MUST POST THIS NOTICE WITHIN 5 FEET OF ALL ENTRANCES
YOU MUST ALSO SEND THIS NOTICE TO YOUR TENANTS (AND A COPY TO THE CITY)
Some Basic Background Information on Economics and Rent Control
Landlord/Tenant Law 101
Beginning in early 2004, the BPOA Monthly published a series of articles about the basics of landlord tenant law, particularly as applied in Berkeley. Over the months we have covered the following subjects:
Rent Board Changes on Security Deposit Interest Rates
GOVERNOR AGREES: LANDLORDS ARE NOT IMMIGRATION COPS
Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 976 into law. The bill prohibits city councils from passing laws that require landlords to inquire about a prospective tenant's immigration status and report that information to local government.
Need Mentoring? Contact us! bpoa@bpoa.org
Getting Religious?
Read the Ten Commandments (for landlords!)
The ranks of property owners are swelling, as evidenced by requests to the office to join our organization.To familiarize newcomers with our local "system," andto facilitate contact with BPOA boardmembers, we have started a mentoring program.
Please call the office for information at (510) 525-3666. or Contact us.
