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August 2014 Issue
August 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Section 8 Rents; Median Price Hits 7-Figure High in SF; Airline-Style Pricing Hits NYC; Airbnb Scandal; Santa Monica Ballot Measures; Tenants' Right to Counsel; Bedbug Sniffing Dogs; 84 Square Feet; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted08/1/2014


June 2014 Issue
June 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Rents Rise, Encouraging Fraud; End to Prop 13 Tax Loophole; SF Section 8 Evictions; Limits to Ellis Act; AB 1513; Short Term Rentals; Piedmont Housing Element; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted06/1/2014


May 2014 Issue
May 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Los Angeles Evictions; Security Deposit Rules; Mensa Humor II & Discounts; Berkeley Redistricting; Student Move-Out Official Flyer; Student Move-Out Press Release; Top Paid Berkeley Jobs; Workshop Information; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted05/1/2014


April 2014 Issue
April 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Michael St. John; SF Illegal Units; Smoking; One Third Rule Not Feasible; Condo Conversion Update; Oakland Decides on Landlord Improvements; Sugar Tax for Berkeley; Workshop Information; Squatting; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted04/1/2014


March 2014 Issue
March 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Michael St. John; How to Not Get Sued; Filth and Fear; Anti-Speculation Program; Rent Control Returns to Capital; Rent Control Culver City; Workshop Information; Confronting the Speculators; The Dos and Don'ts of Tenant Selection; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted03/1/2014


February 2014 Issue
February 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Michael St. John; Downtown Berkeley Housing Boom; Irish Rent Control; Is Rent Control Hurting SF Middle Class?; City of Richmond & Local Clean Energy; Marty and Casey; Taking SF Evictions to Sacramento; Hoarding; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted02/1/2014


January 2014 Issue
January 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Michael St. John; Board Provides Tenants a Lifeline; Proposed Ellis Act Revisions; Professional Management Q&A; Oklahoma Kangaroo; Tobacco Free Multi-Units; Political Extortion? & Quote of the Month; Harvard Study; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted01/1/2014


December 2013 Issue
December 2013 Issue

Inside this issue: Second Hand Smoke; Rent Control in Santa Monica; Canine Tenants & Grants Available; Professional Management Q&A; Fake Landlord Rental Scheme; Energy Saving Rebates & Quote of the Month; Letter from the League of Women Voters; Invitation to the Winter Dinner; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted12/1/2013


October 2013 Issue
October 2013 Issue

Inside this issue: The Open House; New Jersey Seniors Rent Control; California Bill to Restore Local Control; Rent Increases Approved for Rent Controlled; Meeting & Workshop Information; Perverse Effects of Rent Control; Abolishing Rent Control is Stupid; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted10/1/2013


September 2013 Issue
September 2013 Issue

Inside this issue: Companion Animal Pay-Out; From Craigslist, PWFC; Berkeley Not in Top 7; Rent Increases Approved for Rent Controlled...; Bogus Therapy Dog Tags; Proposal to Protect Tenants; BPOA September Workshop; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted09/1/2013


August 2013 Issue
August 2013 Issue

Inside this issue: Addicted to Rent Control; King of My Castle?; How to Fight SF Gentrification; Recycling Tips for Landlords; Santa Monica Raises Registration Fees; SF Approves Condo Conversion Deal; BHA Cuts Sec. 8 Vouchers; Save the Date for the September Workshop; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted08/1/2013


June 2013 Issue
June 2013 Issue

Inside this issue: Capital Improvement Reimbursement; East Bay Unemployed; Santa Monica Fee Increase; Why Rent Control Works; Tenant Blacklisting; Little Ferry Lifts Rent Control; Written Criteria List; July Vacation; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted06/1/2013