BPOA News & Commentary

This section houses newsletters and select articles, including President’s Messages and guest-written editorials.

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2025 BPOA Newsletter Virtual Bookshelf
2025 BPOA Newsletter Virtual Bookshelf

Your digital shelf of 2025 BPOA newsletters—organized, archived, and always accessible. Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted07/1/2025


July 2025 Issue
July 2025 Issue

In this month's issue: BUSD Housing Development; CalRHA Public Policy Update; Congress Must Stop Predatory ADA Lawsuits; Berkeley Considering Middle Housing Plan; What Tenants Should Know About Rent Algorithms; Coalition Corner; Editorials; The Nuts & Bolts; Event Calendar and more! Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted07/1/2025


June 2025 Issue
June 2025 Issue

In this issue: Editorial by Dan Lieberman, Renting in a Softer Market, Part 1; Coalition Corner; Rent Control Creates Privileged Tenants; CalRHA Public Policy Updates; The Tenant Screening Trap; The Nuts & Bolts; CA City Wants an Anti-Housing Insurgency; No Vacant Unit Goes Untaxed; Events Calendar Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted06/1/2025


May 2025 Issue
May 2025 Issue

What's Inside: ICE Advice; CalRHA Public Policy Update; A Short Conversation with the RSB; Berkeley's ADU Amnesty Program May Set an Example; ADU Amnesty: Program Details; Landlording with Mark; Editorials; Coalition Corner; Events and more! Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted05/1/2025


April 2025 Issue
April 2025 Issue

Warning: There's a New Type of ADA Lawsuit; Local Law Changes You Can't Afford to Miss; CalRHA State Policy Update for March; State Laws for Rental Housing in 2025; North Berkeley BART Housing Project Delayed; Berkeley, America's Healthiest City!; Landlording with Mark; Coalition Corner; Nuts & Bolt Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted04/1/2025


Flipbook Edition: April 2025 Newsletter
Flipbook Edition: April 2025 Newsletter

Dive into the April 2025 newsletter in flipbook format! This digital format has many tools, including text-to-talk and and screen magnification. It can even be downloaded to your browser and magnified up to 500%! Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted04/1/2025


How to Use BPOA's Digital Flipbooks
How to Use BPOA's Digital Flipbooks

Need some help navigating the flipbook toolbar? This article breaks it down! It's also available in a downloadable PDF so you can print a cheat sheet to have on hand. Continue Reading

Postedby Tiffany Van Buren
Date posted04/1/2025


March 2025 Issue
March 2025 Issue

City of Berkeley is Bad at Property Management; High-End Oakland Building Forces Foreclosures; New State Bill: Trespassing Response & Remedies; Argentina Scrapped Rent Control; Ring Doorbell Systems & Other Monitoring; Berkeley Residents Form City's 1st Tenants' Union; UPDATED COMMENTS Lance Montauk Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted03/1/2025


NEW - FLIPBOOK EDITION: March 2025 Newsletter
NEW - FLIPBOOK EDITION: March 2025 Newsletter

We hope you're enjoying the new flipbook format. We'd love your feedback: Do you prefer the PDF (open online, scroll to read) or the flip book? Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted03/1/2025


Billionaires
Billionaires

The debate over billionaires—whether they are a detriment to society or essential drivers of innovation and economic growth. Here's our editor, Albert Sukoff's take -- Continue Reading

Postedby Albert Sukoff
Date posted02/1/2025


February 2025 Issue
February 2025 Issue

ADU Amnesty Program; Measure MM Class Action Lawsuit; Navigating Tenant Screening Law; Help with Positive Rent Payment Reporting; Rent Prices Soar in Wake of LA Fires; Hiring the Right Painter for Your Property; Coalition Corner; The Nuts & Bolts; Landlording with Mark; Monthly Event Calendar Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted02/1/2025


Time to Get in Shape
Time to Get in Shape

BPOA board president, Dan Lieberman, shares practical tips for getting your properties in better financial shape in the new year. Continue Reading

Postedby Dan Lieberman
Date posted02/1/2025