BPOA News & Commentary

This section houses newsletters and select articles—including President’s Messages and guest-written editorials—from BPOA’s archive dating back to 2008. Explore past issues to see how Berkeley’s rental housing landscape has evolved.

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May 2019 Issue
May 2019 Issue

Inside this issue: How CEQA Fuels the Housing Crisis; 50,000 Residents Coming to East Bay; Even Tech Workers Priced Out in SF; Landlords Don't Have X-Ray Vision; CAL Move-Out Day 2019; Co-Living: Future or Fad?; RSB Goes After Trust-Owned Duplex; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted05/1/2019


April 2019 Issue
April 2019 Issue

Inside this issue: Solving CA's Housing Crisis; Bay Area Decades Behind on Affordable Housing; Chronicle Editor Board on Rent Control; Rent Control Will Hurt Oregon Renters; CA Lawmakers: 4 Tenant Protection Bills; Section 8 Warning; BPOA Day at The Capital –Join Us!; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted04/1/2019


March 2019 Issue
March 2019 Issue

Inside this issue: State-wide Rent Control in Oregon; Bay Area Pols & Employers Talk Housing; Halfmoon Bay Tenant Protections; Santa Cruz Freezes Eviction Moratorium; Glendale to Require Relocation Fees; Fareed Zakaria on the State of the World; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted03/1/2019


February 2019 Issue
February 2019 Issue

Inside this issue: New Hope for CI Reimbursements; Renter Protection News from Marin Co. & Oregon; You Can Fight City Hall –and Win; Square Leases Oakland's Uptown Station; The Attempted Dismantling of Costa-Hawkins; SF Affordable Housing Disappearing Fast; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted02/1/2019


January 2019 Issue
January 2019 Issue

Inside this issue: Holiday Dinner Recap; Rent Board Should Act to Help Fire Victims; Should California Have "Rent Stamps"?; Bay Area Leaders Propose Housing Fix; Proposed Legislation on Granny Flats; Clarification from BPOA on Measure Q; Monthly Meeting info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted01/1/2019


December 2018 Issue
December 2018 Issue

Inside this issue: What's Next for Renters?; Suspect Charged in 1 of 9 Arson Fires; Portland Passes Buy-Out Ordinance; What You Didn't Know About Prop 10; Who Needs Profit?; Holiday Dinner Info; January Meeting Preview... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted12/1/2018


November 2018 Issue
November 2018 Issue

Inside this issue: Bay Area Not Progressive on Housing; Rent Control Pits Tenant Against Tenant; Is Rent Control the Answer to High Prices?; SF Chroncile Editorial Opposes Prop 10; Congressional Trivia; 2018 Voter Recommendations; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted11/1/2018


October 2018 Issue
October 2018 Issue

Inside this issue: CAL Professor: Rent Control Causes Shortages; Q&A on Security Deposits; Sobering Study Shows CA Too Expensive for Many; Prop 10 Media Editorials; Other Interesting Ballot Measures; California Data Snapshot; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted10/1/2018


September 2018 Issue
September 2018 Issue

Inside this issue: California Gears Up for Rent Control Battle; Michael St. John: Hoarding Protocol; Tougher Rent Control Could Cause Tax Losses; Senators to Propose National Rent Relief; Higher Rent Can Be an Investment; Rolling Rent Control: Berkeley; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted09/1/2018


August 2018 Issue
August 2018 Issue

Inside this issue: Ballot Measure Supported by Democratic Party; Affordable Housing Measure on Nov Ballot; Santa Cruz Mayor on Rent Control Measure; State Gears Up for Big Prop 10 Battle; Chronicle Ed. Board: Housing Emergency; In a Nutshell; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted08/1/2018


June 2018 Issue
June 2018 Issue

Inside this issue: Concord Apt. Fire Was Arson; Oakland Legal Victory for Landlords; UCB Housing Plans & People's Park; Remembering Dave Arnold; June Member Meeting Info; Is This the End of the Ability to Evict?; CA Landlords Dumping Properties... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted06/1/2018


May 2018 Issue
May 2018 Issue

Inside this issue: Half Moon Bay Considers Rent Control; Ballot Measure Possible for Sacramento; CAL Move-Out Day 2018; LA Increasingly Out of Reach for the Young; May Member Meeting Info; Why Bay Area Rents are So High; New Film Tells the Story of Kelo Decision... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted05/1/2018