By choice, I am very interested in Artificial Intelligence. Not by choice, I am very interested in rent control in Berkeley. Anxious to try out the emerging phenomenon that is AI, I asked ChatGPT to write an essay on the history of rent control in Berkeley. The result was published in the April... Continue Reading
Newsom's CEQA Reform Plan Worries Some; 12,000 Architects on the Housing Crisis; ChatGPT on Rent Control- Two Versions; Tenant Buy-Outs: Analysis; Refunds Ordered Under State RC Law; CalRHA Legislative Update; SFH Investor Bans Lead to Higher Rents; BPOA Events Details Continue Reading
It will come as no surprise to you that there is much government interference in our business. Many of the rules, regulations, oversight, fees, fines and penalties to which we are subject are based on the assumption that all owners do, might, or might be tempted, to take undue advantage of... Continue Reading
CA Supreme Court to Hear USB on People's Park; Apartment Hunting in SF Still No Picnic; St. Paul Reconsiders Draconian Rent Control; Federal Suit Challenges NYC's New Rent Law; A Look at Rent Control Around the Country; The Genius of Steven Wright; 5 Reasons Why Experts Say Rent Control Doesn't Work Continue Reading
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Tries Again; 12 Berkeley Owners Try-Out SB9; Downtown Berkeley Faces Big Changes; California Building Boom? Here, Not So Much: The Nuts & Bolts; CalRHA Legislative Update for May 2023; Feds Charge Bay Area Landlord; Berkeley Unified Considering Reparations Continue Reading
Bay Area to End Sales of Gas Heaters; History of Rent Control by ChatGPT; Bill Proposes Grants for Office; Nuts & Bolts; Legislative Update; Cal Move-Out Info; Landlords Can Ask for Criminal History; California Rent Control-Round Three? Continue Reading
State Rejects Berkeley's Housing Plan; National Rent Control?; Nuts & Bolts; State Legislative Update; Fair Housing Testers; Court Halts People's Park Housing Project; YIMBYs Prepare to Sue Bay Area Cities Continue Reading
Why Doesn't Berkeley Have More Condos; Is Student Noise a Problem for UC Plans?; Builders Bemoan Housing Hurdles; Berkeley Council Approves Housing Plan; California Legislative Update; County Ends Tenant Criminal Background Checks; Costa-Hawkins Under Attack Again Continue Reading
When a Tenant Dies; Nonprofit Builders Hope to Repeat; 19m Renters Burdened by Housing Costs; Nuts & Bolts; West Berkeley 99 Cent Store to Close; The 50 Best College Towns in America; Are Rentals the Future of Real Estate in California Continue Reading
Judge Allows Moratorium to Stand; Rent Control is Destroying a City Near You; Can a Vacancy Tax Relieve Housing Shortage; Nuts & Bolts; Texas Once Had Rent Control; Global Rent Spiral; Bay Area Rents Fall Continue Reading
Voter's Election Guide; More Area Cities Enact Rent Control; 26 Story Building in Berkeley; Berkeley's Push to End Single-Family Zoning; Nuts & Bolts; Builder's Remedy Enforcement Coming; 2022 Landlord Insurance Guide; Micro-Units Plan Submitted in SF Continue Reading
Big Changes Coming to Berkeley; Re-Zoning Prosperous Neighborhoods; What if SF Got Serious About Single Family Zoning?; Oakland, SF Still Recovering from Rent Declines; Housing Bills Package Heads to Newsom's Desk; CA Legislative Update Continue Reading
BPOA News & Commentary
Newsletters and commentary for Berkeley Rental Housing Providers
This section houses newsletters and select articles, including President’s Messages and guest-written editorials.
By choice, I am very interested in Artificial Intelligence. Not by choice, I am very interested in rent control in Berkeley. Anxious to try out the emerging phenomenon that is AI, I asked ChatGPT to write an essay on the history of rent control in Berkeley. The result was published in the April... Continue Reading
Newsom's CEQA Reform Plan Worries Some; 12,000 Architects on the Housing Crisis; ChatGPT on Rent Control- Two Versions; Tenant Buy-Outs: Analysis; Refunds Ordered Under State RC Law; CalRHA Legislative Update; SFH Investor Bans Lead to Higher Rents; BPOA Events Details Continue Reading
It will come as no surprise to you that there is much government interference in our business. Many of the rules, regulations, oversight, fees, fines and penalties to which we are subject are based on the assumption that all owners do, might, or might be tempted, to take undue advantage of... Continue Reading
CA Supreme Court to Hear USB on People's Park; Apartment Hunting in SF Still No Picnic; St. Paul Reconsiders Draconian Rent Control; Federal Suit Challenges NYC's New Rent Law; A Look at Rent Control Around the Country; The Genius of Steven Wright; 5 Reasons Why Experts Say Rent Control Doesn't Work Continue Reading
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Tries Again; 12 Berkeley Owners Try-Out SB9; Downtown Berkeley Faces Big Changes; California Building Boom? Here, Not So Much: The Nuts & Bolts; CalRHA Legislative Update for May 2023; Feds Charge Bay Area Landlord; Berkeley Unified Considering Reparations Continue Reading
Bay Area to End Sales of Gas Heaters; History of Rent Control by ChatGPT; Bill Proposes Grants for Office; Nuts & Bolts; Legislative Update; Cal Move-Out Info; Landlords Can Ask for Criminal History; California Rent Control-Round Three? Continue Reading
State Rejects Berkeley's Housing Plan; National Rent Control?; Nuts & Bolts; State Legislative Update; Fair Housing Testers; Court Halts People's Park Housing Project; YIMBYs Prepare to Sue Bay Area Cities Continue Reading
Why Doesn't Berkeley Have More Condos; Is Student Noise a Problem for UC Plans?; Builders Bemoan Housing Hurdles; Berkeley Council Approves Housing Plan; California Legislative Update; County Ends Tenant Criminal Background Checks; Costa-Hawkins Under Attack Again Continue Reading
When a Tenant Dies; Nonprofit Builders Hope to Repeat; 19m Renters Burdened by Housing Costs; Nuts & Bolts; West Berkeley 99 Cent Store to Close; The 50 Best College Towns in America; Are Rentals the Future of Real Estate in California Continue Reading
Judge Allows Moratorium to Stand; Rent Control is Destroying a City Near You; Can a Vacancy Tax Relieve Housing Shortage; Nuts & Bolts; Texas Once Had Rent Control; Global Rent Spiral; Bay Area Rents Fall Continue Reading
Voter's Election Guide; More Area Cities Enact Rent Control; 26 Story Building in Berkeley; Berkeley's Push to End Single-Family Zoning; Nuts & Bolts; Builder's Remedy Enforcement Coming; 2022 Landlord Insurance Guide; Micro-Units Plan Submitted in SF Continue Reading
Big Changes Coming to Berkeley; Re-Zoning Prosperous Neighborhoods; What if SF Got Serious About Single Family Zoning?; Oakland, SF Still Recovering from Rent Declines; Housing Bills Package Heads to Newsom's Desk; CA Legislative Update Continue Reading