BPOA News & Commentary

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November 2019 Issue
November 2019 Issue

Inside this issue: Long Beach, Gov. Newsom Name in Lawsuit; New Laws Should Ease Building; Five Things to Know About the TP Act; Facebook Pledges $1 Billion Towards Housing; Fixing the Problem is Like Whack-a-Mole; Announcing the 2019 Holiday Dinner; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted11/1/2019


October 2019 Issue
October 2019 Issue

Inside this issue: State Lawmakers Pass Rent Cap Bill; Statewide Rent Control Won't Help; "Housing Crisis Act" Heading to Governor's Desk; Bay Area Housing Production Up in 2019; Backroom Housing Deal Reflects Failed Policies; Berkeley: More People Living in Cars & RVs; BRHC Adds New Staff Member... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted10/1/2019


September 2019 Issue
September 2019 Issue

Inside this issue: City of Sacramento Approves Rent Control; Special Meeting for New Members; Feature: Handling Unpermitted Units; Oakland Dominates Housing Production; El Cerrito Scraps Just-Cause Eviction Law; CA Legislature Should Kill Rent Control Bill; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted09/1/2019


August 2019 Issue
August 2019 Issue

Inside this issue: Berkeley to Remove Gendered Language; Berlin's Senate Mandates Rent Freeze; Oakland to Require Section 8 Consideration; Housing Crisis: 8 Astonishing Numbers; Local Rent Controls Coming to More Cities; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted08/1/2019


June 2019 Issue
June 2019 Issue

Inside this issue: It's A Tough Job, But; SB50 Round-Up: Can Newsom Find a Path?; Be Very Outraged; SB50 Snaoshot: ApartmentGuide 2019 Report; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted06/1/2019


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