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.
Inside this issue: Capitol & Council; Landlords Want Pay for Pandemic Losses; Affordable Housing is Slipping Away; CalRHA Public Policy Update March 2026; The ChatGPT Tenant Letter Has Arrived; UCB to Promise Two Years of Student Housing; 10 Unintended Consequences of Rent Control; and more... Continue Reading
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Learn how to use the Visual Paradigm viewer for BPOA’s online newsletter (and affiliate newsletters): start in full screen, navigate pages, zoom up to 500%, switch layouts, read in text mode, download or print as a PDF, and use search, annotations, and audio features. Continue Reading
The BPOA website has grown significantly in recent years, and many members feel overwhelmed trying to navigate all the online tools and resources. This guide walks you through the Member Compass, Forms Library, Knowledge Hub, events, and more — step by step. Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Capitol & Council; Op-Ed: We Need to Solve Squatting; Berkeley Tenant Union BRSB Nominees; CalRHA Public Policy Update March 2026; "Why Rent Controls Don't Work (from 1977!); Some Tenants Get It; Berkeley Ranked Worst Housing Market for Buyers; The Nuts & Bolts; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Capitol & Council; A $285,000 Ambulance?; Fair-Housing Testers Aren't so Fair; CalRHA Public Policy Update; City of Berkeley Fees for Rental Housing Providers; Cal Move-Out 2026; UCB's Tallest Dorm Ever, and more... Continue Reading
In this month's issue: The Aging of Berkeley's Rental Housing; HUD Demands Tenants Verify Citizenship; Rent Board Archive: 2018 Op-Ed; CalRHA Public Policy Update March 2026; S.F. Apartment Rents Surge, L.A. Slumps; ChatGPT on Tenant Displacement Rules; Santa Barbara Rent Freeze; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Owner Move-In, Ellis Act, or Tenant Buyout?; Empty Empires; Berkeley Apartment Complex is Foreclosed; Berkeley's Tallest-Ever Dorm; Muni Parcel Tax Cost-Sharing; Landlording with Mark, the Nuts & Bolts, and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Berkeley Joins National Trend; Rents are Rising in SF – and Spreading; Is the 30% Rule Still Relevant?; Lawsuit Challenges New York's Rent Control Law; Los Angeles Limits Rent Hikes in Historic Vote; Landlording with Mark; Event Calendar; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: A Critical Case for Property Rights; California's 2026 Rental Reboot; L.A. Moves to Strengthen Rent Protections; Nov/Dec Political & Public Policy Update; Why Democrats Keep Flailing; Landlording with Mark; The Nuts & Bolts; and more... Continue Reading
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A complete copy of BPOA’s 2025 amicus curiae brief filed in the Court of Appeal in the San Francisco Empty Homes Tax case. Provided here in full for member reference. Continue Reading
