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This issue contains a front-page typo. AUG should be SEPT. Who's Moving to Oakland and Why; NorCal Rents: Where They're At, and Going; Who's Behind Proposition 21?; Impact of Pandemic on Small Landlords; About Those Rental Housing Safety Inspections; Monthly Zoom information for September; ... Continue Reading
In this issue: Rents Drop, But It's Not Just the Pandemic; Berkeley Holds Steady as Rents Fall; Renters Brace for Evictions as Moratoria End; Oakland Passes New Tenant Protections; Council Fails to Vote on Golden Duplexes; Financial Help for Berkeley Renters Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Many SF Tenants Breaking Leases; More Protection for Oakland Renters?; L.A. Challenged on Eviction Ban & Rent Freeze; S.F. Eviction Moratorium Faces Legal Challenge; Falling Rents will Reshape Housing Market; Berkeley Section 8/Subsidized Housing News... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Berkeley Rent Board Head to Retire; Rent Board Targets Golden Duplexes & ADUs; Rent Payments Grew in May; CA Eviction Ban Q&A; UC Campuses to be Open in the Fall; Berkeley's 90 Million Dollar Cushion; Monthly Meeting Info for June... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Coronavirus QA for Renters, Landlords; Third of Renters Fail to Pay April Rent; Proposal: No Rent/Mortgage Payments; Oakland City Council Abuses Powers; Powers & Duties: Rent Stabilization Board; Chart: Rents by Neighborhood; Monthly Meeting Info for May... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: COVID-19, Your Tenants & the Rent; Confessions of a Former Housing Provider; Berkeley Health Directive & ER Ordinance; Berkeley: No More Criminal Background Checks; How Rent & Eviction Laws Aggravate a Crisis; Suggested Tenant Message re: TP; Misplaced Kudos - A Follow-Up... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: SB30: Key Detail Emerges in Mountain View; RIP WB50: Fails by Three Votes; Berkeley's Quest to Create Housing; Berkeley Mayor Announces TOPA; Monthly Meeting Info; Important Changes to Our Meeting Schedule... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: The Bill That Could Make CA Liveable; A Rent Control Repeal Lesson from the 90s; Housing the Homeless 4.0; Chart: Average Rent by East Bay City; Up, Down, Maybe Sideways; Monthly Meeting Info; Important Changes to Our Meeting Schedule... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Berkeley & BART Housing Agreement; Riding California's Rent Control Wave; Oakland Housing Fee Leads Nowhere; Oakland Condo Conversion Changes?; Sid Lakireddy on the Coming Year; Santa Monica Weighs Renter Right to Counsel; 2019 Legislative Wins; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Seattle's Dirst-In-Line law Upheld; Governor to Sign Rent-Cap Bill; Berkeley Might Ban Background Checks; Announcing the 2019 Holiday Dinner!; CA Restaurant Assc. Sues Berkeley Over Gas; Link to NOLO Discussion of New Rent Law; Monthly Meeting Info... Continue Reading
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
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
