The Knowledge Hub curates BPOA’s most valuable educational resources—newsletters, articles, recorded webinars, and more—organized by topic for quick access. Whether you’re tackling a rent registration issue, preparing for move-in, or trying to understand a new regulation, this is where you’ll find topic-specific guidance, fast.
Bay Area: Rental Market Competitiveness; Landlord are Offering Incentives; Rent Board Chair Calls for Cease-fire; Renting to Roommates: Five Considerations; Berkeley Raises Height Limits; Larkspur Approves Rent Control; Port Hueneme Council Rejects Stabilization; Editorial; Coalition Corner; Events Continue Reading
State :Law Allows ADU Sales; The Continuing Saga of Office Conversions; 60 New California Housing Laws; Oakland Rent Drop is Steepest in Nation; Year-over-Year Rent Slide in 24 Metros: Table; Viral LA Tenant has Oakland Record; Editorial; Coalition Corner; The Nuts & Bolts; Event Calendar Continue Reading
Landlord Sues City of Berkeley; Measure MM Class Action Suit; Southside Could Get 12-Story Student Housing; Larkspur Approves Rent Control; Message from the BRHC; Massachusetts May Revisit Rent Control; New Law a Win for UC Housing Plan; Monthly Event Calendar; The Nuts & Bolts; Coalition Corner Continue Reading
Not sure what financial data you need for understanding tax items like the tax rate schedule, standard deductions and gift and estate tax credits? Use this document as your cheat sheet. Continue Reading
Berkeley Building Boom; Is a Regional Bond Measure on the Way?; Rent Control is Vulnerable; We Still Need More Housing; Golden Gate Fields: What Happens Next?; Some Cities Face Resistance to Rent Control; BART Land Housing Projects on Hold; BPOA Events Continue Reading
Late in June, on two successive days, the United States Supreme Court handed down three decisions which rocked the nation. The conservative majority on the Court clearly demonstrated it has control and that it is willing to use it. De- pending on one’s philosophical stance, partisans on... Continue Reading
Berkeley Staffing Crisis Burns Out Workers; SF Rent Control Expansion Increased Evictions; Berkeley Plan to Redress Loss of Black Residents; A Rent Control Renaissance is Underway; SCOTUS Urged to Take Up NY Rent Control Case; UCB Grad Student Commutes by Plane; Continue Reading
If you rent to students, at some point, you’ve likely had to deal with roommate changes or the last-minute addition of a roommate to the lease. It’s stressful business, both for the property owner and the resident. Maybe the Original Tenants can’t agree on signing a lease... Continue Reading
Use this guide to help distinguish between tenant-caused damage (deductible) and normal wear and tear (not deductible). This is a reference tool—not a complete list. Continue Reading
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 doesn't matter how bold of a typeface I use or that I have residents sign their initials next to the paragraph explaining the security deposit accounting and return process; regardless of this, one-third of departing residents will email me a few days after they've moved out to ask, "When will... Continue Reading
