Knowledge Hub

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. 

Please note: unless you use the search bar to filter by keyword, or sort by category with the topic/category filter, content will display in chronological order, with the most recent posts first.

Free Resources

April 2015 Issue
April 2015 Issue

Inside this issue: Michael St. John Fighting with Tenants; Fee for Affordable Housing; Rent Survey Report; Happy Neighbors and New UC Hires; Landlords Sue over SF Buy-Out Law; Residents Priced Out of Homes; UC Campus Housing Amongst Highest; Tenant Legislation to Watch in 2015; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted04/1/2015


March 2015 Issue
March 2015 Issue

Inside this issue: Michael St. Johm Perspective; Rent Limits Protect Child; El Cerrito Studies Rules Protecting Renters; Los Angeles Retrofit Plan; Landmark Tenant Eviction Case; Owners of SF Unit Unable to Move Back Home; Tenant Legislation to Watch in 2015; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted03/1/2015


February 2015 Issue
February 2015 Issue

Inside this issue: Energy Audit; Bay Area Rents Higher; Housing Bias Concern; Illegal Re-Rentals; California's Pension Liability; We're in the Wrong Business; Meeting and Workshop Information; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted02/1/2015


January 2015 Issue
January 2015 Issue

Inside this issue: Fraud in High Places; Rent Control Beefs Where Tenants Gane Landlord; Appliances Go Missing; The Abandoned Rental Unit; Makes You Go Hmmmmm; Meeting and Workshop Information; LA Story: The Mayor & Mandatory Retrofitting; Berkeley Rent Board and the Oil Train; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted01/1/2015


December 2014 Issue
December 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Democracy in Berkeley; Anti Speculation Tax; Oakland Outpaces San Francisco; Oakland Tenant Protections; A Trifecta from BPOA Member; Winter Dinner Invitation; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted12/1/2014


November 2014 Issue
November 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: No to No Pets; Section 8 Update; Rent Control in Marin?; A Letter on the Downtown Measure R; SF Fights the Ellis; A Knife to the Heart; Follow-Up on the SF Ellis Pacific Legal Foundation; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted11/1/2014


October 2014 Issue
October 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: A Cautionary Tale; To Refi or Not Refi; EBMUD Tips; Alameda; Audit Finds Flaws; SF Judge Denies Restraining Order; Remedies to Rental Shortage; SF Housing Crisis; Add Units with Seismic Work; Affordable Units Protected; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted10/1/2014


September 2014 Issue
September 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Tenant Scams; Decision on Earthquake Liability; Airbnb Squatter; Poor Doors in West Hollywood; PFL Takes Landlord Case; SF Landlords Sue Over Relocation Fees; New Grand Jury Investigation; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted09/1/2014


August 2014 Issue
August 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Section 8 Rents; Median Price Hits 7-Figure High in SF; Airline-Style Pricing Hits NYC; Airbnb Scandal; Santa Monica Ballot Measures; Tenants' Right to Counsel; Bedbug Sniffing Dogs; 84 Square Feet; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted08/1/2014


June 2014 Issue
June 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Rents Rise, Encouraging Fraud; End to Prop 13 Tax Loophole; SF Section 8 Evictions; Limits to Ellis Act; AB 1513; Short Term Rentals; Piedmont Housing Element; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted06/1/2014


May 2014 Issue
May 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Los Angeles Evictions; Security Deposit Rules; Mensa Humor II & Discounts; Berkeley Redistricting; Student Move-Out Official Flyer; Student Move-Out Press Release; Top Paid Berkeley Jobs; Workshop Information; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted05/1/2014


April 2014 Issue
April 2014 Issue

Inside this issue: Michael St. John; SF Illegal Units; Smoking; One Third Rule Not Feasible; Condo Conversion Update; Oakland Decides on Landlord Improvements; Sugar Tax for Berkeley; Workshop Information; Squatting; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted04/1/2014