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Inside this issue: The Palmer Decision; 7% Solution, Census Results, Quote; 14 Day Notice, Party Safe; Dinner Invitation; Birth Notice; Medical Marijuana, Some Students; How to Talk to a Hoarder; Prop M and Socialist Fooball; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Is It Hard to Do Business in Berkeley?; Rent Control vs. Class Discrimination; No Pets Allowed?; Is This Stuff Still Amusing?; Unbelievable; Lobbying Activity; Safe Lead Practices Training; Oakland Housing & More Bedbugs; Rent Control Lawsuits; State Law Protects the Victim; ... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Berkeley Law to Pay for Employee Sex Changes; New Law Creates Big Tax Headache; Bedbugs! Don't Let Them Bite; Treating Bedbugs Naturally; Berkeley Benefit Debt at Least 3M; Lead Poisoning Prevention; Common Landlord Deductions; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: A Narrow Win Against the Odds; Black Friday Housing Occupation; Rent Control vs. Class Discrimination; Five Red Flags for Renters; Renter Nation?; Lead Hazzard Update; When Smokers Move Out; Pet Proposal on Hold; Landlords Face Steep Fines; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Fraud in the Big City; Largest Tax Increase in History (part 2); Is Ranked Voting a Good Idea?; BPOA Needs YOU; New Tax Reporting Requirement; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Ballot Box Strategies; Letter to the Monthly; The Cheeseboard Collective; Contributions to Yes on H & I; Largest Tax Increase in History; Bedbugs are Back; 17 Legal Reasons to Reject Applicants; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: No on H & I; Argument Against Measure T; A Clever Scheme; Indoor Marijuana; Pro-Tenant Rent Board May Be Unseated; Is it Time to Improve SF Rent Control?; TAX ALERT; Another State, A Different Approach; The Money of Fools; Stay Alert; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Bond on November Ballot; Why There are Jobs in America; Rent Board Seats Up for Grabs; The BUSD Needs More Money; Attorney Tips; Mold Sampling & Q&A; New Recycling Carts; EPA Certification Training; Penalties –Reasonable and Proportional; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Split Roll Tax; Dirty Words; This and That; Unbelievable; Berkeley School Board and Quotes; Simply Put; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Rent Board Candidates for November; Don't Trash Berkeley; Measure C; A Welfare State of Mind; Landlords Sue to Increase Rent; Can Rent Control Bring Down a Country?; United Breaks Guitars; L.A. Should Abandon Rent Control; News from Sacramento; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Make This Guy Governor; Calpers Eyes Ban on Rent Control Conversions; Pool Bond Measure; Difference Between Liberalism, Progressiveism; Should Government Impose Retrofit?; Court Rules Property Owners on Section 8; California Tax Cliamet; Tenant Activists Exacerbate Housing Crisis Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Rent Board Openings & New EPA Rule; How a Court Decision Can Affect You; How Much Does Rent Control Cost?; A Tale of Three Cities and Four Pools; Tarses Tips; Who Benefits & Your Rent Board at Work; New Tax, and more... Continue Reading
