Association of Bay Area Governments

The state approved a plan Jan. 12 to accommodate 441,176 new housing units in the Bay Area, including 8,934 units in the city of Berkeley. 

The Berkeley City Council discussed updates to the Berkeley Housing Element Update at a special meeting of the council Dec. 9.

Every jurisdiction must commit to meeting regional housing needs, while also providing more housing options for low-income individuals and people of color.

The Association of Bay Area Governments, or ABAG, adopted the proposed 2023-31 Regional Housing Needs Allocation, or RHNA, at its Oct. 15 executive board meeting.

We must be cognizant that Berkeley — like all cities — does not exist in a bubble. The actions we take have a ripple effect across the region.

The California State Legislature recently passed AB 1487, which could change the way local governments in the Bay Area finance affordable housing.

Since 2015, the city of Berkeley has been developing a plan for the Adeline Corridor, a street that runs through the historically Black neighborhood of South Berkeley.

Volunteers counted 664 homeless living outside of shelters, the highest number of unsheltered individuals counted in Berkeley and Alameda County in the last eight years, in their biennial census of Berkeley’s homeless.

The newly sworn-in City Council confirmed the results of the Nov. 8 municipal elections, established a rotating schedule for the position of vice mayor and appointed council members to committees during its first special meeting Thursday.

The study found that, on average, home prices are about 13 times greater than annual incomes in Berkeley and about 14 times greater in San Francisco.