Berkeley Tenants Union

Berkeley City Council announced a new sister city program, funding for traffic safety updates and a waste rate schedule in Tuesday meetings.

A state appeals court ruled Monday that Berkeley will be able to subject a property which the owner had bought in order to repair into new housing to rent control, as first reported by the SF Chronicle. 

The increase in rent may be small, but it still adds up: Landlords passing rent registry fees onto their tenants’ rent raise their rent by up to $150, which can be reimbursed to low-income tenants.

U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) announced new legislation Friday that aims to address disaster responses nationwide.

Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to pass the 2023-2031 Housing Element in an explosive special meeting Wednesday, virtually attended by over 150 Berkeley residents.

Mark Humbert is in the lead for Berkeley City Council District 8 with 64.05% of the votes as of 5 p.m. Wednesday with 100% of the precincts accounted for.

The California Association of Realtors, or CAR, formally apologized for historically supporting exclusionary housing practices, including redlining and the overturning of California’s first fair housing law.

Negeene Mosaed is running on a pro-tenant platform with the Right to Housing Slate for Berkeley Rent Board.

Berkeley Police Accountability Board Vice Chair Nathan Mizell is running for the city’s Rent Stabilization Board.

Berkeley’s Rent Board Convention planning committee announced Nathan Mizell as the fifth member of its slate for Rent Stabilization Board elections.