James Chang

Wally Gorell has been a Berkeley tenant for 35 years and in that time has worked to establish a large garden surrounding his property — one that is now in danger of being forcefully removed by landlords and property managers.

A group of Berkeley property owners is seeking at least $500,000 annually to fund a coalition for landlord rights.

City officials and developers met last Thursday at a ceremony for a mixed-use apartment project on the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Dwight Way.

Introduced by State Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, the Affordable Housing Plan is an attempt to confront the state’s issue of homelessness by taxing real estate transaction documents, increasing the state’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit, and using portions of funds saved from Proposition 47 to invest in rapid re-housing for formerly incarcerated Californians.

With five of nine commissioner seats open on the city's Rent Stabilization Board, all five candidates entering the race were guaranteed a spot.

Polls in Berkeley closed at 8 p.m. We’ll bring you the results of Berkeley’s elections right here as they come in.

Unlike the city’s school board and City Council elections this year, all candidates who are running for Berkeley’s Rent Stabilization Board are guaranteed a position.

As James Chang said at the Tenants’ Convention on July 13, “Student issues are community issues, and community issues are student issues.” It is imperative that we have a vibrant Berkeley Tenants’ Union to address issues at City Council, the Zoning Adjustment Board and the Planning Commission. Together, our voices will be heard. We also need to work in November and beyond to support rent board candidates and city council candidates and make sure that other elected officials know of our concerns and will respond to them. Our collective presence can be very powerful, and we are now only tapping into its potential. You and I, and she and he, can make a difference. Let’s begin that work.