The long-fueled tension between Berkeley tenants and property owners has taken on greater significance for Rent Stabilization Board candidates in this November’s electoral race. Read More…
Four Berkeley city officials filed an appeal on May 16, in response to a decision by the Alameda County Court in a defamation lawsuit brought against them by Sid Lakireddy, nephew of convicted sex-trafficker Lakireddy Bali Reddy. Read More…
Four contested seats on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board are likely to go mostly to candidates from the Progressive Affordable Housing Slate, data shows as of press time. As of Wednesday afternoon, with all voting precincts reported, the lead candidates are Judy Shelton, Asa Dodsworth and Alejandro Soto-Vigil from the Read More…
The race between the two competing slates for Berkeley’s Rent Board is remniscient of of the presidential contest, with Tenants United for Fairness claiming they’re for “transparency” and “fiscal responsibility,” but with only one slate with the experience and conviction to provide you fair rents and eviction protections. The Progressive Read More…
Three UC Berkeley graduates — John Nguyen, Stefanie Rawlings and Alejandro Soto-Vigil — will run for positions as commissioners on the city of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board. Read More…