Map: Earthquake risk in residential buildings in Berkeley
The map below shows an inventory of potentially hazardous soft story buildings in the city of Berkeley as of March 21, 2011. Stephanie Baer is the city news editor.
City Council pushes off action on relocation ordinance for the third time
A relocation ordinance that plans to increase financial assistance tenants will receive from housing damages was once again postponed at the latest Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday night. Anjuli Sastry covers housing.
Berkeley City Council passes revised relocation ordinance
Berkeley’s revised Relocation Ordinance passed at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting following months of prolonged disagreement concerning the ordinance’s language involving seismic safety and pet displacement. Multiple drafts of the ordinance — first written in 1986 and revised over the past few years to reflect changes in the city’s housing environment Read More…
City Council to vote Tuesday on revised relocation ordinance
After years of planning and months of debate, the Berkeley City Council is in the final stages of updating an ordinance that would require landlords to provide payments to tenants who are displaced from their housing units. The council will vote at its meeting Tuesday on the updated Relocation Ordinance, Read More…
City has yet to approve revision of Relocation Ordinance for Berkeley tenants
UC Berkeley senior Claire Bui was eating lunch at her kitchen table last Thursday afternoon when the room began to rattle. “Everything was shaking, and it freaked me out,” Bui said. “I’m from the East Coast, so I’m not used to these types of things. When we signed the lease, Read More…