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During its regular meeting Tuesday evening, Berkeley City Council discussed police reporting of controlled equipment and affordable housing — marking a historic vote for the city.
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More than $667 million in federal funding will support local affordable housing programs and projects across California, as announced Thursday by U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California. The city of Berkeley is receiving about $2.7 million of the funding.
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Should the Berkeley City Council resolution pass, housing under new ordinances should be developed with an eye toward those harmed by discriminatory policy.
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BART was awarded $2.7 million in grant funding to pursue construction of affordable housing units at the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations.
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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.
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BART Vice President and UC Berkeley alumna Rebecca Saltzman spoke to UC Berkeley students and community members about the relationship between BART’s development plans and the city’s housing crisis at Monday’s event hosted by the Berkeley Forum.
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On Sept. 20, the largest ever Facebook event was held: a raid on Area 51. Here are some items a UC Berkeley student would’ve brought back from the raid.
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Berkeley rent has, in general, increased at a faster rate than the Bay Area Consumer Price Index. The legislation passed through the years appears to have done little to counter or even minimize that, which is especially apparent in the years since Costa Hawkins and reinforced by November 2018’s results,
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The housing crisis in Berkeley and the greater Bay Area is not an unfamiliar narrative to most. Many residents agree that there is a problem, but they disagree on how to solve it. Last month, Berkeley City Council approved Shattuck Green Terrace Apartments, an 18-story, 274-unit apartment building in Downtown
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Berkeley City Council approved the creation of a housing complex in Downtown Berkeley entirely at market-rate. Community members have blindly rallied around increased housing, without pushing for the affordability of those developments. What’s the point of building more housing if the people who need it the most can’t afford it?
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