Dominique Walker

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors is set to vote on local tenant protection laws for the unincorporated areas of Alameda County on Feb. 28. However, there is increasing concern that the hard-fought protections will not be adopted due to a lack of support from the board by a razor-thin margin.

As Alameda County finishes counting ballots, results from the 2020 general elections largely remain consistent with initial tallies.

Candidates Leah Simon-Weisberg, Andy Kelley, Xavier Johnson, Dominique Walker and Mari Mendonca are leading the race for Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board as of press time, where they will work to regulate rent, provide tenants with protections and maintain affordable housing.

As a working mother who has experienced homelessness firsthand, Dominique Walker is running for the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board to be a “part of the change” in providing accessible housing.

On Sunday evening, the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board celebrated 40 years of rent control and held a convention for pro-tenant candidates running for rent board commissioner.

Chants of "Black lives matter," booming music and the names of people who have died at the hands of police — all of these could be heard in the Berkeley streets this weekend as thousands of protesters reacted to the death of George Floyd.

The Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board held a meeting with several presentations, including one honoring Moms 4 Housing activist Dominique Walker with a city proclamation and another naming Feb. 20 as “Moms 4 Housing Day.”

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín held a press conference Feb. 20 to unveil the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, a city ordinance aimed at preserving affordable housing in Berkeley.