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Berkeley City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to adopt an ordinance that would amend the Berkeley Municipal Code to levy fines for residential buildings vacant for more than 120 days.
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Tuesday’s City Council meeting will discuss the Housing Accountability Act and several items addressing homelessness and affordable housing, among a number of other proposals.
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The Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board has appointed María Poblet, campus alumna and tenants advocate, to replace Commissioner Katherine Harr, as first reported by Berkeleyside.
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California’s Fair Political Practices Commission, or FPPC, is currently investigating the Yes on Measure DD campaign on suspicion of violating the Political Reform Act’s campaign disclosure requirements.
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The UC Berkeley Progressive Student Association, or PSA, filed a complaint Monday against the Committee for Real Affordable Housing for alleged violations by the “Yes on Measure DD, No on Measure U1” campaign, according to a statement from the ASUC Housing Commission.
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If passed, Measures U1 and DD, one of which voters will choose on the Nov. 8 ballot, would each raise the business license tax on Berkeley landlords, but the proponents of each measure — and their spending — differ greatly.
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A few dozen Berkeley citizens and property owners attended a candidates’ forum Saturday at St. John’s Presbyterian Church in South Berkeley to hear a group of largely pro-landlord candidates for mayor, City Council and rent board address development, rent control and housing affordability.
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The Berkeley Rental Housing Coalition, or BRHC, and the city settled a lawsuit Tuesday, agreeing to modify misleading ballot language from a city-sponsored measure that would increase the business license taxes for certain landlords.
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The Berkeley Rental Housing Coalition — the political action committee of the Berkeley Property Owners Association — filed a lawsuit against the city Wednesday over a city-sponsored measure’s deceptive ballot language that allegedly overstates the projected city revenue for the tax increase.
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An unprecedented number of Berkeley residents and community members attended a convention Sunday, in which four candidates were chosen to run for the city Rent Stabilization Board on a pro-tenant slate this November.
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