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Berkeley’s Housing Advisory Commission voted to approve a recommendation for the initial stages of pre-development and planning to create educator housing.
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UC Berkeley students attended a Planning Commission meeting Wednesday night to voice their support for the More Student Housing Now Resolution, and a motion was passed unanimously to review the proposals outlined in the resolution.
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Judy Hunt, a former Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board commissioner, called for Commissioner Leah Simon-Weisberg to step down amid talks regarding the repeal of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act at a board meeting Monday.
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On Sunday, the Berkeley Tenant Convention will meet to decide on its pro-tenant slate, composed of five individuals who will run to be elected to Berkeley’s Rent Stabilization Board.
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Berkeley’s Zoning Adjustments Board approved the construction of a new six-story, mixed-use building on 2527 San Pablo Ave. at its Thursday regular meeting.
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Owner move-in evictions are on the rise in Berkeley, raising concerns about the availability of housing in an increasingly unaffordable market and questions of whether owners are using the eviction method properly.
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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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Airbnb announced in a press release this past Friday that because of the upcoming UC Berkeley commencement weekend, the company would host more than 44,000 guest nights in Berkeley and Oakland — generating a total of $8 million in economic activity for the two cities.
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Newly elected Berkeley City Councilmember Kate Harrison was sworn into office Wednesday at Old City Hall, fulfilling the District 4 vacancy left by Mayor Jesse Arreguín.
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Sanders spoke about his new book, “Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In,” in a lecture that was part motivational speech and part office hours. Two independent bookstores, Mrs. Dalloway’s of Berkeley and Diesel, A Bookstore of Oakland, had both been interested in having Sanders come to speak about his book, and decided to reach out to the book’s publisher together.
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