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At its regular meeting Tuesday, Berkeley City Council heard testimony from dozens of city residents in support of Samuli Seppälä, a wealthy artist who purchased the derelict Hillside School property to use it as his private residence.
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Berkeley City Council members will vote on a resolution at their Tuesday meeting calling for the authorization of a bond to finance affordable housing.
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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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The city of Berkeley announced an affordable housing plan for first-time and low-income homebuyers in order to help alleviate Berkeley’s housing crisis.
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Affordable rental housing in California is built by both nonprofit and for-profit developers in partnership with cities, counties and the state. The cost of development and construction is driven up by factors ranging from land prices and environmental review to the rising costs of materials and labor.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced $610 million in funding aimed at increasing housing and improving transportation near job centers in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.
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AB 1487, which overwhelmingly passed in both houses of the state Legislature and is now on the Governor’s desk, is a critical piece of legislation that will begin to tackle the affordable housing crisis.
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In this year’s homeless point-in-time count, it was reported that 1,108 persons currently experience homelessness in the city of Berkeley, an increase of 14 percent since the last count in 2017.
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If successful, Arreguín — Berkeley’s youngest mayor in over a century — will serve a second four-year term. Arreguín is also the city’s first Latinx mayor.
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Mayor Jesse Arreguín’s third State of the City address highlighted the city’s progress on addressing a range of topics, such as housing and community activism.
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