Paola Laverde

Mark Humbert is in the lead for Berkeley City Council District 8 with 64.05% of the votes as of 5 p.m. Wednesday with 100% of the precincts accounted for.

Berkeley’s Rent Board Convention planning committee announced Nathan Mizell as the fifth member of its slate for Rent Stabilization Board elections.

Stefan Elgstrand, the legislative aide to Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín, announced his candidacy for the Rent Stabilization Board in a press release Monday.

While California Gov. Gavin Newsom triumphed in Tuesday’s recall election, Berkeley City Council members discussed the city’s employee vaccine mandate and environmental goals — issues Newsom said were symbolically on voters' ballots.

Bridging the gap between state and local legislation, the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board discussed the latest in COVID-19 eviction policy and how it will impact residents for the remainder of 2020.

On Monday at 4 p.m., the tenants of 1921 Walnut St. and their supporters protested in front of the UC Office of the President in Oakland against the UC Board of Regents’ purchase of their building.

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.

The Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board met virtually Thursday to discuss its 2020-21 fiscal year budget, ongoing Black Lives Matter protests and a possible influx of evictions.

The Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board unanimously appointed Matthew Brown as acting executive director Tuesday, after former executive director James Kelekian was placed on paid administrative leave, as first reported by Berkeleyside.