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Berkeley’s 1923 fire, 100 years later | BUSD achievement gap among nation's worst | House with famed communal hot tub up for sale

Ted Edlin

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Opinion: The consequences of repealing Costa Hawkins

by Ted Edlin June 02, 2017, 9:30 a.m.October 4, 2022

Assembly Bill AB 1506 ( which has been withdrawn) was sponsored by Assembly persons from Santa Monica. This article was written before it was withdrawn but I thought the information would be useful to those interested in the effects of rent control without Costa Hawkins. This bill proposes to repeal Costa Hawkins (Vacancy decontrol/recontrol) bill […]

Posted inOpinion

Op-ed: Berkeley is a city without a plan for projected population growth

by Ted Edlin Feb. 28, 2017, 7:54 a.m.October 4, 2022

Berkeley is allowing the construction of many new buildings, but not planning how to cope with a 20,000 person increase in population.

Posted inOpinion

Op-ed: Pension problem fairy tale

by Ted Edlin Oct. 20, 2016, 10:30 a.m.October 4, 2022

Berkeley has more than a half-billion dollar pension problem deficit which will increase substantially for decades to come. This appears to be an insurmountable problem. But it need not be. Consider: The city has about 216 miles of roads and 300 miles of sidewalks according to the Public Works website. The city website says Berkeley […]

Posted inOpinion

Op-ed: Berkeley government is failing and no-one has noticed

by Ted Edlin March 18, 2016, 10:18 a.m.October 4, 2022

In the last couple of weeks there have been two daytime armed robberies reported in North Berkeley, according to my neighborhood listserve. One was in a private garage where the woman had left her house and gotten into her car to go to work and decided to make a cell phone call first. A man entered the garage with a […]

Posted inCrime & Safety, Housing & Development, Opinion

To City Council: A response to Berkeley balcony collapse

by Ted Edlin Aug. 20, 2015, 12:03 p.m.October 4, 2022

Once you own a hammer every problem looks like a nail. Over the past 20 years the City of Berkeley has had a number of deaths which have occurred in its rental housing stock. After each incident the response was the same: mandate inspections and charge the landlord. This rarely addresses the real problem but it […]

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