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Rent Stabilization Board
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What you need to know about the money backing Berkeley elections
Who’s spending the most on the city’s elections? How does Berkeley’s public matching fund program work? And other campaign finance essentials.
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Berkeley election 2022: Who’s running for rent board
It’s an at-large race, meaning Berkeley residents can vote for five rent board members regardless of where they live in the city.
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Berkeley to vote on $650M infrastructure bond, vacancy tax in November
The largest bond measure in the city’s history and a tax on vacant houses and apartments will be on the 2022 ballot.
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Updated: Berkeley voters may see rent control on the November ballot
The ballot measure would apply to certain newly constructed buildings and remove exemptions on owner-occupied units with ADUs and golden duplexes.
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Berkeley rent board director, deemed ‘severely’ underpaid, receives 24% raise
The Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board said it wanted to bring DeSeana Williams’ salary in line with other department heads.
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Report: As Berkeley densifies, tenant protections needed to avoid displacement
The report argues sweeping zoning changes could worsen gentrification, but others say existing conditions are no better at protecting minorities.
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Berkeley rent board appoints DéSeana Williams as new executive director
Williams will make a starting salary of $200,366 on an initial three-year contract.
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‘No real options’: Last tenants agree to leave rent-controlled building, clearing way for UC Berkeley dorm
Cal can now tear down 1921 Walnut St. and the $300 million Anchor House project can proceed.
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UC Berkeley is getting a big gift: A $300M, 772-bed student dorm
The Helen Diller Family Foundation is paying for the complex, but building it may require evicting people from a rent-controlled building.
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Rent board votes in support of Palestinians facing evictions in Israel
It was a welcomed political statement by some but reviled by others who think the board overstepped its boundaries.
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Berkeley votes for historic housing change: an end to single-family zoning
The unanimous vote kickstarts a 2-year-long process which would see about 9,000 more housing units at various income levels built over the next several years.