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Endorsement Results: Mayor: Jesse Arreguin District 2: Nanci Armstrong-Temple District 3: Ben Bartlett District 5: Sophie Hahn District 6: Fred Dodsworth Mayor: 109 valid ballots counted, …
Results of Endorsement Meeting held by BPA- BCA-BTU on Saturday April 30th Read more »
These Ten Candidates have submitted questionnaires about their candidacy and will speak at the April 30th Endorsement Meeting. Join us Saturday April 30th from 1:30 to 5 at the Youth Adult Project (YAP) at 1730 Oregon Street. Click here to download …
Ten Candidates have requested progressive endorsement for Mayor and City Council Read more »
Berkeley Citizens Action (BCA), Berkeley Progressive Alliance (BPA) and Berkeley Tenants Union are holding a joint meeting to endorse candidates for Mayor and for Council Districts 2 (Southwest Berkeley), 3 (South Berkeley), 5 (North Berkeley) and 6 (Northeast Berkeley hills). …
Endorse Progressive Candidates for Mayor and Council on Saturday April 30, 1:30-5pm Read more »
It was a tremendous event, more than 125 people attended Housing for the Rest of Us and heard Don Goldmacher introduce BPA and Kate Harrison present our housing platform. Max Anderson spoke of the housing situation and Ben Bartlett shared his …
Introducing the Berkeley Progressive Alliance and their Affordable Housing Platform Sunday, March 6th, 2 to 4:30 pm South Berkeley Senior Center, 2939 Ellis Street at Ashby Oxford Plaza, energy efficient affordable housing built in 2009 at a comfortable scale. Since 2009, …
Photo from Berkeleyside by Kathleen Costanza. Thank you for attending the Teach-in on the Housing Affordability Crisis in Berkeley. As activists working for fair housing for all Berkeley residents, we will sendyou emails now and then about important …
Development attendees like 6 stories Infill, Affordable housing that blends with neighborhoods architecturally In lieu versus inclusionary: some say no in-lieu of units in new developments, one asks for atleast 30% low and middle income units in new development; one …
Great Ideas on Improving Berkeley Housing Situation from Participants at the Teach-In Read more »
Photo from Berkeleyside by Kathleen Costanza Here’s the link to video on Affordable Housing forum by Jai Jai Noire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5SsD0Q02p8&list=PLS2O9Gttsg5cwvAjJi-VMccKBLLu3-Iun Jai Jai Noire is a San Francisco Bay Area multimedia artist. He is available for camera, editing, directing, narration, production, script and …
BCA Newsletter Nov 2015 for web_print Read our housing forum newsletter. In this issue: Speakers Bios and talking points, Calendar of events for housing issues, Call from Berkeley Tenants Union to protest ZAB decision to allow a formerly rent controlled building to be …
Sunday, November 22nd, 2pm-4:30 pm, Berkeley Arts Festival Space, 2133 University (between Shattuck & Oxford Streets) Soaring rents and home prices have made Berkeley an increasingly unaffordable place. People can’t find housing, live in fear of eviction. We’ve lost much of our city’s diversity. …