Assemblymember Rob Bonta, left, and Alameda Councilmember Malia Vella, right, listen to concerns Friday from tenants at the Bay View Apts. ALAMEDA“Everyday I open my door to check and see if there’s a eviction notice,” said Alameda renter Julia Balthasar. Just… Read More ›
Renters and housing activists at Alameda’s Bay View Apartments. ALAMEDAResidents at Alameda’s Bay View Apartments on Central Avenue have stood as the symbol of the island community’s struggle with rising rents and a lack of affordable housing for more than… Read More ›
Supporters for Just Cause at an Alameda City Council meeting on Tuesday night. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILAlameda is the latest Bay Area city to add Just Cause protections that restrict landlords from evicting renters without a specific reason. The Alameda City… Read More ›
Tenants at the Bay View Apartments on 470 Central Avenue in November 2015. ALAMEDAFor tenant advocates, the turmoil at Alameda’s Bay View Apartments symbolizes the plight of renters on the island. This week, families at the property known colloquially as… Read More ›
The mass evictions at the Bayview Apartments have become so infamous that its address is used as shorthand for Alameda’s rental crisis. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Before the 33 families residing at Bay View Apartments received a 60-day eviction notice… Read More ›
ALAMEDA | The Alameda landlord who has become the face for greater rent control restriction after he issued notices of eviction to 33 families in the Bay View Apartments last month, sent an inflammatory letter to city leaders strongly opposing… Read More ›
Alameda Councilmembers Jim Oddie and Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft meeting with residents last month at the Bay View Apartments in Alameda. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | A loophole exploited by an Alameda landlord in the days after an Alameda City Council approved a… Read More ›
