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Category Archive: landlords

Alameda push poll is dishing dirt on potential mayoral, council candidates, but not all of them

ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL–ELECTION 2018–A push poll, suspected by many, to have originated from Alameda landlords’ groups, is probing […]

March 21, 2018 2018 election, Alameda, David Mitchell, Jeff Cambra, John Knox White, just cause, landlords, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, push poll, relocation payments, Tony Daysog

EBC AGENDA | MAR 16-22 | Housing discussions in SAN LEANDRO, HAYWARD; Revenues up in ALAMEDA

THE WEEK OF MARCH 16-22 –ALAMEDA– Regular council meeting, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 7 p.m. [ENTIRE AGENDA HERE]–UPTICK IN REVENUES– “The […]

March 17, 2018 affordable housing, bonds, EBC Agenda, Hayward, housing, landlords, Measure A1, Oakland, revenue, san leandro

Up for re-election, three Hayward officials seek to help renters as landlords fund their campaigns

Powerful landlord interests are making early  bets on Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday,  Councilmembers Mark Salinas, Sara Lamnin. HAYWARD […]

February 16, 2018 Barbara Halliday, Bill Mulgrew, California Apartment Association, campaign finance, Hayward City Council, landlords, Mark Salinas, Rental Housing Association, renters, Sara Lamnin, Tom Silva

EBC AGENDA | JAN 12-16 | HAYWARD airport zoning height changes; ALAMEDA’s crumbling piers; SAN LEANDRO look to honor former councilwoman

THE WEEK OF JANUARY 12-16.–SAN LEANDRO– Regular council meeting, (Note date due to MLK holiday) Tuesday, Jan. 16, […]

January 13, 2018 Alameda, Alameda Point, East Bay Community Energy, Hayward, Hayward Airport, landlords, Martin Luther King, piers, san leandro, Surlene Grant, vice mayor, zoning

Costa-Hawkins repeal bill fails in committee; Bonta votes yes

Assemblymember Rob Bonta at a Housing and Development Committee hearing  Thursday in Sacramento. 18TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTAssemblymember Rob Bonta, […]

January 12, 2018 #AD18, AB1506, Assembly, Assembly committee, California Apartment Association, Costa-Hawkins Act, David Chiu, fails, landlords, rental housing, renters, repeal, Richard Bloom, Rob Bonta

Renters at infamous Alameda apartments received evictions five days before Christmas

Assemblymember Rob Bonta, left, and Alameda Councilmember Malia Vella, right, listen to concerns Friday from tenants at the Bay […]

December 23, 2017 470 Central, Bay View Apartments, evictions, just cause, landlords, Malia Vella, Matt Sridhar, moratorium, no cause evicitons, rent stabilization, renters, Rob Bonta

Berkeley rent board gives solace to those who lost their homes in devastating North Bay fires

BERKELEYTens of thousands of victims displaced by the the North Bay fires have a place to stay in […]

October 26, 2017 Berkeley, Jesse Arreguin, landlords, North Bay Fires, rent stabilization board

Alamedans will vote on landlord-backed rent measure in 2018

A petitioner on Park Street in Alameda last July seeking a signature for a landlords- backed ballot measure. […]

October 24, 2017 2018 election, Alameda, Alameda City Council, Alameda planning board, Alameda Renters Coalition, Frank Matarrese, Jim Oddie, landlords, petition, rent stabilization, renters, Trish Spencer

Tenant relocation payments finally approved in San Leandro

SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILA proposed tenant relocation payment program in San Leandro has for more than a year […]

September 8, 2017 Ed Hernandez, landlords, Pauline Cutter, Pete Ballew, renters, san leandro, san leandro city council, tenant relocation payments

In a surprise, Alameda repeals its just cause ordinance at the behest of local renters group

ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILOver the past month, members of the Alameda Renters Coalition had been toying with a counterintuitive […]

September 7, 2017 Alameda, Alameda City Council, Alameda Renters Coalition, Eric Strimling, just cause, landlords, renters, repeal, signature gatherers, Trish Spencer

With Alameda just cause ordinance on pause, notorious landlord issues eviction notices

Renters and housing activists at Alameda’s Bay View Apartments. ALAMEDAResidents at Alameda’s Bay View Apartments on Central Avenue […]

August 17, 2017 470 Central, Alameda, Alameda City Council, ballot measure, Bay View Apartments, charter amendment, evictions, just cause, landlords, Matt Sridhar, rent

Bonta urges Alameda to disqualify landlord referendum accused of violating election law

Assemblymember Rob Bonta 18TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTAssemblymember Rob Bonta wants the Alameda City Council to investigate and potentially disqualify […]

July 13, 2017 #AD18, Alameda, Alameda City Council, Alameda County District Attorney, Assembly, criminal charges, just cause, landlords, letter, renters, Rob Bonta, signature gatherers

Alameda signature-gatherers hired by landlords could face criminal charges

ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILThe city of Alameda has received 51 affidavits alleging signature-gatherers paid by local landlords illegally misrepresented […]

July 12, 2017 Alameda, Alameda City Clerk, Alameda City Council, Alameda County District Attorney, initiative, just cause, landlords, renters, signature gatherers

San Leandro tenant relocation payment ordinance stymied, sent back to Rules Committee

SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILFor the second time in as many weeks, a proposed tenant relocation payment program in […]

July 6, 2017 Corina Lopez, Ellis Act, housing, landlords, Lee Thomas, Pauline Cutter, Pete Ballew, renters, san leandro, san leandro city council, tenant relocation payments, Tom Silva

EBC AGENDA | JUNE 30-JULY 6 | Tenant relocation payments return to SAN LEANDRO; ALAMEDA Point Site A; Sheriff AHERN in HAYWARD; ‘MERICA!

THE WEEK OF JUNE 30-JULY 6Every week the EBC AGENDA describes a “very busy week in East Bay […]

June 30, 2017 Alameda, Alameda Point, Alameda Point Partners, Fourth of July, landlords, renters, san leandro, San Leandro Police, Site A, tenant relocation payments

Alameda landlords file charter amendment petition, possible second ballot measure

Alameda Councilmember Jim Oddie at a pro-renters rally at City Hall on June 16. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILOver the […]

June 28, 2017 2018 election, Alameda, Alameda City Council, Alameda Renters Coalition, charter amendment, Jenya Cassidy, Jim Oddie, just cause, landlords, petition, rent stabilization, renters

San Leandro City Council adds landlord exemptions to proposed tenant relocation payments

SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILIt’s taken more than a year for the San Leandro City Council to formulate a […]

June 20, 2017 Benny Lee, landlords, Pete Ballew, Realtors, relocation payments, Rental Housing Association, renters, san leandro, san leandro city council

Alameda City Council approves Just Cause tenant protections; targets actions by rogue landlord

Supporters for Just Cause at an Alameda City Council meeting on Tuesday night. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILAlameda is the […]

May 17, 2017 470 Central, Alameda, Alameda City Council, amendment, Frank Matarrese, just cause, landlords, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Matt Sridhar, rent stabilization, renters, Trish Spencer

Push poll, possibly backed by landlords, has Alameda renters group on alert

Alameda renters at the Bay View Apartments. ALAMEDA | RENT CONTROL |A potentially nasty campaign against Alameda’s rent […]

August 16, 2016 Alameda, Alameda Renters Coalition, initiative, landlords, push poll, rent control, renters

Alameda councilman questions whether rent control measure can be defeated

Is Alameda Councilmember Tony Daysog really fearful of the rent control measure passing or just giving its proponents […]

August 11, 2016 Alameda, Alameda City Council, Alameda Renters Coalition, landlords, rent control, rents, Tony Daysog, Utility Modernization Act

EBCampaign: Baker is tied to the Trump Train; Council candidates line up in Oakland, Alameda

94 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY |As the dynamics of the presidential election begin to take hold, it’s becoming […]

August 6, 2016 AD16, Carl Chan, Catharine Baker, Cheryl Cook-Kallio, EBCampaign, filing deadline, Hillary Clinton, landlords, Lena Tam, Lynette McElhaney, Oakland City Council

Alameda landlords’ measure to ban rent control falls short of valid signatures

ALAMEDA | In a development that leaves just two rent-related initiatives on the ballot in Alameda this fall, […]

July 29, 2016 Alameda, Alameda City Council, Alameda County registrar, Alameda Renters Coalition, landlords, November election, qualified, rent stabilization, renters

Alameda City Council places competing rent measure on the fall ballot

Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer and Councilmember Tony Daysog at Tuesday night’s meeting. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |Alameda’s rent control […]

July 21, 2016 Alameda, Alameda City Council, Alameda Renters Coalition, Catherine Pauling, Eric Strimling, Frank Matarrese, Jim Oddie, landlords, November election, rent control, rents, Tony Daysog

Alameda landlords’ rent measure fizzles

Councilmember Tony Daysog said he is own rent measure will also not appear on the November ballot.  ALAMEDA […]

July 19, 2016 Alameda, Alameda City Council, Alameda County registrar, Alameda Renters Coalition, landlords, November election, renters, Tony Daysog

Alameda mayor opposes rent control measure, while others begin to take sides

Alameda Councilmembers Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Frank Matarrese and Mayor Trish Spencer during a hearing Tuesday on various rent […]

July 7, 2016 Alameda, Alameda City Council, Alameda Renters Coalition, Frank Matarrese, landlords, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, November election, rent control, rent stabilization, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer

Alameda city staff floats placing recently approved rent ordinance on the ballot

ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Could there possibly be a fourth rent-related Alameda ballot measure posturing for the fall […]

July 5, 2016 Alameda, Alameda City Council, Alameda County registrar, Alameda Renters Coalition, landlords, November election, petition, rent control, Tony Daysog

Proposed fees for funding Alameda’s rent stabilization program find little support

Alameda Councilmembers Jim Oddie and Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft with renters last year. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |A plan to […]

June 23, 2016 Alameda, Alameda City Council, Debbie Potter, landlords, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, rent stabilization, renters fee, tenants, Tony Daysog

Alameda landlords submit signatures for ballot measure banning rent control

Alameda City Council at a special meeting on rents at Alameda High School. ALAMEDA | RENT MEASURES | […]

June 17, 2016 Alameda, Alameda City Clerk, Alameda City Council, Alameda County registrar, Farhad Matin, landlords, Marilyn Schumaker, rent control, Tony Daysog

Alameda renters group to submit more than 8,000 signatures for fall ballot measure

Members of the Alameda Renters Coalition last year demonstrating in front of Alameda City Hall. ALAMEDA | Alameda’s […]

May 24, 2016 Alameda, Alameda City Clerk, Alameda City Council, Alameda Renters Coalition, Catherine Pauling, Eric Strimling, landlords, petition, rent control, Tony Daysog

Alameda: Three ballot measures on a collision course for November

Members of the Alameda Renters Coalition file  a proposed rent control ballot measure Feb. 29 at Alameda City Hall. […]

May 4, 2016 Alameda Magazine, Alameda Renters Coalition, Catherine Pauling, Farhad Matin, landlords, Marilyn Schumaker, rent control, Tony Daysog

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