ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL–ELECTION 2018–A push poll, suspected by many, to have originated from Alameda landlords’ groups, is probing and testing potential attack lines against a lengthy list of potential progressive candidates for the city’s mayoral and city council elections this… Read More ›
THE WEEK OF MARCH 16-22 –ALAMEDA– Regular council meeting, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 7 p.m. [ENTIRE AGENDA HERE]–UPTICK IN REVENUES– “The proposed budget amendments to the FY 2017-18 Budget will increase General Fund revenue by $7 million, to $99 million, and will increase… Read More ›
Powerful landlord interests are making early bets on Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday, Councilmembers Mark Salinas, Sara Lamnin. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILThree Hayward officials received nearly maxed-out contributions from the powerful pro-landlord California Apartment Association (CAA) and affiliates last year, according to… Read More ›
THE WEEK OF JANUARY 12-16.–SAN LEANDRO– Regular council meeting, (Note date due to MLK holiday) Tuesday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m. [ENTIRE AGENDA HERE]–SURLENE GRANT NAMING– In 1998, Surlene Grant became first African American member of the San Leandro City Council,… Read More ›
Assemblymember Rob Bonta at a Housing and Development Committee hearing Thursday in Sacramento. 18TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTAssemblymember Rob Bonta, and throngs of rental housing advocates from Oakland, Alameda and across the state, were ready for a fight Thursday in favor of… Read More ›
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 ›
BERKELEYTens of thousands of victims displaced by the the North Bay fires have a place to stay in Berkeley after the city’s Rent Stabilization Board initiated an ordinance that allows property owners to offer their housing units at below market… Read More ›
A petitioner on Park Street in Alameda last July seeking a signature for a landlords- backed ballot measure. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILOver the past 18 months, Alameda has seen a number of rent-related ballot measures come and go. Some, like two… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILA proposed tenant relocation payment program in San Leandro has for more than a year shuttled back and forth between the City Council and its rules committee without resolution, worrying tenants and angering landlords who have balked… Read More ›
ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILOver the past month, members of the Alameda Renters Coalition had been toying with a counterintuitive proposal. Instead of fighting a costly election campaign sometime next year to oppose a referendum offered by Alameda landlords to roll back… 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 ›
Assemblymember Rob Bonta 18TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTAssemblymember Rob Bonta wants the Alameda City Council to investigate and potentially disqualify a pending ballot referendum brought forth last month by local landlords after a raft of complaints that signature-gatherers intentionally misled residents. The… Read More ›
ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILThe city of Alameda has received 51 affidavits alleging signature-gatherers paid by local landlords illegally misrepresented a proposed ballot measure intended to rollback recently-approved just cause tenant protections. The city is taking the charges seriously. According to a… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILFor the second time in as many weeks, a proposed tenant relocation payment program in San Leandro has failed to move forward. The San Leandro City Council sent back to committee, 5-2, Monday night a second iteration… Read More ›
THE WEEK OF JUNE 30-JULY 6Every week the EBC AGENDA describes a “very busy week in East Bay government.” Unless White House press secretary Sean Spicer is offering the agenda this week, using this phrase would be a total lie!… Read More ›
Alameda Councilmember Jim Oddie at a pro-renters rally at City Hall on June 16. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILOver the past weeks, as a wave of unruly signature-gatherers from outside of Alameda have been pushing a landlord-backed petition to roll back just… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILIt’s taken more than a year for the San Leandro City Council to formulate a tenant relocation payments amendment to its existing rent review ordinance. But following a number of additions to the proposal, some that benefit… 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 ›
Alameda renters at the Bay View Apartments. ALAMEDA | RENT CONTROL |A potentially nasty campaign against Alameda’s rent control initiative appears to have begun. In the past few days, some Alamedans have reported a telephone survey seeking responses, they say,… Read More ›
Is Alameda Councilmember Tony Daysog really fearful of the rent control measure passing or just giving its proponents a false sense of security? ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |With two rent measures now slated for the ballot–down from a possible four a… Read More ›
94 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY |As the dynamics of the presidential election begin to take hold, it’s becoming increasingly clear that East Bay Republican Assemblymember Catharine Baker‘s fate will rest with The Donald. The 16th Assembly District only slightly favors… Read More ›
ALAMEDA | In a development that leaves just two rent-related initiatives on the ballot in Alameda this fall, a competing measure backed by landlords failed to gather enough valid signatures for inclusion in the next election or beyond. The Alameda… Read More ›
Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer and Councilmember Tony Daysog at Tuesday night’s meeting. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |Alameda’s rent control initiative now has a roommate on the November ballot after the city council voted unanimously Tuesday night to place a version of… Read More ›
Councilmember Tony Daysog said he is own rent measure will also not appear on the November ballot. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |A proposed Alameda ballot measure that would have banned rent control on the island will not appear on the November… Read More ›
Alameda Councilmembers Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Frank Matarrese and Mayor Trish Spencer during a hearing Tuesday on various rent measures. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer said Tuesday that she unequivocally opposes the tenant-driven rent control initiative now slated for… Read More ›
ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Could there possibly be a fourth rent-related Alameda ballot measure posturing for the fall ballot? This one backed by the Alameda City Council? As it stands, word on whether a rent control ballot measure backed by… Read More ›
Alameda Councilmembers Jim Oddie and Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft with renters last year. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |A plan to fund Alameda’s new rent stabilization ordinance through a so-called Renter Program Regulatory Fee fell flat Tuesday night with a majority of the… Read More ›
Alameda City Council at a special meeting on rents at Alameda High School. ALAMEDA | RENT MEASURES | A group of Alameda landlords who back a ballot measure that would prohibit rent control of any type on the island, submitted… Read More ›
Members of the Alameda Renters Coalition last year demonstrating in front of Alameda City Hall. ALAMEDA | Alameda’s rent control ballot measure takes a big step Tuesday when the grassroots renters group behind the proposal submits more than 8,000 signatures… Read More ›
Members of the Alameda Renters Coalition file a proposed rent control ballot measure Feb. 29 at Alameda City Hall. ALAMEDA | RENTAL CRISIS | Standing on the corner of Central Avenue and Park Street on an unseasonably warm April afternoon, Charlie… Read More ›
