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Concord to launch ‘rent registry’ to track evictions, rent increases
A Concord “rent registry” program for the city to collect rental housing data to help drive forming future policy was approved this week, with direction to city staff to...Read More
Months of past due rent pile up amid pandemic with no relief in sight
The Bay Area might now be a buyer’s market for apartments, but not for renters like Cecilia Orellana. She has not worked since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic...Read More
‘Pizza Lady’ keeps feeding city’s hungry as she fights to save her own home
Andrea Carla Michaels is ensnared in dual battles - struggling to feed San Francisco homeless while battling to stay in an apartmentRead More
Covid-19 update: State data issue leads to case undercount, Contra Costa records 27 deaths in eight days, San Mateo...
Even with a state data reporting issue, the number of cases in the Bay Area has risen to nearly 57,000. Several counties in California are bracing for a surge...Read More
Property owners lose legal fight in attempt to overturn eviction ban
A San Francisco judge on Monday denied a legal challenge brought on by property owners looking to block a new San Francisco law prohibiting landlords from evicting or imposing...Read More
Covid-19 update: Dorsey gifts $15 million, state helps school families buy groceries, Bay Area cases exceed 10,000, Senate weighs...
The Senate grilled Covid-19 medical experts in a surreal virtual setting, Jack Dorsey gave San Francisco $15 million, Contra Costa is looking to make contact tracing detectives of volunteers,...Read More
Covid-19 update: Counties ease up on limited outdoor activities, SF provides 29 RVs for homeless, state expands Farm to...
Public health officers of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties as well as the city of Berkeley extended shelter orders through May 31,...Read More
Covid-19 update: BART cuts back service, county issues isolation order, exposure prompts Moscone West reconfiguration
The number of Bay Area deaths related to Covid-19 is nearing 100, though the nine-county region saw the smallest daily increase in two weeks. Here are your local Monday...Read More
Mountain View passes $800,000 Covid-19 relief package
Ten days after passing a $500,000 rent relief package, the Mountain View City Council passed another $800,000 relief package Friday night to help local small businesses, local homeless and...Read More
Bay Area COVID-19 update: counties halt evictions, Santa Rosa officers test positive, statewide cases pass 2,000
Here are the latest developments from around the region related to the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as of Wednesday morning. Three Santa Rosa police officers have tested...Read More
County gives struggling renters reprieve with eviction moratorium
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Tuesday to approve an urgency ordinance providing a temporary 30-day moratorium on evictions in the unincorporated parts of the county...Read More
Sheriffs carry out militarized-style eviction of Oakland mothers
This story includes an update with information provided by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office in a Tuesday morning press conference. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office early Tuesday morning evicted...Read More
Hundreds turn out to stand with Moms 4 Housing as eviction looms
More than 200 people gathered at a West Oakland home Monday to support homeless mothers who occupied the home nearly two months ago but now face eviction after a...Read More
As eviction nears, Wedgewood offers to pay charity to shelter Oakland moms for two months
The property owner planning to have two homeless mothers evicted next week from a West Oakland home offered Saturday to pay to shelter them for the next two months....Read More
Statewide tenant protection laws take effect New Year’s Day
The year 2020 could bring a happy – or at least happier – new year for California renters, with new tenant protections going into effect. As of Wednesday, Jan....Read More
Judge to rule at later date on Moms 4 Housing case
Two homeless mothers who have been occupying a vacant West Oakland home for six weeks won at least a temporary victory on Monday when a judge didn’t rule on...Read More
Letter says investors ‘will not meet or negotiate’ with Moms 4 Housing
A spokesman for the company that owns an Oakland house illegally occupied by a group of women on Sunday flatly rejected calls by two Oakland City Council members for...Read More
Judge postpones eviction hearing in Moms 4 Housing case
A judge on Thursday postponed a hearing until Monday in the ongoing battle over a vacant West Oakland home that’s been occupied by two homeless mothers, saying there’s been...Read More