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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: This story has been updated with a \u003ca href=\"#clarification\">clarification\u003c/a> (see end of post). \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s Berkeley High student yearbook was recalled Wednesday after an offensive comment about one of the campus's small schools, the \u003ca href=\"http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/communities/academy-of-medicine-and-public-serivce/\" target=\"_blank\">Academy of Medicine and Public Service (AMPS)\u003c/a>, was discovered on one of its pages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The text published in the yearbook describes AMPS, which has a high concentration of African-American and Hispanic students, as “a small learning community focus [sic] on medicine, making our future doctors, dentists, nurses, physicians, fire chiefs and trash collators [sic].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email to Berkeley High families Wednesday night -- the school's third email of the day on the subject -- Interim Principal Kristin Glenchur wrote: “As you may know, an offensive and racist phrase was discovered on the AMPS page of the BHS yearbook. Our investigation to this point indicates that the original text of the page was maliciously replaced. ” She continued, saying it had been difficult to pinpoint who was responsible, as so many people were involved in the compilation of the yearbook. The entire yearbook staff has assumed collective responsibility for the incident. (Read her \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Email-from-Kristin-Glenchur-7-50pm-6.3.15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">full email\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The community was first alerted to the yearbook page by an email sent out around 2 p.m. Wednesday by BHS Vice Principal Daniel Nube, who said the 2015 yearbook was being recalled. He requested that students turn in their copies to the front desk with their names written in them. He did not say why the recall was necessary or who was responsible for writing the text.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10550700\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/AMPS-e1433435232881.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10550700\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/AMPS-e1433374291581-400x537.jpg\" alt=\"The excerpt from the Berkeley High School 2015 yearbook that triggered a recall. \" width=\"400\" height=\"537\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The excerpt from the Berkeley High School 2015 yearbook that triggered a recall. \u003ccite>(Twitter/@berkeleyBSU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are keeping careful track of yearbooks that are being turned back in,” Nube wrote. “After a few days they will get their same yearbook returned to them. No personal information will be looked at.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About an hour after Nube’s email went out, Glenchur also sent out an email through the Berkeley High e-tree, saying that the school would be removing the offending page and would meet with the AMPS community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve met with Yearbook staff and are investigating how unedited and inflammatory language about AMPS appeared in the yearbook,” Glenchur wrote. “Staff is recalling all yearbooks, replacing the text, and organizing a time to meet with the AMPS community next week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve stopped production of the rest of the books,” said Mark Coplan, spokesman for the Berkeley Unified School District. “I’m not exactly sure what the resolution will be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The yearbook is compiled by a student staff with the help of a faculty adviser, Gabriel Berent. Glenchur mentioned him in her email without explaining his position as the yearbook’s faculty adviser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know Gabe Berent is devastated by the error that has caused pain to so many and, though nothing can undo what was done, he and his staff are working very hard on a response and a process that will keep this from happening in the future,” Glenchur wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeleyside was unable to reach Berent for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Referring to the yearbook comment on Twitter, Kadijah Means, president of the Berkeley High Black Student Union, wrote: “There is no excuse for this honestly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Errors in the yearbook are not uncommon, but generally don’t extend beyond spelling mistakes or the occasional switching of one student’s photo with another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to note that, prior to Gabe’s work with the yearbook, an even more egregious and base level lack of editing existed,” Glenchur said in the email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school will be moving forward with a “restorative justice process,” Glenchur wrote, and each AMPS senior will receive a free edited yearbook. The school will also provide a free AMPS community photo. Glenchur asked that the community “reserve judgment” of those involved until the roots of the incident can be further investigated.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"clarification\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nYearbook distribution will be halted “until the language is replaced,” Glenchur wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Clarification:\u003c/strong> Responding to readers who have expressed confusion about some aspects of this story, in particular why the yearbook comment about students at AMPS might be construed as racist, we wanted to add some context: According to data published by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the racial/ethnic breakdown of the 233 students in Berkeley High’s AMPS this year was: 40 percent black, 35 percent Hispanic and 13 percent white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Eden Teller, a junior at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a Berkeleyside summer intern. 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"content": "\u003cp>Berkeley school board officials are considering tougher enrollment requirements to curb illegal enrollment in the district, following the initial success of new registration requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stricter enforcement implemented this year led the BUSD admissions office to reject 11% of applicants from private middle schools to Berkeley High School for 2015-2016 after it was determined they did not actually reside in Berkeley, according to Francisco Martinez, the BUSD admissions manager. About 150 students applied. Thirty-seven students were flagged for follow-up and officials found that 17 of them did not reside in Berkeley, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BUSD, for the first time, also required all currently enrolled fifth graders to prove their Berkeley residency before being accepted into sixth grade. About 8% of the 684 students did not reapply for admission, despite an aggressive campaign to inform families of new requirements, said Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”DzXhFW5QTAm6wRjWuQSZBwrL6o6V7W9Y”]The new board policy, titled BP 5111, asks students seeking admission to BUSD to provide three sets of proof of residency and a declaration form — two more forms than are currently required. Its accompanying administrative regulations drew myriad of questions from the board at its May 20 meeting, ranging from the legality of the policy, to its impact on homeless students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, families enrolling their children in Berkeley schools have to prove residency by submitting \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyschools.net/departments/berkeley-school-admissions/required-enrollment-documentation/\">three documents from two categories \u003c/a>— a utility bill (PG&E, water, garbage, phone, cable, internet) and a driver’s license, bank statement, or paycheck stub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the school board adopts the new policy, families in the 2016-17 school year will also have to provide a rental contract or a lease, home insurance statement, property tax statement, or property deeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, parents will have to sign an affidavit declaring they live in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are asking parents to affirm and declare they are Berkeley residents,” said Martinez. “They need to understand there would be consequences if we determined they were not living in Berkeley We wanted them to be aware of what the consequences would be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families will have to resubmit proof of residency three times: when they enroll their children in kindergarten, when they transition to middle school, and when they enter high school. Until this year, families only had to do that once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If families move to a different home in Berkeley, the policy asks for parents to alert the district of the move within five days and verify the new address within 30 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question of illegal enrollment of students in Berkeley schools has long plagued BUSD and other strong school districts in close proximity to under-performing districts. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Attending-to-the-Bottomline-Final.pdf\">study done ten years ago\u003c/a> by a UC Berkeley graduate student interning at BUSD estimated that from\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Attending-to-the-Bottomline-Final.pdf\"> 10 to 12% of the students enrolled did not live in Berkeley.\u003c/a> The study, which was never formally embraced by the school administration or school board, also concluded that the illegally enrolled students were a net financial boon for the district. The students brought in more money from the state in Average Daily Attendance funds then cost the district in BSEP funds, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeleyside \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/04/08/illegal-enrollment-is-boon-and-burden-to-berkeley-schools/\">reported in depth on the issue of illegal enrollment in 2014\u003c/a>, and the article drew 375 comments — one indication of how strongly families feel about the question. The district was checking records and doing home visits at the time, but has since stepped up its enforcement efforts, said Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014-15, the district allotted more resources to home visits. There are now three people doing them part-time, including Martinez himself, who said he takes on the more troublesome cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BUSD did 477 home visits this school year, both in the summer and spring of 2015. As a result, 80 students were asked to leave the district as they were not living in Berkeley. Some left immediately and some will leave at the end of the school year, Martinez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The home visits also resulted in denying admission to 17 of the 150 private-school applicants for Berkeley High School, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re being a little bit more proactive,” said Martinez. “The superintendent (\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/donald-evans/\">Donald Evans\u003c/a>, who came on board in 2013) has been very supportive of being proactive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Berkeley School Board has questions about equity\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the first reading of BP 5111 on May 20, school board members asked Martinez about various special circumstances that may make families unable to verify their home address. Board Vice President Beatriz Leyva-Cutler asked, for instance, about how families who share a house with other families, or who are undocumented, can provide rental contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board member Karen Hemphill expressed the greatest concern in the meeting, saying she feared the new policy would target lower-income and homeless families more than others. Hemphill also mentioned concerns voiced by the Berkeley NAACP about the district’s authority to conduct home visits, and recommended random house checks for equity’s sake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really struggled with this [policy],” Hemphill said. “While I understand why some of the verification was chosen, it does seem the burden of having to prove your residency through a home visit is disproportionately being placed on lower-income families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez said after the meeting that his office paid home visits to families of all income levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have families who live in Kensington, we have families who live in the Oakland Hills,” said Martinez. “We also found families who live in Richmond, the poor areas of Richmond and Oakland. 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She said the district should not need to get involved in family matters and that low-income families regularly go through divorces without proper custody provisions, as the necessary documentation costs money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While picking at the trickier legal consequences of the policy — such as what would happen if a family owned a rental property in Berkeley but chose not to live in it — the board expressed enough confidence in the policy and in Martinez to send it back to the Policy Subcommittee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the board meeting, Martinez said he believed there would not be major revisions coming to the policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Changes will be very minor,” he said. “There is nothing new in any way, but we are always trying to address concerns for families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Support independent local journalism by \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/support-berkeleyside/\">\u003cb>becoming a Berkeleyside member\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the school board adopts the new policy, families in the 2016-17 school year will also have to provide a rental contract or a lease, home insurance statement, property tax statement, or property deeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, parents will have to sign an affidavit declaring they live in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are asking parents to affirm and declare they are Berkeley residents,” said Martinez. “They need to understand there would be consequences if we determined they were not living in Berkeley We wanted them to be aware of what the consequences would be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families will have to resubmit proof of residency three times: when they enroll their children in kindergarten, when they transition to middle school, and when they enter high school. Until this year, families only had to do that once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If families move to a different home in Berkeley, the policy asks for parents to alert the district of the move within five days and verify the new address within 30 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question of illegal enrollment of students in Berkeley schools has long plagued BUSD and other strong school districts in close proximity to under-performing districts. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Attending-to-the-Bottomline-Final.pdf\">study done ten years ago\u003c/a> by a UC Berkeley graduate student interning at BUSD estimated that from\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Attending-to-the-Bottomline-Final.pdf\"> 10 to 12% of the students enrolled did not live in Berkeley.\u003c/a> The study, which was never formally embraced by the school administration or school board, also concluded that the illegally enrolled students were a net financial boon for the district. The students brought in more money from the state in Average Daily Attendance funds then cost the district in BSEP funds, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeleyside \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/04/08/illegal-enrollment-is-boon-and-burden-to-berkeley-schools/\">reported in depth on the issue of illegal enrollment in 2014\u003c/a>, and the article drew 375 comments — one indication of how strongly families feel about the question. The district was checking records and doing home visits at the time, but has since stepped up its enforcement efforts, said Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014-15, the district allotted more resources to home visits. There are now three people doing them part-time, including Martinez himself, who said he takes on the more troublesome cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BUSD did 477 home visits this school year, both in the summer and spring of 2015. As a result, 80 students were asked to leave the district as they were not living in Berkeley. Some left immediately and some will leave at the end of the school year, Martinez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The home visits also resulted in denying admission to 17 of the 150 private-school applicants for Berkeley High School, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re being a little bit more proactive,” said Martinez. “The superintendent (\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/donald-evans/\">Donald Evans\u003c/a>, who came on board in 2013) has been very supportive of being proactive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Berkeley School Board has questions about equity\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the first reading of BP 5111 on May 20, school board members asked Martinez about various special circumstances that may make families unable to verify their home address. Board Vice President Beatriz Leyva-Cutler asked, for instance, about how families who share a house with other families, or who are undocumented, can provide rental contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board member Karen Hemphill expressed the greatest concern in the meeting, saying she feared the new policy would target lower-income and homeless families more than others. Hemphill also mentioned concerns voiced by the Berkeley NAACP about the district’s authority to conduct home visits, and recommended random house checks for equity’s sake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really struggled with this [policy],” Hemphill said. “While I understand why some of the verification was chosen, it does seem the burden of having to prove your residency through a home visit is disproportionately being placed on lower-income families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez said after the meeting that his office paid home visits to families of all income levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have families who live in Kensington, we have families who live in the Oakland Hills,” said Martinez. “We also found families who live in Richmond, the poor areas of Richmond and Oakland. It’s a cross-section.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the interests of greater transparency, and to demonstrate that home visits are not targeting any specific group, Martinez proposed publishing a map on where the home visits happens in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hemphill also questioned the necessity of language involving custody provisions in the criteria for residency. She said the district should not need to get involved in family matters and that low-income families regularly go through divorces without proper custody provisions, as the necessary documentation costs money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While picking at the trickier legal consequences of the policy — such as what would happen if a family owned a rental property in Berkeley but chose not to live in it — the board expressed enough confidence in the policy and in Martinez to send it back to the Policy Subcommittee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the board meeting, Martinez said he believed there would not be major revisions coming to the policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Changes will be very minor,” he said. “There is nothing new in any way, but we are always trying to address concerns for families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A Concord man, who reportedly drove the wrong way for 30 miles on East Bay freeways earlier this month and fled from authorities after crashing into another motorist in Berkeley, has been arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Highway Patrol arrested Jerome Wingert, 33, at around 3:10 a.m. Wednesday at a Berkeley hotel. The arrest was made by CHP officers with assistance from Berkeley police, according to CHP spokesman Officer Clayton Nett.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wingert has been involved in at least two other high-profile pursuits with Bay Area law enforcement agencies over the past seven years, according to media reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent chase began at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17, in Concord when police there spotted Wingert in a Honda Accord that had been reported stolen, according to Officer Sean Wilkenfeld, a CHP spokesman. Wingert evaded officers, the CHP says, traveling in the wrong direction on the freeway for about 30 miles, before exiting in Berkeley. There, police say he crashed into an SUV near the corner of Hearst Avenue and California Street. The SUV's driver, Zaya Yaro, 45, of Santa Clara, suffered minor injuries in the collision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officers aided by a CHP helicopter and a Richmond police canine searched the neighborhood for several hours, but he managed to avoid capture. The California Highway Patrol says it continued to investigate the incident and ultimately identified Wingert as the driver of the stolen Honda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to police scanner recordings, Wingert called the CHP as officers followed him and told them to call off the pursuit. He told dispatchers he did not want to go back to jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Accounts of Two Earlier Chases\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008 and 2011, Wingert made headlines after high-profile chases in Lafayette and Martinez that culminated in his arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008, he allegedly crashed a stolen vehicle in Lafayette, then jumped onto the roof of a passing SUV to try to get away from officers. He managed to cling to the roof for several minutes before an officer stopped the vehicle and took Wingert into custody on suspicion of felony evading, carrying a loaded firearm and possession of stolen property, \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_9877997\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Contra Costa Times\u003c/a>. Authorities said, in that incident, Wingert also took to the freeway, driving against traffic to try to escape capture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years later, Wingert was involved in \u003ca href=\"http://patch.com/california/martinez/wild-chase-ends-in-arrest-of-two-suspects\" target=\"_blank\">another chase\u003c/a> that led a Contra Costa sheriff's spokeswoman to describe him as “a menace ... wanted by several agencies for several things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That June 2011 chase involved four law enforcement agencies who had tried to arrest Wingert on suspicion of armed robbery. Wingert led officers on a “wild chase through two cities and a freeway” after they tried to stop him in Concord, according to media reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point in the 2011 chase, Wingert was involved in a wrong-way chase on Highway 4. Police ultimately arrested him and another man, Nicholas Haro, in Martinez after they got off the freeway. According to Martinez Patch, “Both men asked for medical assistance shortly after being stopped ... claiming that they were suffering from anxiety attacks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The men were arrested in that case on suspicion of being parolees at large, robbery, burglary, fleeing and resisting arrest, according to the Martinez News-Gazette. A reporter for that paper wrote \u003ca href=\"http://martineznews-gazette.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7252:two-arrested-after-death-defying-police-chase&catid=187:crime&Itemid=81#.VVqCXZNVikp\" target=\"_blank\">a firsthand account\u003c/a> of nearly colliding with Wingert as he barreled toward her on the freeway while fleeing from police at an estimated 120 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Support independent local journalism by \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/support-berkeleyside/\">\u003cb>becoming a Berkeleyside member\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb>. Members enjoy lots of perks, like invitations to member-only events, and an annual party.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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That family moved out, but was replaced by others, people who stayed up until 3 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It turns out that three units in Moore’s rent-controlled building had been converted into short-term rentals through online rental company Airbnb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Airbnb has replaced our quiet environment with noise, anxiety and the nuisance of a steady flow of transients who have no investment in living here,” Moore wrote in a letter he sent to the City Council and the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board.\u003cspan id=\"more-192743\">\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conversion of apartments into a short-term rentals, where guests come and go, is part of a trend that is sweeping Berkeley. While renting out apartments to anyone for less than 14 days is prohibited under Berkeley law, hundreds of homeowners are renting out rooms, suites, whole houses, cottages — even a tent and a yurt — according to listings posted on Airbnb, VRBO (Vacation Rentals by Owner), Home Away and other short-term rental websites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People can find a bed in an apartment of UC Berkeley students for as little as $26 a night, or a house in the hills with a pool for $700 a night. There were 1,162 different units for rent in Berkeley in April, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-26-Item-21-Short-Term-Rental.pdf\">according to a city staff report.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sudden influx of short-term rentals, coupled with a shortage of housing, has become a huge issue in the Bay Area as the technology boom has lured thousands of well-paid people to the region. Rents have risen and evictions have increased. While the issue has been most acute in San Francisco, Berkeley is now feeling its effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenant activists, as well as the Rent Stabilization Board, are concerned that short-term rentals are contributing to a housing crisis. They are not overly worried about the casual hosts who rent a bed or a room in a home they live in. They are most troubled by property owners who remove units with kitchens from the market, thereby decreasing Berkeley’s housing supply. There are about \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleytenants.org/\">400 rent-controlled units now being used only as short-term rentals,\u003c/a> according to the Rent Stabilization Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Renting units primarily as vacation rentals is contributing to the housing crisis,” the Rent Board told the City Council in a letter sent in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whole units that could be rented to people who live and work here should not be rented to tourists,” said Katherine Harr, speaking as a member of the \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleytenants.org/\">Berkeley Tenants Union\u003c/a>. (She is also on the Rent Board, but was not speaking in that capacity).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials have noted that those renting for less than 14 days are not paying any taxes on their properties, even though Berkeley’s bed-and-breakfast establishments must do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Property owners who rent out for short terms often stand to make a substantial amount of money, certainly more than if they rented month to month. For example, Moore and his wife, Yenli, pay $1,785 a month for their 850-square-foot space on the second floor of a building within easy walking distance of the shops in the Elmwood. The building’s owners, Jack L. and Margaret C. Phillips, are renting out three apartments in that complex on Airbnb for $125 a night, meaning they can earn as much as $3,750 a month if they rent the units every day for 30 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not the only property they are renting out on a short-term basis. They are also renting other units at 2616 Parker St., 2619 Regent St., and 2435 Virginia St., as well as 3100 College Ave., \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Item-10_Apr-3-2015-Agenda.pdf\">according to information gathered by the Berkeley Tenants Union\u003c/a>. In total, \u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/s?host_id=7933344\">they are offering 11 spaces \u003c/a>for rent on Airbnb. They do not reside in any of the properties. Collectively, their Airbnb listings have an earning potential of $35,790 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley Tenants Union \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Item-10_Apr-3-2015-Agenda.pdf\">has identified at least eight other commercial hosts\u003c/a> in Berkeley who are renting out multiple units in Berkeley and may be removing what was once permanent rental housing from the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/category/real-estate/\">Read more real-estate stories on Berkeleyside\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, Claude Zamanian, a Realtor and contractor in San Francisco, lists 13 units in five separate rent-controlled properties. They have the potential to bring in $41,670 a month, according to the BTU.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Marina Ekman and Adelina Esquerra have a single-family home at 2928 Ellsworth, not subject to rent control, that they have split into nine separate units available for rental. The owners of an\u003ca href=\"http://www.oxford-apartments.com/berkeleyapartmentrental.htm\"> Oxford fourplex near the UC Berkeley campus\u003c/a>, which has kitchens and could be used for long-term housing, is also listed for short-term housing on Home Away, according to the BTU. There is also a woman named Esperanza C. Garcia who has nine units for rent in Berkeley, according to the Berkeley Tenants Union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esquerra did not respond to an email asking her to comment on her Airbnb units. Berkeleyside tried to find contact information for the Phillipses and Zamanian and the other owners, but was unsuccessful.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>City enforcement is lacking\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Despite the prohibition against renting for less than 14 days, Berkeley officials do not appear to be cracking down on the problem, and may even be confused by what the law actually says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Pruess and his wife (who asked that her name not be used), and their young daughter, live in a duplex near the North Berkeley BART station. For two years, another couple lived upstairs from them. They became good friends, often had dinner together, worked in the garden together, and had keys to one another’s apartments. Since the duplex only had one thermostat – in the upstairs apartment – that informal arrangement was critical to the Pruess family's comfort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The upstairs neighbors moved out in mid-December and the landlord converted the unit to a short-term rental in January. Since then, a succession of people has moved in and out of the unit, said Pruess. The experience has been dreadful, particularly since there is a newborn in the house and no one is getting much sleep. Some Airbnb renters had jet lag and were up at all hours making noise. Others smoked cigarettes, which is illegal in Berkeley. Some had parties. Users have thrown trash into the yard, (Pruess’ lease specifies that he has to keep the yard clean), filled recycling bins with garbage, and turned off the heat, making the family's below-grade apartment too cold for the baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The worst experience was when a family from China came to stay. The parents picked oranges from Pruess’ tree and gave them to their toddler, who proceeded to pelt the chickens in the yard. When Pruess complained in sign language (the renters did not speak English), the family just laughed in his face, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You think you are living in a residential zone and all of a sudden there is a hotel above you,” said Pruess. “Not only that, but a hotel without any employees. Our landlord lives in another city. He wasn’t there to mitigate whatever problems there might be, or handle things, or be aware of things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pruess isn’t even sure where his landlord, Peter Louie, lives. He thinks it is San Francisco, but all he has is a post office box address for him. The couple writes rent checks to Radiant Services, a property management company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The\u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4917885?s=_9VJ\"> posting on Airbnb\u003c/a> lists the unit upstairs from Pruess as “The Farmhouse,” and says the host is a man named Lorenzo, although some of the guest comments mention dealing with a Peter. Pruess does not know who “Lorenzo” is, but he also \u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/2165574\">rents out a studio near Dolores Park\u003c/a> in San Francisco, according to Airbnb. \u003ca href=\"http://abc7news.com/realestate/san-francisco-report-shows-impact-of-airbnb-on-rental-market/723431/\">That unit was recently the subject of a story\u003c/a> on ABC News that said a Peter Louie evicted the tenant to convert the apartment into an Airbnb unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeleyside contacted Peter Louie’s attorney, David Semel, who said he does not represent any of Louie’s Berkeley properties. Berkeleyside could not find contact information for Louie.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Confusion over legality of short-term rentals\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Pruess contacted the Rent Board with a series of questions in January, and a staff member mistakenly told him that short-term rentals were legal so there was nothing he could do. He also attended a clinic at the East Bay Community Law Center and was told the same thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pruess then tried pleading with his landlord, who agreed to put a rug in the upstairs unit, but declined to stop renting out the apartment on Airbnb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pruess then heard that the Rent Board had created an ad hoc committee on short-term rentals. He contacted them and its members told him what his landlord was doing was illegal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pruess went to Berkeley’s code enforcement division to explore filing a complaint against his landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I talked to code enforcement once. They said the issue is proving that Airbnb is being done. You have to prove people are there less than 14 days and are paying rent for it,” said Pruess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pruess said he plans to file a complaint this week with Berkeley’s code enforcement division. The last straw came last week when his landlord set up a time for his wife to talk to the Pruesses. She never called, said Pruess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthai Chakko, a spokesman for the city of Berkeley, would not specify what information code enforcement would need to investigate a short-term rental complaint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t disclose what evidence or strategies we use, as it could hinder enforcement,” said Chakko.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore also tried to reason with his landlords at 3100 College Ave., but found it difficult. They never told him the new code for the gate; he had to hunt down the building manager to get it. \u003cdel>It took them days to hand out the code for the keypad lock, forcing tenants to essentially break into their own front yard, said Moore.\u003c/del> The code was not given to the mailmen or UPS drivers, and there was no working intercom to call up to the units. There are still days when Moore doesn’t get his mail because there is a new mailman who doesn’t know the code and can’t get to the mailboxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, Moore knocked on the door of the unit above him, which had been rented to a couple using Airbnb, and asked them to be quiet. He then told the renters that “running a hotel in our building violates the city’s ordinances, and that it would be a good idea if they inquired in the future whether their Airbnb hosts are operating in a rent-controlled building,” he told Berkeleyside in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Airbnb tenants reported the visit to the Phillipses, and Moore received a warning letter from Jack and Margaret Phillips a short time later. The landlords said that Moore’s actions violated the terms of his lease that specified that he “shall not disturb, annoy, endanger or interfere with other tenants of the building or neighbors.” The Phillipses went on to say: “This letter, which is sent by Registered E-mail, is a warning to you that: (a) your actions (described above) are a direct violation of your rental agreement; and (b) following this notice, any repeat of those – or similar – actions would be good cause for eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Phillipses have offered the Moores $7,000 to move out, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our landlords want us out big time,” said Moore. “We are a problem for them. We complain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Short-term rentals are impacting business at B&Bs\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Tenants are not the only ones affected by the bump in short-term rentals available in Berkeley. Proprietors of bed-and-breakfast establishments are also feeling the squeeze. Berkeley grandfathered in 12 B&B establishments when it prohibited short-term rentals in 2003. Only about eight are still operating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Harrow, who runs Mary’s Bed & Breakfast at 47 Alvarado Rd, said she has noticed a drop in the number of people inquiring about her rooms, which cost $150 a night. The decline coincided with the rise of Airbnb and other online sites, she said. Harrow said she cannot lower what she charges because she must pay city hotel taxes and provide breakfast to her customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy Sprague, who runs the Brick Path B&B, said her business fluctuates but she cannot be sure if Airbnb is the cause. “I don’t have any way of knowing concretely,” she said. (Sprague \u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/45264?checkin=05%2F29%2F2015&checkout=06%2F03%2F2015&s=ArJ7\">also lists her rooms\u003c/a> on Airbnb.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials are grappling with how to respond to the increase in short-term rentals. The City Council is scheduled to consider a proposal by Mayor Tom Bates and City Councilwoman Lori Droste on May 26 that will essentially legalize and tax some short-term rentals -- but not in rent-controlled or other buildings that could be used for long-term housing for Berkeley residents. Under the proposed law, which will be sent to the Planning and Housing commissions for review, the units in Moore’s building and the unit in the Pruesses’ building could not be converted to short-term rentals because the property owners don’t live in the units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bates’ and Droste’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-26-Item-21-Short-Term-Rental.pdf\">proposal \u003c/a>will allow people living in a home at least nine months of the year to rent out a bedroom as often as they like when they are home. If the hosts leave for vacation, they can only rent out their unit for a maximum of 90 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you own an apartment house and you live in Apartment 2, that’s the only one you can rent out,” Bates told Berkeleyside. “The rent-controlled places, they have vacancies and (the landlords) are renting out those vacant units as Airbnb … that would be prohibited.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed law would also require the property owner to inform neighbors of the plan, provide a local contact in case there are complaints, require a business license and carry $500,000 in liability insurance, among other requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law would impose a transient occupancy tax on all rentals, to be collected by the host or the rental-platform company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most significantly, the proposal would add a 2-3 percent tax on top of the transient occupancy tax. Those funds would be used to hire extra code enforcement officers to make sure property owners are following city rules, said Bates. He referred to San Francisco, which passed legislation in February restricting homeowners to renting out their property for only 90 days. But only a handful of the thousands of property owners on Airbnb, Home Away and other services have registered their properties, making enforcement difficult, said Bates. He hopes Berkeley will not encounter the same problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Rent Board \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/final.Comments-to-Council-on-Short-Term-Rentals-1.pdf\">sent a letter to the City Council \u003c/a>supporting the proposed measure, but cautioned that Berkeley needs a strong enforcement mechanism to ensure the system works. Jesse Townley, president of the Rent Board, also asked that the Rent Board “have a voice” in crafting local regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sid Lakireddy, the president of the Berkeley Property Owners Association, said the Bates/Droste proposal, and the letter sent by the Rent Board, is missing one huge element: the fact that tenants in rent-controlled units often rent out their apartments on Airbnb and other sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It that person isn’t living there, why should they be entitled to rent-controlled rent in a rent-controlled unit?” said Lakireddy. “That’s one unit staying off the market. That is one thing (the Rent Board) has completely failed to address.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out some short-term rentals available in Berkeley:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p478910vb\">A $700-a-night house with a pool\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/6366936?s=9wMR\">A $26-a-night room in an apartment with UC Berkeley students\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4917885?s=_9VJ\">“The Farmhouse” mentioned in the story\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/s/berkeley?price_max=90&property_type_id%5B%5D=34&keywords=tent&ss_id=h19sj2i3\">Tents and yurts for rent\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Support independent local journalism by \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/support-berkeleyside/\">\u003cb>becoming a Berkeleyside member\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Airbnb has replaced our quiet environment with noise, anxiety and the nuisance of a steady flow of transients who have no investment in living here,” Moore wrote in a letter he sent to the City Council and the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board.\u003cspan id=\"more-192743\">\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conversion of apartments into a short-term rentals, where guests come and go, is part of a trend that is sweeping Berkeley. While renting out apartments to anyone for less than 14 days is prohibited under Berkeley law, hundreds of homeowners are renting out rooms, suites, whole houses, cottages — even a tent and a yurt — according to listings posted on Airbnb, VRBO (Vacation Rentals by Owner), Home Away and other short-term rental websites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People can find a bed in an apartment of UC Berkeley students for as little as $26 a night, or a house in the hills with a pool for $700 a night. There were 1,162 different units for rent in Berkeley in April, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-26-Item-21-Short-Term-Rental.pdf\">according to a city staff report.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sudden influx of short-term rentals, coupled with a shortage of housing, has become a huge issue in the Bay Area as the technology boom has lured thousands of well-paid people to the region. Rents have risen and evictions have increased. While the issue has been most acute in San Francisco, Berkeley is now feeling its effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenant activists, as well as the Rent Stabilization Board, are concerned that short-term rentals are contributing to a housing crisis. They are not overly worried about the casual hosts who rent a bed or a room in a home they live in. They are most troubled by property owners who remove units with kitchens from the market, thereby decreasing Berkeley’s housing supply. There are about \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleytenants.org/\">400 rent-controlled units now being used only as short-term rentals,\u003c/a> according to the Rent Stabilization Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Renting units primarily as vacation rentals is contributing to the housing crisis,” the Rent Board told the City Council in a letter sent in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whole units that could be rented to people who live and work here should not be rented to tourists,” said Katherine Harr, speaking as a member of the \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleytenants.org/\">Berkeley Tenants Union\u003c/a>. (She is also on the Rent Board, but was not speaking in that capacity).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials have noted that those renting for less than 14 days are not paying any taxes on their properties, even though Berkeley’s bed-and-breakfast establishments must do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Property owners who rent out for short terms often stand to make a substantial amount of money, certainly more than if they rented month to month. For example, Moore and his wife, Yenli, pay $1,785 a month for their 850-square-foot space on the second floor of a building within easy walking distance of the shops in the Elmwood. The building’s owners, Jack L. and Margaret C. Phillips, are renting out three apartments in that complex on Airbnb for $125 a night, meaning they can earn as much as $3,750 a month if they rent the units every day for 30 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not the only property they are renting out on a short-term basis. They are also renting other units at 2616 Parker St., 2619 Regent St., and 2435 Virginia St., as well as 3100 College Ave., \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Item-10_Apr-3-2015-Agenda.pdf\">according to information gathered by the Berkeley Tenants Union\u003c/a>. In total, \u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/s?host_id=7933344\">they are offering 11 spaces \u003c/a>for rent on Airbnb. They do not reside in any of the properties. Collectively, their Airbnb listings have an earning potential of $35,790 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley Tenants Union \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Item-10_Apr-3-2015-Agenda.pdf\">has identified at least eight other commercial hosts\u003c/a> in Berkeley who are renting out multiple units in Berkeley and may be removing what was once permanent rental housing from the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/category/real-estate/\">Read more real-estate stories on Berkeleyside\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, Claude Zamanian, a Realtor and contractor in San Francisco, lists 13 units in five separate rent-controlled properties. They have the potential to bring in $41,670 a month, according to the BTU.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Marina Ekman and Adelina Esquerra have a single-family home at 2928 Ellsworth, not subject to rent control, that they have split into nine separate units available for rental. The owners of an\u003ca href=\"http://www.oxford-apartments.com/berkeleyapartmentrental.htm\"> Oxford fourplex near the UC Berkeley campus\u003c/a>, which has kitchens and could be used for long-term housing, is also listed for short-term housing on Home Away, according to the BTU. There is also a woman named Esperanza C. Garcia who has nine units for rent in Berkeley, according to the Berkeley Tenants Union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esquerra did not respond to an email asking her to comment on her Airbnb units. Berkeleyside tried to find contact information for the Phillipses and Zamanian and the other owners, but was unsuccessful.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>City enforcement is lacking\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Despite the prohibition against renting for less than 14 days, Berkeley officials do not appear to be cracking down on the problem, and may even be confused by what the law actually says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Pruess and his wife (who asked that her name not be used), and their young daughter, live in a duplex near the North Berkeley BART station. For two years, another couple lived upstairs from them. They became good friends, often had dinner together, worked in the garden together, and had keys to one another’s apartments. Since the duplex only had one thermostat – in the upstairs apartment – that informal arrangement was critical to the Pruess family's comfort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The upstairs neighbors moved out in mid-December and the landlord converted the unit to a short-term rental in January. Since then, a succession of people has moved in and out of the unit, said Pruess. The experience has been dreadful, particularly since there is a newborn in the house and no one is getting much sleep. Some Airbnb renters had jet lag and were up at all hours making noise. Others smoked cigarettes, which is illegal in Berkeley. Some had parties. Users have thrown trash into the yard, (Pruess’ lease specifies that he has to keep the yard clean), filled recycling bins with garbage, and turned off the heat, making the family's below-grade apartment too cold for the baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The worst experience was when a family from China came to stay. The parents picked oranges from Pruess’ tree and gave them to their toddler, who proceeded to pelt the chickens in the yard. When Pruess complained in sign language (the renters did not speak English), the family just laughed in his face, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You think you are living in a residential zone and all of a sudden there is a hotel above you,” said Pruess. “Not only that, but a hotel without any employees. Our landlord lives in another city. He wasn’t there to mitigate whatever problems there might be, or handle things, or be aware of things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pruess isn’t even sure where his landlord, Peter Louie, lives. He thinks it is San Francisco, but all he has is a post office box address for him. The couple writes rent checks to Radiant Services, a property management company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The\u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4917885?s=_9VJ\"> posting on Airbnb\u003c/a> lists the unit upstairs from Pruess as “The Farmhouse,” and says the host is a man named Lorenzo, although some of the guest comments mention dealing with a Peter. Pruess does not know who “Lorenzo” is, but he also \u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/2165574\">rents out a studio near Dolores Park\u003c/a> in San Francisco, according to Airbnb. \u003ca href=\"http://abc7news.com/realestate/san-francisco-report-shows-impact-of-airbnb-on-rental-market/723431/\">That unit was recently the subject of a story\u003c/a> on ABC News that said a Peter Louie evicted the tenant to convert the apartment into an Airbnb unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeleyside contacted Peter Louie’s attorney, David Semel, who said he does not represent any of Louie’s Berkeley properties. Berkeleyside could not find contact information for Louie.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Confusion over legality of short-term rentals\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Pruess contacted the Rent Board with a series of questions in January, and a staff member mistakenly told him that short-term rentals were legal so there was nothing he could do. He also attended a clinic at the East Bay Community Law Center and was told the same thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pruess then tried pleading with his landlord, who agreed to put a rug in the upstairs unit, but declined to stop renting out the apartment on Airbnb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pruess then heard that the Rent Board had created an ad hoc committee on short-term rentals. He contacted them and its members told him what his landlord was doing was illegal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pruess went to Berkeley’s code enforcement division to explore filing a complaint against his landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I talked to code enforcement once. They said the issue is proving that Airbnb is being done. You have to prove people are there less than 14 days and are paying rent for it,” said Pruess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pruess said he plans to file a complaint this week with Berkeley’s code enforcement division. The last straw came last week when his landlord set up a time for his wife to talk to the Pruesses. She never called, said Pruess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthai Chakko, a spokesman for the city of Berkeley, would not specify what information code enforcement would need to investigate a short-term rental complaint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t disclose what evidence or strategies we use, as it could hinder enforcement,” said Chakko.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore also tried to reason with his landlords at 3100 College Ave., but found it difficult. They never told him the new code for the gate; he had to hunt down the building manager to get it. \u003cdel>It took them days to hand out the code for the keypad lock, forcing tenants to essentially break into their own front yard, said Moore.\u003c/del> The code was not given to the mailmen or UPS drivers, and there was no working intercom to call up to the units. There are still days when Moore doesn’t get his mail because there is a new mailman who doesn’t know the code and can’t get to the mailboxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, Moore knocked on the door of the unit above him, which had been rented to a couple using Airbnb, and asked them to be quiet. He then told the renters that “running a hotel in our building violates the city’s ordinances, and that it would be a good idea if they inquired in the future whether their Airbnb hosts are operating in a rent-controlled building,” he told Berkeleyside in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Airbnb tenants reported the visit to the Phillipses, and Moore received a warning letter from Jack and Margaret Phillips a short time later. The landlords said that Moore’s actions violated the terms of his lease that specified that he “shall not disturb, annoy, endanger or interfere with other tenants of the building or neighbors.” The Phillipses went on to say: “This letter, which is sent by Registered E-mail, is a warning to you that: (a) your actions (described above) are a direct violation of your rental agreement; and (b) following this notice, any repeat of those – or similar – actions would be good cause for eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Phillipses have offered the Moores $7,000 to move out, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our landlords want us out big time,” said Moore. “We are a problem for them. We complain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Short-term rentals are impacting business at B&Bs\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Tenants are not the only ones affected by the bump in short-term rentals available in Berkeley. Proprietors of bed-and-breakfast establishments are also feeling the squeeze. Berkeley grandfathered in 12 B&B establishments when it prohibited short-term rentals in 2003. Only about eight are still operating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Harrow, who runs Mary’s Bed & Breakfast at 47 Alvarado Rd, said she has noticed a drop in the number of people inquiring about her rooms, which cost $150 a night. The decline coincided with the rise of Airbnb and other online sites, she said. Harrow said she cannot lower what she charges because she must pay city hotel taxes and provide breakfast to her customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy Sprague, who runs the Brick Path B&B, said her business fluctuates but she cannot be sure if Airbnb is the cause. “I don’t have any way of knowing concretely,” she said. (Sprague \u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/45264?checkin=05%2F29%2F2015&checkout=06%2F03%2F2015&s=ArJ7\">also lists her rooms\u003c/a> on Airbnb.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials are grappling with how to respond to the increase in short-term rentals. The City Council is scheduled to consider a proposal by Mayor Tom Bates and City Councilwoman Lori Droste on May 26 that will essentially legalize and tax some short-term rentals -- but not in rent-controlled or other buildings that could be used for long-term housing for Berkeley residents. Under the proposed law, which will be sent to the Planning and Housing commissions for review, the units in Moore’s building and the unit in the Pruesses’ building could not be converted to short-term rentals because the property owners don’t live in the units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bates’ and Droste’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-26-Item-21-Short-Term-Rental.pdf\">proposal \u003c/a>will allow people living in a home at least nine months of the year to rent out a bedroom as often as they like when they are home. If the hosts leave for vacation, they can only rent out their unit for a maximum of 90 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you own an apartment house and you live in Apartment 2, that’s the only one you can rent out,” Bates told Berkeleyside. “The rent-controlled places, they have vacancies and (the landlords) are renting out those vacant units as Airbnb … that would be prohibited.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed law would also require the property owner to inform neighbors of the plan, provide a local contact in case there are complaints, require a business license and carry $500,000 in liability insurance, among other requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law would impose a transient occupancy tax on all rentals, to be collected by the host or the rental-platform company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most significantly, the proposal would add a 2-3 percent tax on top of the transient occupancy tax. Those funds would be used to hire extra code enforcement officers to make sure property owners are following city rules, said Bates. He referred to San Francisco, which passed legislation in February restricting homeowners to renting out their property for only 90 days. But only a handful of the thousands of property owners on Airbnb, Home Away and other services have registered their properties, making enforcement difficult, said Bates. He hopes Berkeley will not encounter the same problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Rent Board \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/final.Comments-to-Council-on-Short-Term-Rentals-1.pdf\">sent a letter to the City Council \u003c/a>supporting the proposed measure, but cautioned that Berkeley needs a strong enforcement mechanism to ensure the system works. Jesse Townley, president of the Rent Board, also asked that the Rent Board “have a voice” in crafting local regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sid Lakireddy, the president of the Berkeley Property Owners Association, said the Bates/Droste proposal, and the letter sent by the Rent Board, is missing one huge element: the fact that tenants in rent-controlled units often rent out their apartments on Airbnb and other sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It that person isn’t living there, why should they be entitled to rent-controlled rent in a rent-controlled unit?” said Lakireddy. “That’s one unit staying off the market. That is one thing (the Rent Board) has completely failed to address.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out some short-term rentals available in Berkeley:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p478910vb\">A $700-a-night house with a pool\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/6366936?s=9wMR\">A $26-a-night room in an apartment with UC Berkeley students\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4917885?s=_9VJ\">“The Farmhouse” mentioned in the story\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/s/berkeley?price_max=90&property_type_id%5B%5D=34&keywords=tent&ss_id=h19sj2i3\">Tents and yurts for rent\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Members of the Berkeley City Council, the Downtown Berkeley Association and the Berkeley Food and Housing Project gathered by the downtown BART station last Thursday to launch a donation program for the city’s homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.downtownberkeley.com/dba-programs-positive-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Positive Change\u003c/a> program will install up to 10 tamper-proof donation boxes around downtown Berkeley in which donors can drop off money to pay for social services geared to help reduce homelessness. Collected by the Downtown Berkeley Association once a week, the donations will go into a bank account from which the \u003ca href=\"http://bfhp.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley Food and Housing Project\u003c/a> can allocate funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The donations will go toward transportation assistance in the form of bus or BART fares; ID card and housing application fees; supplies, such as socks, underwear and toiletries; and the Homeward Bound program, which pays for long-distance bus tickets to reunite with family members in another California city, according to a statement released by the Downtown Berkeley Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These were all things people come to us and ask for,” said Terrie Light, executive director for the Berkeley Food and Housing Project. “When people come for help, we will track the funds from the donations very specifically. There will be a ledger to keep track of these expenses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sponsored by Berkeley City Councilman Jesse Arreguín and Vice Mayor Linda Maio, the motion to implement Positive Change was passed with eight in favor and one abstention — by Max Anderson — at the March 17 council meeting. Arreguín has been working for three years with the Downtown Berkeley Association to implement the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar public donation programs have been adopted throughout the country in cities like San Diego and Louisville over the past few years. The donation program in Denver — repeatedly cited as a role model for Positive Change by Arreguín and Downtown Berkeley Association CEO John Caner — raised roughly $100,000 a year for its homeless population, using old parking meters as donation centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move comes nearly two months after the City Council approved the gist of a proposal to address problematic behavior linked to the city’s homeless population, such as the intimidation of passers-by and public urination and defecation. Critics say the new laws will serve only to criminalize the homeless, while failing to address the root causes of the issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Arreguín said he did not expect Positive Change to be as immediately successful as the Denver program, he hoped donations would be in the tens of thousands of dollars a year to get the program running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not anticipating a lot of money first,” he said. “Berkeley Food and Housing Project has faced a lot of cuts over the last few years, so any money toward them will go a very long way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the council meeting when it was passed, several advocates from the homeless community expressed distrust of the program. They said they saw it as a way to discourage panhandling and make life tougher for homeless people who are desperately in need of the money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What you are doing is criminalizing homeless people further by cutting off resources,” said Robert Norris, a Santa Cruz resident and member of an advocacy group called Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arreguín and Light said the Positive Change program will be an addition, not a diversion, in supporting the homeless and their needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do not support [Positive Change] as an alternative to panhandling,” Arreguín said. “The reality is that there are some people who will feel more comfortable donating to a box, knowing that the money will directly go to services which will improve homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safety of the boxes was cited as another concern. Akin to the stations in Denver or San Diego, the city considered revamping old police telephone boxes or Postal Service boxes as donation stations. But the Downtown Berkeley Association settled on new metal boxes welded to lighting poles as a safety precaution against vandals and thieves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arreguín and the association plan to market the program actively to local businesses and downtown Berkeley residents. They said they plan to use an array of means, including distributing fliers to businesses, council members emailing their constituencies about the program, and using social media to spread the word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lance Gorée, operations manager for the association, said there is a also need to promote the program beyond Berkeley so that people who visit the city are aware of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10488999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/tuolomne1.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10488999\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/tuolomne1-800x470.png\" alt=\"Camp, as proposed. The city will be seeking feedback during a series of community meetings over the next few months. Note: Sun City will be off-limits under the current understanding with the forest service. New parking areas (in green crosshatch) appear next to areas A (staff and maintenance areas) and B (camper tent cabins). \" width=\"800\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/tuolomne1-800x470.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/tuolomne1-400x235.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/tuolomne1-1180x693.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/tuolomne1-768x451.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/tuolomne1-320x188.png 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/tuolomne1.png 1248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camp, as proposed. The city will be seeking feedback during a series of community meetings over the next few months. Note: Sun City will be off-limits under the current understanding with the forest service. New parking areas (in green crosshatch) appear next to areas A (staff and maintenance areas) and B (camper tent cabins). \u003ccite>(City of Berkeley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city of Berkeley has announced a series of public workshops over the next few months for those interested in helping to bring back Berkeley Tuolumne Camp, which was destroyed by the Rim Fire in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the city, much of the camp is set to be rebuilt “essentially in place,” though several significant changes will be necessary: overnight camping will not be allowed in the 100-year flood plain; use of the northern area of camp — called Sun City — will be prohibited, according to the forest service; and two new parking areas are set to be created off Hardin Flat Road, as parking will no longer be allowed on the road itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city will need to create a master plan if it hopes to get approval to rebuild the popular family camp, which opened in Groveland in 1922. The city hopes to reopen camp by 2018 under the current timeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10489001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/camp-720x298.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10489001\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/camp-720x298.jpg\" alt=\"Camp plans as proposed, at left, and before the fire. Note: Sun City will be off-limits under the current agreement. New parking areas (in green crosshatch) appear next to areas A (staff and maintenance areas) and B (camper tent cabins). \" width=\"720\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/camp-720x298.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/camp-720x298-400x166.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/camp-720x298-320x132.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camp plans as proposed, at left, and before the fire. Note: Sun City will be off-limits under the current agreement. New parking areas (in green crosshatch) appear next to areas A (staff and maintenance areas) and B (camper tent cabins). \u003ccite>(City of Berkeley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to a letter to the city from the U.S. Forest Service, several items still need to be worked out regarding the current proposed camp layout. The city will need to survey some parts of the camp — never studied before — for archaeological significance, which could impact a proposed trail leading to Teepee Village in the southwestern area of camp. The city will also need to come up with a plan for barriers around a proposed swimming area that the forest service said gets in the way of “fish passage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The forest service said new soil studies and other analyses must also be done, in the wake of the Rim Fire, and that the city may need to agree to new flood control mitigations prior to any final plans: “From a soils perspective, areas of instability and high hazard/erosion areas post Rim Fire need to be identified. These factors may affect the actual location of facilities or infrastructure within the project area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a brochure created by the city describing the current camp situation, and what happens next, the city outlined \"several significant facility changes\":\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Two new parking areas will be built off Hardin Flat Road.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Staff housing and maintenance facilities will be relocated north of Hardin Flat (Zone A).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Family tent cabins that need to be relocated will be developed in a new area (Zone B), uphill from the Main Camp, in an area previously occupied by some staff tent cabins.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The city and U.S. Forest Service agreed March 2 on a conceptual plan that will provide a road map to the rebuild, according to an off-agenda memo posted on the city website last Thursday. The three-month public process is set to include four public meetings, and a survey has been posted online to collect community feedback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10489004\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/community.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10489004\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/community.jpg\" alt=\"The city is planning numerous workshops in meetings in the next few months about the future of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp.\" width=\"720\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/community.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/community-400x122.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/community-320x97.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The city is planning numerous workshops in meetings in the next few months about the future of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp. \u003ccite>(City of Berkeley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reminder: Camp event comes to Freight & Salvage\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to community workshops scheduled for April 29 and May 9 in Berkeley, a third workshop — yet to be scheduled — will take place in Groveland. The city’s Parks & Waterfront Commission will discuss camp-related issues June 10, and there will be a series of presentations at Echo Lake Camp from June 20-28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/friends-of-berkeley-tuolumne-camp/\">Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp\u003c/a> is holding a special event Tuesday, April 14, at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, at 2020 Addison St. From the organizers: “The Rim Fire was one of the nation’s worst disasters and one of the worst fires California has ever had. Come see an amazing and powerful presentation, and ask questions about The Rim Fire and its effects on the land we love by the U.S. Forest Service, as they work towards reforesting an area the size of Los Angeles!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event is set to include rare footage showing camp life in 1948, a slideshow of the camp from this past December, and an update from city staff about where things currently stand. Attendees also will have a chance to learn from the U.S. Forest Service and area volunteers about how to play a role in the future of the Stanislaus Forest after the Rim Fire. Learn more \u003ca href=\"http://www.fobtc.com/the-impact-of-the-rim-fire-and-the-future-of-the-stanislaus-forest/\">on the Friends website\u003c/a>, RSVP on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/407800972740774/\">Facebook event page\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-impact-of-the-rim-fire-and-the-future-of-our-forest-tickets-16006453734\">purchase tickets\u003c/a> (for about $11).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Connect with the Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp on \u003ca href=\"http://www.fobtc.com/\">its website\u003c/a> and on \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Berkeley-Tuolumne-Camp/158320396277\">Facebook\u003c/a>. See the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofberkeley.info/Parks_Rec_Waterfront/Recreation/Tuolumne_Camp.aspx\">city website\u003c/a> devoted to Berkeley Tuolumne Camp. See this overview from the city about \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/BTC-UPDATE_No1_4-9-15_r.pdf\">what happens next with camp\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a brochure created by the city describing the current camp situation, and what happens next, the city outlined \"several significant facility changes\":\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Two new parking areas will be built off Hardin Flat Road.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Staff housing and maintenance facilities will be relocated north of Hardin Flat (Zone A).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Family tent cabins that need to be relocated will be developed in a new area (Zone B), uphill from the Main Camp, in an area previously occupied by some staff tent cabins.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The city and U.S. Forest Service agreed March 2 on a conceptual plan that will provide a road map to the rebuild, according to an off-agenda memo posted on the city website last Thursday. The three-month public process is set to include four public meetings, and a survey has been posted online to collect community feedback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10489004\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/community.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10489004\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/community.jpg\" alt=\"The city is planning numerous workshops in meetings in the next few months about the future of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp.\" width=\"720\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/community.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/community-400x122.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/community-320x97.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The city is planning numerous workshops in meetings in the next few months about the future of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp. \u003ccite>(City of Berkeley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reminder: Camp event comes to Freight & Salvage\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to community workshops scheduled for April 29 and May 9 in Berkeley, a third workshop — yet to be scheduled — will take place in Groveland. The city’s Parks & Waterfront Commission will discuss camp-related issues June 10, and there will be a series of presentations at Echo Lake Camp from June 20-28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/friends-of-berkeley-tuolumne-camp/\">Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp\u003c/a> is holding a special event Tuesday, April 14, at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, at 2020 Addison St. From the organizers: “The Rim Fire was one of the nation’s worst disasters and one of the worst fires California has ever had. Come see an amazing and powerful presentation, and ask questions about The Rim Fire and its effects on the land we love by the U.S. Forest Service, as they work towards reforesting an area the size of Los Angeles!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event is set to include rare footage showing camp life in 1948, a slideshow of the camp from this past December, and an update from city staff about where things currently stand. Attendees also will have a chance to learn from the U.S. Forest Service and area volunteers about how to play a role in the future of the Stanislaus Forest after the Rim Fire. Learn more \u003ca href=\"http://www.fobtc.com/the-impact-of-the-rim-fire-and-the-future-of-the-stanislaus-forest/\">on the Friends website\u003c/a>, RSVP on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/407800972740774/\">Facebook event page\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-impact-of-the-rim-fire-and-the-future-of-our-forest-tickets-16006453734\">purchase tickets\u003c/a> (for about $11).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Connect with the Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp on \u003ca href=\"http://www.fobtc.com/\">its website\u003c/a> and on \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Berkeley-Tuolumne-Camp/158320396277\">Facebook\u003c/a>. See the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofberkeley.info/Parks_Rec_Waterfront/Recreation/Tuolumne_Camp.aspx\">city website\u003c/a> devoted to Berkeley Tuolumne Camp. See this overview from the city about \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/BTC-UPDATE_No1_4-9-15_r.pdf\">what happens next with camp\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>April might be the biggest month in quite some time for those interested in the fate of the popular Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A public process focused on how Berkeley may one day rebuild the camp is expected to kick off in the next few weeks, according to city staff. There’s also a special event related to the camp set for April 14 at Freight & Salvage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ever since the Rim Fire devastated the camp in 2013, the city has worked to come to an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service about what could eventually be rebuilt on the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"p1mcxJSBvCt8jhN1SgG4u8YQDyZQ7rKb\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the city and forest service have finally reached that agreement, Berkeley parks director Scott Ferris told the Berkeley City Council at a work session in late March. Officials have said previously that the earliest a rebuild might happen is 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferris said a community process is slated to begin at the end of April and is likely to last four to five months. The city will collect feedback from camp supporters, including the board of the Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp, as well as Berkeley city staff and the community of Groveland, where the camp had operated since 1922.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That input, in turn, will become part of the documentation needed for environmental approvals that will later be required for the rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 24, Ferris read a statement to city officials outlining the basics of the recent city-forest service compromise. Ferris described the deal as “a big step.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he had been working with the legal department and forest service for more than a year to negotiate a set of guidelines for the camp’s master development plan. That plan will guide any rebuilding that could take place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The formal acceptance of the latest conceptual plan sets the stage for us to move forward,” Ferris told the council. “So that’s good news.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the agreement sets out about a half-dozen guidelines for the rebuild, but he declined to discuss the specifics with the council, saying officials would receive a memo about the details in early April. That information also will be posted on the city website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given these guidelines, what should camp look like?” Ferris said, describing what people who take part in the public process will be asked. “We’ll get that feedback. It’ll come together as part of the master development plan” used to pursue the necessary environmental approvals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10481565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 602px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Rim-Fire-Photo-US-Forest-Service-720x405.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10481565\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Rim-Fire-Photo-US-Forest-Service-720x405.jpeg\" alt=\"Rim-Fire-Photo-US-Forest-Service-720x405\" width=\"602\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Rim-Fire-Photo-US-Forest-Service-720x405.jpeg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Rim-Fire-Photo-US-Forest-Service-720x405-400x225.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Rim-Fire-Photo-US-Forest-Service-720x405-320x180.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2013 Rim Fire was the third-largest in California history. (U.S. Forest Service) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m pretty confident that camp will be rebuilt,” he said, adding that the guidelines “give us enough room to contain a lot of those essential elements that really made up camp.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilman Laurie Capitelli said it would be vital for the community to be realistic, and to respect those guidelines throughout the public process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really important that our citizens understand that there are some parameters to this process so that we don’t start going way off into the weeds,” he observed, “and a two-year process turns into a four-year process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capitelli also asked Ferris who would pay for the public process, particularly if outreach needs to be done in Groveland, which is about 2½ hours from Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferris said costs associated with the public process would primarily comprise staff and consultant time, which are paid for out of the camps fund as well as from the insurance money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Have we settled the insurance issue?” asked Capitelli.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be a constant negotiation,” Ferris replied. “It’s going to take awhile. At some point, as we’re farther down the road, we’ll have more of an update on what the insurance is funding and what they’re not funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates congratulated Ferris on the deal, and said much work remains to be done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did visit the camp. It was devastating,” Bates said. “There’s so many issues that have to be involved to restore that camp.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferris told the council the city is also working on making improvements at its Echo Lake Camp, some of which have been necessitated by the increased demand on the facility, given the current closure of Tuolumne Camp. The city plans to spend $50,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 to rebuild several cabins, and another $50,000 the following year on leach fields, which are part of the camp’s sewage system. He said the city has recently completed some repairs, too, of the dining hall trellis and lodge deck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Camp event comes to Freight & Salvage\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, the Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp is holding a special event April 14 at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse at 2020 Addison St.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the organizers: “The Rim Fire was one of the nation’s worst disasters and one of the worst fires California has ever had. Come see an amazing and powerful presentation, and ask questions about the Rim Fire and its effects on the land we love by the U.S. Forest Service, as they work towards reforesting an area the size of Los Angeles!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event is set to include rare footage showing camp life in 1948, a slideshow of the camp from this past December and an update from city staff about where things currently stand. Attendees also will have a chance to learn from the U.S. Forest Service and area volunteers about how to play a role in the future of the Stanislaus Forest after the Rim Fire. Learn more on the\u003ca href=\"http://www.fobtc.com/the-impact-of-the-rim-fire-and-the-future-of-the-stanislaus-forest/\" target=\"_blank\"> Friends website\u003c/a>, RSVP on the\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/407800972740774/\" target=\"_blank\"> Facebook event page\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-impact-of-the-rim-fire-and-the-future-of-our-forest-tickets-16006453734\" target=\"_blank\">purchase tickets\u003c/a> (for about $11).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connect with the Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp on its \u003ca href=\"http://www.fobtc.com/\" target=\"_blank\">website\u003c/a> and on \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Berkeley-Tuolumne-Camp/158320396277\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferris said a community process is slated to begin at the end of April and is likely to last four to five months. The city will collect feedback from camp supporters, including the board of the Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp, as well as Berkeley city staff and the community of Groveland, where the camp had operated since 1922.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That input, in turn, will become part of the documentation needed for environmental approvals that will later be required for the rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 24, Ferris read a statement to city officials outlining the basics of the recent city-forest service compromise. Ferris described the deal as “a big step.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he had been working with the legal department and forest service for more than a year to negotiate a set of guidelines for the camp’s master development plan. That plan will guide any rebuilding that could take place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The formal acceptance of the latest conceptual plan sets the stage for us to move forward,” Ferris told the council. “So that’s good news.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the agreement sets out about a half-dozen guidelines for the rebuild, but he declined to discuss the specifics with the council, saying officials would receive a memo about the details in early April. That information also will be posted on the city website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given these guidelines, what should camp look like?” Ferris said, describing what people who take part in the public process will be asked. “We’ll get that feedback. It’ll come together as part of the master development plan” used to pursue the necessary environmental approvals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10481565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 602px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Rim-Fire-Photo-US-Forest-Service-720x405.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10481565\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Rim-Fire-Photo-US-Forest-Service-720x405.jpeg\" alt=\"Rim-Fire-Photo-US-Forest-Service-720x405\" width=\"602\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Rim-Fire-Photo-US-Forest-Service-720x405.jpeg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Rim-Fire-Photo-US-Forest-Service-720x405-400x225.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Rim-Fire-Photo-US-Forest-Service-720x405-320x180.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2013 Rim Fire was the third-largest in California history. (U.S. Forest Service) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m pretty confident that camp will be rebuilt,” he said, adding that the guidelines “give us enough room to contain a lot of those essential elements that really made up camp.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilman Laurie Capitelli said it would be vital for the community to be realistic, and to respect those guidelines throughout the public process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really important that our citizens understand that there are some parameters to this process so that we don’t start going way off into the weeds,” he observed, “and a two-year process turns into a four-year process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capitelli also asked Ferris who would pay for the public process, particularly if outreach needs to be done in Groveland, which is about 2½ hours from Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferris said costs associated with the public process would primarily comprise staff and consultant time, which are paid for out of the camps fund as well as from the insurance money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Have we settled the insurance issue?” asked Capitelli.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be a constant negotiation,” Ferris replied. “It’s going to take awhile. At some point, as we’re farther down the road, we’ll have more of an update on what the insurance is funding and what they’re not funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates congratulated Ferris on the deal, and said much work remains to be done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did visit the camp. It was devastating,” Bates said. “There’s so many issues that have to be involved to restore that camp.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferris told the council the city is also working on making improvements at its Echo Lake Camp, some of which have been necessitated by the increased demand on the facility, given the current closure of Tuolumne Camp. The city plans to spend $50,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 to rebuild several cabins, and another $50,000 the following year on leach fields, which are part of the camp’s sewage system. He said the city has recently completed some repairs, too, of the dining hall trellis and lodge deck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Camp event comes to Freight & Salvage\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, the Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp is holding a special event April 14 at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse at 2020 Addison St.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the organizers: “The Rim Fire was one of the nation’s worst disasters and one of the worst fires California has ever had. Come see an amazing and powerful presentation, and ask questions about the Rim Fire and its effects on the land we love by the U.S. Forest Service, as they work towards reforesting an area the size of Los Angeles!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event is set to include rare footage showing camp life in 1948, a slideshow of the camp from this past December and an update from city staff about where things currently stand. Attendees also will have a chance to learn from the U.S. Forest Service and area volunteers about how to play a role in the future of the Stanislaus Forest after the Rim Fire. Learn more on the\u003ca href=\"http://www.fobtc.com/the-impact-of-the-rim-fire-and-the-future-of-the-stanislaus-forest/\" target=\"_blank\"> Friends website\u003c/a>, RSVP on the\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/407800972740774/\" target=\"_blank\"> Facebook event page\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-impact-of-the-rim-fire-and-the-future-of-our-forest-tickets-16006453734\" target=\"_blank\">purchase tickets\u003c/a> (for about $11).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connect with the Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp on its \u003ca href=\"http://www.fobtc.com/\" target=\"_blank\">website\u003c/a> and on \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Berkeley-Tuolumne-Camp/158320396277\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The federal government awarded one of its first Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive grants to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/ecology-center/\">Ecology Center\u003c/a> on Wednesday, which will allow the Berkeley group to greatly expand its program to get fresh fruits and vegetables to people who use food stamps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ecology Center got a $3.7 million, two-year grant, \u003ca href=\"http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2015/04/0084.xml\">one of more than $31.5 million in grants\u003c/a> handed out nationally to assist people in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Mandela Marketplace in Oakland was the other local recipient. It received $422,500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to increase the health of Californians by increasing access to fresh fruits and vegetables and to provide additional, sustainable economic development for these pioneering farmers who are at our farmers markets,” said Martin Bourque, executive director of the 45-year-old Ecology Center.\u003cspan id=\"more-187853\">\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ecology Center will use the funds to expand its \u003ca href=\"http://marketmatch.org/\">MarketMatch \u003c/a>program, which allows SNAP recipients to use their coupons at participating farmers markets. For every $10 a SNAP recipient spends at a market, he or she gets an additional matching $10, said Bourque.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It provides them an incentive for making healthy food purchases,” he said. “It helps overcome the price barrier for the shopper and it also drives those federal food dollars right to California farmers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MarketMatch was started in 2009 by the group Roots of Change. The Ecology Center took over management of the program in 2013 and expanded it from 130 farmers markets and 11 partner organizations to 30 partners at 234 outlets, including mobile markets, farm stands, Community Supported Agriculture outlets and certified farmers markets from across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ecology Center estimates that with the grant, MarketMatch will “connect nearly 240,000 food-insecure shoppers with 2,200 of the state’s small farms, stimulating $9.8 million in fruit and vegetable sales.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This award is great news for our state,” California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross said in a press release. “Making sure all Californians can access California-grown fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables is a top priority for our state, especially during this prolonged drought,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent reports show that 75 percent of all deaths in the state are linked to chronic disease, which in itself is linked to poor diet. California’s low-income residents suffer disproportionately from diet-related diseases from not eating enough fruits and vegetables even thought they get $7.5 billion in SNAP benefits each year, according to a report to the Strategic Growth Council by the Health in All Policies (HiAP) Task Force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Children from food insecure families are 90 percent more likely to be in fair or poor health, and meals containing more fruits and vegetables cost 41 percent more than meals consisting of lower nutritional quality,” said Latino Coalition for a Healthy California Executive Director Xavier Morales in the press release. “Market Match helps families with lower incomes access fruits and vegetables that may have previously been perceived to be too expensive,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, California. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He also expressed shock and remorse over the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some homeless people have said that pattern of behavior is typical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“John Caner of the DBA says that this is contrary to his organization’s goals,” Ninja Kitty, a homeless man who has lived in Berkeley for over a decade, said in a press release. “But part of ambassadors’ job is to intimidate homeless people off of Shattuck Avenue. People are only intimidated if the violence is sometimes real. This brutality is a part of what the DBA does. This isn’t the first time that ambassadors have assaulted homeless people — it’s just the first time it’s been caught so well on camera.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The assault happened around 7 p.m. on March 19 in an alleyway behind the downtown Berkeley CVS, at Shattuck Avenue and Bancroft Way. Two Downtown Ambassadors, Bailey and his partner, Carmen Francios, approached two homeless men, Cocklereese, 30, and Nathan Swor, 23. Cocklereese became upset and shouted invectives at Bailey, who then \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/03/26/video-downtown-berkeley-worker-assaults-homeless-man/\">punched him at least 10 times,\u003c/a> forcing him to the ground. Swor pulled out a weapon — a 6-foot-long pole with a 4-inch blade attached at the end — and started swinging it to prevent the attack. Bailey was cut in the arm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police arrested Cocklereese and Swor, and they entered no contest pleas on March 23 to misdemeanor battery. Authorities said they would be sentenced to two years of probation, but that was before the video became public. The district attorney’s office has said they will take a look at the new evidence. Francios has been suspended pending a DBA investigation into why she did not intervene in the fight, said Caner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley resident Bryan Hamilton \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sQ8nNr03cU\">posted the video on You Tube\u003c/a>. It went viral as newspapers and television stations around the country reported on the assault. The video has now been viewed more than 49,000 times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The altercation came just a few days after the Berkeley City Council asked the city manager \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/03/18/berkeley-council-approves-proposal-to-curb-impacts-of-homelessness/\">to look at new rules\u003c/a> that would make it harder for the many people who camp out on Shattuck Avenue to occupy the sidewalk and sleep there. The proposal includes everything from preventing panhandling within 10 feet of parking pay stations to asking for recommendations to curb public urination and defecation. Other items limit the placement of “personal objects” in public space; prohibit lying down on or near planters; restrict the hours people can put out bedding to 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.; and prevent cooking on sidewalks. The new rules were first proposed by the DBA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those proposed rules, combined with the video, led activists to hold a protest to highlight their contention that Berkeley seeks to penalize the homeless rather than help them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This isn’t a coincidence,” Osha Neumann, an attorney with the East Bay Community Law Center and a longtime homeless advocate, said in a press release. “When the DBA pushes for criminalization, police and ambassadors feel pressured to use force to push homeless citizens out of public spaces. We don’t want to see just the one guy who got caught fired: We want the DBA to end its campaign of criminalization and brutality against homeless people. 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