Make a plan for where to go during heat waves when higher-than-normal temperatures are expected—and check on friends, family, and neighbors in your network. Very hot days are becoming more common in B...

Visit the Berkeley Rent Board at the 8th Annual Senior Wellness Fair to learn about your rights and protections as a Berkeley tenant or landlord. Stop by our table to ask questions, connect with Rent ...

Printer-friendly PDF AGENDABERKELEY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGTuesday, September 29, 20266:00 PMSCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ROOM - 1231 ADDISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94702 Adena Ishii, MayorCouncilmembers:

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RentSafeTO: Apartment Building Standards is a bylaw enforcement program that ensures apartment building owners comply with building maintenance standards. It applies to apartment buildings with three ...

Use Berkeley's Waste Sorting Guide to sort waste correctly, avoid common mistakes, and keep more materials out of the landfill. Berkeleyans can help keep more out of the landfill by sorting compost and recycling into the right bins.Use our waste-sorting guide to figure out where thousands of household items should go, whether it's in compost, recycling, landfill, or another waste service.When you sort your waste the right way, more food scraps, paper, bottles, and other recyclables can actually get reused. Less landfill waste ends up in compost and recycling.

Join us at the Berkeley Art Center for an afternoon conversation with Cube Space Gallery artist Abiam Alvarez and curator Kevin B. Chen.Hear Alvarez discuss his work, creative process, and the ideas and stories behind his practice. The conversation will take place at the Berkeley Art Center.

Pick up trash from 9:00 am–1:00 pm. Register on your own or with a group and bring cleanup gear if you can. Help keep plastic out of the Bay. Join Berkeleyans, City staff, and neighbors to help clean up the waterfront and take part in one of California’s largest volunteer science projects: California Coastal Cleanup.As you count picked up trash, you can also vie to win the prize of “most unusual item.” Past winners have included an old television, a shrimp in a bottle, and an antique, colorized photo of a Jack Russell Terrier.Cleanup day will take place along various waterways of the Berkeley Waterfront and Brickyard Cove. Come on your own or as a group. Register online to help us plan.

Visit our table at Berkeley Unified School District's Black to School event to learn about the resources available to you as Berkeley tenants and landlords.

Drop by the Berkeley Rent Board table at Solano Stroll on Sunday, September 13 to speak with Rent Board staff and learn about some of the resources available to Berkeley tenants & landlords.The Solano...

Election Day is Nov. 3. Here's information on registration, mail-invoting, what's on the ballot, voters’ rights and more.

Make a plan for where to go during heat waves when higher-than-normal temperatures are expected—and check on friends, family, and neighbors in your network. Very hot days are becoming more common in B...

Use Berkeley's Waste Sorting Guide to sort waste correctly, avoid common mistakes, and keep more materials out of the landfill. Berkeleyans can help keep more out of the landfill by sorting compost and recycling into the right bins.Use our waste-sorting guide to figure out where thousands of household items should go, whether it's in compost, recycling, landfill, or another waste service.When you sort your waste the right way, more food scraps, paper, bottles, and other recyclables can actually get reused. Less landfill waste ends up in compost and recycling.

City offices and facilities are closed on holidays. On reduced service days, certain non-essential services are closed as a cost-savings measure. Please call before visiting city offices on reduced service days. Use our Report & Pay tool to be guided to over 40 key transactions.

Guidance reminds California employers of legal obligations amid changes to federal Temporary Protected Status designations OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued guidance to Cali...

Tips for tenants and owners on how to avoid habitability problems, and what to do when they arise or cannot be resolved. State and local law requirements for rental unitsUnder California Civil Code Se...

General information about rent control and renting in Berkeley. Most of the 29,000 rental units in the City of Berkeley are covered by some portion of the Rent Stabilization and Eviction for Good Caus...

Long the “only game in town” for physically disabled athletes, it launched the country’s first power soccer program in the ’80s.

Help divert waste from landfill by properly sorting your compost, recycling, and trash. Berkeley residents and businesses can help keep our community and the planet clean by properly sorting waste into the appropriate curbside bins or using other resources to dispose of bulky or hazardous materials.Each household gets three bins: blue for recycling, green for compost, and grey for trash.