Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50

Berkeley properties managed by Greystar included in $7 million settlement over rent-fixing America's largest landlord, Greystar, is facing consequences after the real estate giant was accused of colluding to increase rent prices in the Bay Area and in other states.

""There needs to be much larger consequences, which is why it's so important for states and cities and also federal government to pass laws explicitly banning this practice and making sure there are significant penalties for these violations," [BTU Secretary Matthew] Lewis stated."

DEFEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILD TENANT POWER Learn About BTU's Upcoming Steering Committee Elections Berkeley Tenants Union Membership Meeting and Potluck Sunday, Nov. 16 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm Grassroots House (2022 Blake St, Berkeley) Sign-up for our emails: bit.ly/BerkeleyTenants

Join us November 16 to learn how to form a tenant union! We’ll also go over the process for our upcoming Steering Committee elections, and more!

We hope to see you November 16 at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

DEFEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILD TENANT POWER Learn About BTU's Upcoming Steering Committee Elections Berkeley Tenants Union Membership Meeting and Potluck Sunday, Nov. 16 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm Grassroots House (2022 Blake St, Berkeley) Sign-up for our emails: bit.ly/BerkeleyTenants

Join us November 16 to learn how to form a tenant union! We’ll also go over the process for our upcoming Steering Committee elections, and more!

We hope to see you November 16 at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!

Tenants in Santa Cruz are stepping up! Santa Cruz County Renters Union is urging renters across the county to join together, share power, and stand strong against neglect, rent hikes, and unfair treatment. 💪

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California tenants living outside Alameda and Contra Costa counties should call @tenantstogether.bsky.social at 888-495-8020 for counseling (both for responding to evictions and for general assistance).

If a landlord threatens eviction for ANY reason, *immediately* email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can help. Because of extremely unfair legal deadlines for (even illegal) evictions, it's crucial to react ASAP. Do NOT wait to use our clinic for evictions.

Berkeley Tenants Union November 14, 2025 Counseling Clinic Intake **If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...

Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is FRIDAY, November 14 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this Sunday, November 9 (i.e. FIVE days beforehand).

Donate to Berkeley Tenants Union PAC Show your support with a contribution.

Want to help BTU get the word out? If you can help put up physical flyers, email info@berkeleytenants.org!

You can also help us pay for the flyers by donating at pac.berkeleytenants.org!

[BTU's Logo] TENANT PROTECTIONS • RENT CONTROL • AFFORDABLE HOUSING Berkeley Tenants Union ALL US CITIZENS WHO WILL BE 18 BY NOVEMBER 4 ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE Vote Yes on Prop 50 Defend Democracy & Affordable Housing Prop 50 is endorsed by [Logos of the ASUC, the Cal Berkeley Democrats BTU, the California Working Families Party, UAW 4811, and California DSA] Register and vote away by Tuesday at either of these locations YWCA Berkeley 2600 Bancroft Way (corner of Bowditch) Eshleman Hall - UCB Public Service Center 2465 Bancroft Way #218 • Saturday through Monday: 9am - 5pm • Tuesday 11/4 (Election Day): 7am - 8pm Habitability problems in your housing? • Showers too hot or too cold? • Thermostats not working? • Not enough laundry machines? • Maintenance problems? Roaches? • Ongoing construction? Elevators not working? BTU can help you with habitability and other tenant issues! Contact us at info@berkeleytenants.org berkeleytenants.org Ad paid for by Berkeley Tenants Union PAC, FPPC 1469678

Vote YES on Prop 50 by Tuesday to defend democracy and affordable housing!

The fact that some of the companies who run the games industry are fighting so hard to stop unionization just proves how much power the workers have when they stand together. This disgusting action only delays the inevitable; solidarity will win.

The Abundance Network, the Loren Taylor money funnel funded by Jesse Pollack, the OPOA, and the Dreyfuss/Abid money network, gave the last of its funds, 15K, to Scott Wiener.

Donate to Berkeley Tenants Union PAC Show your support with a contribution.

Printing flyers and paying canvassers isn't free! Your support is what makes this possible!

You can donate at pac.berkeleytenants.org to help fund this weekend's canvasses!

Want to help BTU get the word out? We're looking for students to help out in either of the following ways this weekend:

1) Invite canvassers into your building to talk to your neighbors
2) Be a canvasser (paid stipends available)

Email info@berkeleytenants.org for more details!

[Logo of the Berkeley Tenants Union] TENANT PROTECTIONS • RENT CONTROL • AFFORDABLE HOUSING Berkeley Tenants Union ALL US CITIZENS WHO WILL BE 18 BY NOVEMBER 4 ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE Vote Yes on Prop 50 Defend Democracy & Affordable Housing Prop 50 is endorsed by [Logos of the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC), the Berkeley Tenants Union (BTU), UAW 4811, the Cal Berkeley Democrats, and the California Democratic Socialists of America (California DSA)) VOTE BY MAIL OR IN PERSON BY TUES. NOV. 4, 2025 Same day registration & voting is available on and near campus at: YWCA Berkeley 2600 Bancroft Way (corner of Bowditch) Oct 25 - Nov 3, 9am-5pm Nov 4, 7am-8pm Eshleman Hall - UCB Public Service Center 2465 Bancroft Way #218 Nov 1 - Nov 3, 9am-5pm Nov 4, 7am-8pm Habitability problems in your housing? • Showers too hot or too cold? • Thermostats not working? • Not enough laundry machines? • Maintenance problems? Roaches? • Ongoing construction? Elevators not working? BTU can help you with habitability and other tenant issues! Contact us at info@berkeleytenants.org www.berkeleytenants.org [QR Code for berkeleytenants.org] Ad paid for by Berkeley Tenants Union PAC, FPPC 1469678

Vote YES on Prop 50 by November 4 to defend democracy and affordable housing!

DEFEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILD TENANT POWER Berkeley Tenants Union Membership Meeting and Potluck Sunday, October 19 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm Grassroots House (2022 Blake St, Berkeley) Sign-up for our emails: bit.ly/BerkeleyTenants

Join us this Sunday for our next membership meeting! We'll hear updates from the Berkeley Tenant Organizing Task Force, plan our canvasses in support of AB 1157, and more!

We hope to see you Sunday at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!

California tenants living outside Alameda and Contra Costa counties should call @tenantstogether.bsky.social at 888-495-8020 for counseling (both for responding to evictions and for general assistance).

Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is TUESDAY, September 30 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this FRIDAY, September 26 (i.e. FOUR days beforehand).

Berkeley Tenants Union October 23, 2025 Counseling Clinic Intake **If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...

Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is THURSDAY, October 23 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this SUNDAY, October 19 (i.e. four days beforehand).

DEFEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILD TENANT POWER Berkeley Tenants Union Membership Meeting and Potluck Sunday, October 19 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm Grassroots House (2022 Blake St, Berkeley) Sign-up for our emails: bit.ly/BerkeleyTenants

Join us this Sunday for our next membership meeting! We'll hear updates from the Berkeley Tenant Organizing Task Force, plan our canvasses in support of AB 1157, and more!

We hope to see you Sunday at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!

These headlines are a few hours apart.

Abundance!

Academic workers from the AAUP and AFT won a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration's actions against noncitizen students and faculty for pro-Palestine speech.

The case underscores the power of unions to resist authoritarianism and shows workers' rights = civil rights = immigrant rights 🧵

Berkeley Tenants Union September 30, 2025 Counseling Clinic Intake **If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...

Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is TUESDAY, September 30 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this FRIDAY, September 26 (i.e. FOUR days beforehand).

Housing justice is global. Senators report Israel is destroying Palestinian homes to force families out—ethnic cleansing by another name. Just like tenants everywhere, Palestinians deserve safe, stable homes.

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To clear up some confusion we've been hearing: Saikat Chakrabarti is not a DSA SF member, doesn't identify as a socialist, and is not endorsed by our chapter. He has even donated to corporate-backed candidates, including to help defeat our member @deanpreston.bsky.social 1/2
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California tenants living outside Alameda and Contra Costa counties should call @tenantstogether.bsky.social at 888-495-8020 for counseling (both for responding to evictions and for general assistance).

If a landlord threatens eviction for ANY reason, *immediately* email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can help. Because of extremely unfair legal deadlines for (even illegal) evictions, it's crucial to react ASAP. Do NOT wait to use our clinic for evictions.

Berkeley Tenants Union September 30, 2025 Counseling Clinic Intake **If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...

Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is TUESDAY, September 30 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this FRIDAY, September 26 (i.e. FOUR days beforehand).

DEFEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILD TENANT POWER Membership Vote on Endorsing Prop 50 Berkeley Tenants Union Membership Meeting and Potluck Sunday, Sept. 21, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm Grassroots House (2022 Blake St, Berkeley) Sign-up for our emails: bit.ly/BerkeleyTenants

Join us September 21 to learn how to form a tenant union! We’ll also discuss our proposed ballot measure to tax landlords to fund social housing, vote on whether to endorse Prop 50, and more!

We hope to see you September 21 at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!

RENTER IN BERKELEY? LANDLORD PROBLEMS? UNIONIZE YOUR BUILDING (AND HELP OTHERS UNIONIZE THEIRS) FOR SUPPORT OR TO JOIN THE TASKFORCE Berkeley Tenant Organizing Task Force Interest Form: unionize.berkeleytenants.org THE BERKELEY TENANT ORGANIZING TASK FORCE IS A PROJECT OF THE BERKELEY TENANTS UNION, EAST BAY DSA, AND THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER LUNAPARRA, DEDICATED TO ASSISTING TENANTS IN ORGANIZING TENANT UNIONS UNDER MEASURE BB. [Logos of the Berkeley Tenants Union, the Office of Berkeley City Council Member Cecilia Lunaparra, and the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America]

Unable to pay your rent or having trouble with your landlord? Unionize!

Most Berkeley tenants now have a legally-enforceable right to unionize and collectively bargain with their landlord! Go to unionize.berkeleytenants.org to start organizing with BTU and form your official tenant union!