Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board Special Meeting Agenda: 10/10/2025

RENT STABILIZATION BOARD
special Meeting
friday, october 10, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.
School District Board Room – 1231 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA

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This meeting will be conducted in accordance with Government Code Section 54953 and all current state and local requirements allowing public participation in meetings of legislative bodies. Any member of the public may attend this meeting at the posted location(s). Questions regarding this matter may be address to DéSeana Williams, Executive Director, at (510) 981-7368 (981-RENT). The Rent Board may take action related to any subject listed on the Agenda.

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RENT STABILIZATION BOARD
Special Meeting
Friday, October 10, 2025 
7:00 p.m.
School District Board Room – 1231 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA

Video Archive (0:43) 

AGENDA

*Times allotted for each item are approximate and may be changed at the Board’s discretion
  during the course of this meeting.

1. Roll call – 1 min.*
    
2. Land Acknowledgment Statement: The Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board recognizes that the rental housing units we regulate are built on the territory of xučyun (Huchiun-(Hooch-yoon)), the ancestral and unceded land of the Chochenyo (Cho-chen-yo)-speaking Ohlone (Oh-low-nee) people, the ancestors and descendants of the sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County. This land was and continues to be of great importance to all of the Ohlone Tribes and descendants of the Verona Band. As we begin our meeting tonight, we acknowledge and honor the original inhabitants of Berkeley, the documented 5,000-year history of a vibrant community at the West Berkeley Shellmound, and the Ohlone people who continue to reside in the East Bay. We recognize that Berkeley’s landlords and tenants have and continue to benefit from the use and occupation of this unceded stolen land since the City of Berkeley’s incorporation in 1878 and since the Rent Stabilization Board’s creation in 1980. As stewards of the laws regulating rental housing, it is not only vital that we recognize the history of this land but also recognize that the Ohlone people are present members of Berkeley and other East Bay communities today. – 2 min.*
    
3. Approval of Agenda – 1 min.*
    
4. Public Comment for Unions representing Rent Board staff – 5 min.* 
    
5. Public Comment – 2 min.*
    
6. CLOSED SESSION: Pursuant to Government Code sections 54956.9(d)(3) and 54956.9(d)(4), conference with Legal Counsel regarding potential litigation related to Rent Board data systems.
    
7. ADJOURNMENT