Fashion of the Day - Bright Lights of Berryessa

Accessory Dwelling Units: the cute little guys of housing 🏠🏠 This two story ADU looks like it was built recently.

Science fiction has shown us many futures for San Francisco and Los Angeles... but what about Sacramento? What stories does it have to tell? I'd like to think that in a future where basic services like healthcare are provided by government rather than corporations, Sacramento would have a big role.

Free stuff alert: Cooperative Reuse is happening now in #Berkeley!

Help inform the selection of Berkeley’s next Director of Police Accountability. City of Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii has convened a community meeting to welcome community members to share thoughts on the next Director of Police Accountability. RSVP and learn more here:

📽️🏳️‍🌈 Tonight! Join OACC and QWOCMAP for Queer Asian World Cinema. Free tix still availalable at oacc.cc/event/qwocmap 🗓️ Friday, May 22, 6:30-9 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Suite 290, Oakland

There have been a lot of really bad anti-immigration policies coming out of this administration but this one, which would make things much harder for spouses & others hoping to adjust from temporary to permanent status is a big one. A longer summary is at bsky.app/profile/matt...

"Welcome Back" 🚌 View from the Berkeley train station platform, from a trip to Sacramento earlier this week!

Congrats @charliejane.bsky.social on being featured at one of Berkeley's biggest events of the year, the Bay Area Book Festival! 📚 www.baybookfest.org/2026schedule/

Here are the dates for the June 2026 Rent Board info sessions!

Berkeley Rent Board will be closed on Monday, May 25 in observance of Memorial Day. Please plan ahead for service needs before the holiday.

Property owners, raise your hand if you've already paid your annual Rent Board registration fees!🖐️ Avoid late fees and keep your registration up to date. Need help? Rent Board staff, how-to videos, and online resources are available to assist you.

In Berkeley, Malcolm X Day is an official holiday. Born May 19, 1925, Malcolm X fought for Black power & human rights. Among the issues was housing: he pointed out that poor housing conditions caused by landlord neglect was a barrier to education & success in life. It still is. The work continues!

♻️🚯🚚 As students move out for the summer, tenants and landlords can each help keep our streets clean and safe by planning ahead, using City of Berkeley services, and properly disposing of the items they no longer need. Learn City services and community resources here:

There's not a single other medical procedure that has less than a 1% regret rate. Heart surgery has a 20% regret rate.

Want free furniture, bikes, food, kitchen equipment, or electronics? Come to Cal Moveout in #Berkeley starting this Friday! www.calmoveout.com

Today is the last day to register to vote online: registertovote.ca.gov/ Check your registration and make sure your information is up to date: voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/ More voting info: berkeleyca.gov/commu...

State housing laws in action: taking BART last night, been seeing a lot of new Accessory Dwelling Units popping up in backyards all the way from Oakland down to Fremont. Many of the newest ones have two floors!

72 years ago today in Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court declared that racial segregation is unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment. The fight for civil rights continues.

Fashion photo of the day - Happy BARTing, everyone! 🚃🚃🚃🚃

First event of many for 2026 Queer & Trans Asian Pacific Islander (QTAPI) Coalition! We had a pop up history exhibit at the Clement Street fair in San Francisco's Richmond District. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

This would be a great question for the Bay Area also - what are the first, second, and third best downtowns, whether it's as a place to live or visit?

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

First event is this afternoon, with many more 5/27-6/7! www.qtapisf.org/upcomingevents

Orange County's infamously NIMBY city of Huntington Beach is now getting fined for not following California housing law. Given how much pain other cities have historically taken to not build housing, we may need to increase the size of the fines though. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

The #Berkeley Himalayan Fair is this Saturday and Sunday! @berkeleyside.org has an article showing one family's story and how the fair brings together our Nepali, Tibetan, and other communities. www.berkeleyside.org/2026/05/15/l...

The federal gov is planning to build a new ICE facility in Gilroy: sanjosespotlight.com/federal-dete... Join the virtual Community Briefing on May 22nd to join the fight to keep ICE OUT: actionnetwork.org/events/commu... #AbolishICE #IceOutOfTheBay

In just a few years, the use of batteries (purple in the chart) to store solar for use at night has grown from almost none to biggest source of power in the evening. Imports are still needed at night, but at current rate of solar & battery buildout, we could become an electricity exporter soon 🐻

These free emergency preparedness classes take just two hours and are offered at the Berkeley Fire Department’s Training Division at 997 Cedar Street. I've been to a similar training before and it's a lot of useful information and practice.

The Metrolink budget crisis is a perfect example of how GOP austerity mindset makes public services less efficient and more costly (thread) 🚰🚰🚰

This one hits harder as Seattle has become sort of the capital of trans people. Like, can we just have one (1) place in this country where we don't have to deal with this? For me it brings back the same painful feelings of when racism in the media during Covid led to random attacks in Chinatowns.

Dropped off ballot at a post office today and got the update on BallotTrax that it's on the way! California voters, sign up to check if your vote is delivered and counted at california.ballottrax.net/voter/ ✅

There's a possibility of a wet winter in California this year - be prepared!

AFSCME 3299 workers at the University of California have reached a big win, and have called off their planned strike. ✊

Hippie Christmas is coming up in Berkeley, but there's a better way to find that furniture a new home than leaving stuff on the curb. Learn about Cal Re-Use and other options in the link!

Let's celebrate and learn about our Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities! The modern Asian American movement grew from the work of activists in Berkeley and San Francisco in the 1960s, who built off the work of previous generations & organized people across communities.

Construction is under way for new affordable housing at 1717 San Pablo Ave. Apply now for the waitlist lottery! Priority is given to Berkeley school district employees, but others who meet the income limits are also eligible.

Learn about electrification, energy efficiency, and water conservation on the East Bay green home tour!

Providing a housing benefit and rolling back healthcare cost increases are among the demands as AFSCME 3299 is set to strike starting this Thursday, May 14. 🏠✊ afscme3299.org/our-fight/#o...

Berkeley Rent Board will be closed on Monday, May 18 in observance of Malcom X's Birthday. Please plan ahead for service needs before the holiday.

Cal has been increasing enrollment as more student housing gets built, but to really fulfill the original plan for college in California (a spot in a UC for the top 1/8 of all high school grads), we could use more campuses 🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻

for those unaware, at least 300,000 transgender adults, plus thousands more families of trans kids, have relocated states just since November 2024. No less than 10% of the US transgender population has had to completely pick up and start life over, often on the complete other end of the country.

Berkeley landlords, join us online to learn the tools the effectively navigate Berkeley's Rent Ordinance! Our monthly Landlord Workshop: Welcome Orientation will be on May 20 at 4 pm on Zoom. Register here:

Build your disaster preparedness skills this June. 🧯 Don't miss two chances to learn successful fire prevention strategies that can help your community in a disaster. 🧯 June 11, 6pm – 9pm June 13, 9am – 12pm Classes held at: 997 Cedar St. Sign up; spaces fill up quickly.

You’ve done harder things than getting a vaccine. Like assembling IKEA furniture. Or parallel parking on Shattuck. 💉 Free Hepatitis B Vaccine Clinic May 19–21, West Berkeley Family Wellness Center

This year's Berkeley Himalayan Fair is this coming weekend, May 16 & 17 at Live Oak Park! This event celebrates the cultural diversity of the Himalayan region with food, performances, vendors, and more. Details at himalayanfair.net

Atherton. In my 20-ish years searching the Chronicle archive, the only constant is that Atherton and Atherton-adjacent attorneys are at the center of every other anti-housing, anti-transit, anti-infrastructure plan. I’m incapable of surprise at that city’s history of BS. “It’s Always Atherton”

It's that time of year again! If you're a California voter and haven't gotten your ballot yet, check your registration at vote.ca.gov There's still time to update!

It's here - the 2026 Illustrated summary of this year's major California housing bills! #caleg tinyurl.com/2026housingb...

Taiwanese American festival in San Francisco yesterday! There was food, bubble tea 🧋 (of course!), books, performances, art, and more.