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As housing was perhaps the single largest subject of legislative activity in the last year, YLR returns to discuss landlord tenant law, the first installment for Spring 2024.YLR Host Jeff Hayden is joined by landlord-tenant attorneys extraordinary: Jessica Chylik and Sal Timpano of San Francisco and David Finkelstein of San Mateo. As always, we take your calls and answer your questions.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call, toll-free, at (866) 798-8255.
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Tonight, Antioch City Council will consider whether or not to draft a “just cause” eviction ordinance, strengthening tenant protections.
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A plan to stabilize rent in Concord is on hold.
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Last week, the city of San Jose signed an agreement to use $12.7 million of state funds to purchase 200 new tiny homes.
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San Francisco is one of many California cities that may be forced to pay millions of dollars for COVID-era hotel housing programs they thought would be reimbursed by FEMA.
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We’ll hear from a panel of experts about what should be done in San Francisco to address drug addiction and prevent more loss of life from accidental overdoses.
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Your Legal RightsWhether the guy who jumps from behind the fence and scares your kids, the guy who tears down your decorations and threatens your life, or the lady who calls the police when your kids walk by just going to the park, many of us have had difficult neighbors at one time or another.What are some of the tools you can use? Does the city, or do the police, have a role? When should you go it alone? Might you get an attorney?Tonight on Your Legal Rights, YLR host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by Municipal Attorney Lance Bayer and East Bay attorney Nabiel Ahmed, who helps his clients obtain or resist restraining orders.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call us, toll-free, at (866) 798-8255.
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The City of Oakland will receive funding to convert an underused hotel near the airport into low-income housing.
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A group of residents at the Vehicle Triage Center near the former Candlestick Park announced Friday that they have signed a petition to form a tenants' union. The action is motivated by mounting issues at the site.
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The new ordinance makes it illegal for homeless people in unincorporated areas of the county to live outside if they have refused offers to move indoors.
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State of the Bay digs into Berkeley's dark past of land grabs and white supremacy with Professor Tony Platt. We hear the latest on the state oversight into the San Francisco housing department. We talk to Dr. Carla Kuon who offers hope to those suffering from long covid.
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A census typically uses street addresses to count the number of people living in each household. But how do we keep track of how many people are experiencing homelessness in our communities? Early this morning, more than a thousand volunteers were sent out across Alameda County to do just that.