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Berkeley Citizens Action will join BTU to discuss shared concerns at our Fall Potluck, Wednesday September 18.

Free Tenant Counseling by the Eviction Defense Center at 6 PM !!!

Food and Friends at 6:30 PM. Grassroots House, 2022 Blake @ Shattuck

SunsetUPCOMING DATES OF INTEREST TO TENANTS

Campaign Violations, Berkeley Democratic Club
Thursday September 19 – 7 PM
Fair Campaign Practices Commission
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave @ MLK

Free Housing Counseling for Seniors
Friday, September 20 – 12 PM
Counseling by Berkeley Rent Board
South Berkeley Senior Center: 2939 Ellis Street @ Ashby

More after the jump…

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Smoking

Berkeley’s City Council postponed a vote on a ban on all smoking in all multi-unit housing in the city until their May 28 meeting. BTU has not taken a position.

From Berkeley Patch:
Berkeley could become the first rent-control city in the nation to ban secondhand tobacco smoke in all multi-unit housing if the City Council adopts an anti-tobacco ordinance that was on the May 7 council agenda, according to city staff.

The city law would make it illegal to expose neighbors in multi-unit buildings to secondhand tobacco smoke and would require all new leases in such housing to include no-smoking clauses.

The proposed ordinance was developed by staff during the past year from study of smokefree housing laws in other California cities and consultation with Berkeley’s Community Health Commission and Rent Stabilization Board, according to a detailed, 28-page staff report prepared for the council meeting. The staff met also with the Medical Cannabis Commission and the Commission on Aging, according to the report.

The staff report is attached to this article.
http://berkeley.patch.com/articles/berkeley-eyes-anti-tobacco-law-in-multi-unit-housing