Avery Arbaugh for Berkeley Rent Board
We need safe and healthy homes for all!
We need safe and healthy homes for all!
Vote Avery for Berkeley Rent Board:
Election day is Tuesday, November 3rd. Register to vote online or in person by October 21st, or utilize same-day voter registration at any polling location.
Stabilize rent increases
Protect affordable housing
Defend tenant protections
Repeal Costa-Hawkins
Preserve rent-controlled and affordable housing
Represent and protect students and young renters
Ensure accessibility and affordability for senior renters
Empower tenants to unionize to seek better living conditions
Provide legal support to tenants in need
Take into account Cost-of-Living Adjustments to SSI and SSDI when determining rent stabilization for fixed-income tenants
Hold UC Berkeley accountable for the student housing crisis
Enshrine the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) in Berkeley law
Pass a strong Tenant Bill of RightsÂ
Expand cooperative and social housing
The Right to Housing Slate is nominated each year by the Berkeley Tenant Convention, a diverse coalition of hundreds of tenants, landlords, and homeowners committed to protecting rent control and tenant rights. Learn more about the Right to Housing Slate on our joint website.
This year's Right to Housing Slate is:
Avery Arbaugh
Vylma Ortiz
Derek Rodriguez
Ida Martinac
Nathan Mizell
Avery is dedicated to preserving the integrity of the Rent Board by fighting against efforts by the BPOA and other corporate entities to weaken tenant protections in Berkeley. Strengthening the ability of the Rent Board to protect tenants, not weakening it, is central to their campaign.
Avery pledges to not take money from:
Corporations or corporate PACs
The fossil fuel industry
Military contractors
Berkeley Mayor
Berkeley City Councilmember
Berkeley City Councilmember
Berkeley City Councilmember
Alameda County Supervisor
Berkeley Rent Board Chair
Berkeley Rent Board Vice-Chair
Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner
Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner
Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner
Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner
State Assemblymember
California Board of Equalization Member
Former Rent Board Chair
Former Rent Board Chair
Former Berkeley City Councilmember
Former Berkeley City Councilmember
Berkeley Housing Commissioner & City Council Candidate, District 7
Candidate for Berkeley City Council, District 1
Candidate for Berkeley City Council, District 1
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Contact: averygrahamarbaugh@gmail.com