Fights erupt at eviction party thrown by Berkeley landlords
www.sfgate.com
A party thrown by the Berkeley Property Owners Association on Tuesday resulted in multiple physical altercations between landlords and protesters.

In a move that critics are calling “one of the most tasteless events I’ve ever heard of,” Berkeley landlords are celebrating the end of eviction protections in the East Bay city with a cocktail party.

The Berkeley Property Owners Association, a trade group for rental property owners in Berkeley, apparently believes regaining the right to throw people out of their homes is cause for celebration — or at least a networking event. The “Fall Social Mixer: Celebrating the End of the Eviction Moratorium” is set for the evening of Sept. 12; the event was first spotted by Berkeleyside.

Berkeley, like many other Bay Area municipalities, began a moratorium on most evictions at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. The moratorium lasted over three years but expired on Sept. 1, 2023.

  • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Stay classy, guys.

    I understand that this eviction moratorium was “hard” on these guys.

    So hard that they had *checks notes… enough money afterwards to throw a big celebration that the eviction moratorium was finally over.

    I understand that not all tenants are great. I’ve seen the aftermath.

    But sorry, this is a business, shitty tenants are literally the risk you’re willing to take by choosing to own a rental. Fucking grow a pair, bunch of fucking whiners.

    “But we made marginally less money than we would have! We still have enough money to throw a big party about it, though!”

    There’s tone deaf and there’s whatever the fuck this is.