Alfred Twu
@alfredtwu.com
Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner (@alfredtwu.net), California Democratic Party AAPI Caucus & CA Dem Renters Council Board, East Bay architect & commercial artist. Reblue/follow/like does not equal endorsement.
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Alfred Twu
@alfredtwu.com
· Nov 21
Thank you Berkeley for electing me to the Rent Stabilization Board and passing BB, the Tenant Protection & Right to Organize Act! Dominique & Xavier from the Right to Housing Slate were also elected.
@averyarbaugh.bsky.social- thank you for your work on our campaigns- we'll get you in next time! ❤️
@averyarbaugh.bsky.social- thank you for your work on our campaigns- we'll get you in next time! ❤️
I'd imagine Big Oakland would be exciting, with people moving in from all over the world.
Long before more Congress seats mattered, more power on regional water, park, & transit boards - which currently skew suburban - would make a big difference. Would Piedmont still be a suburban donut hole? 😂
Long before more Congress seats mattered, more power on regional water, park, & transit boards - which currently skew suburban - would make a big difference. Would Piedmont still be a suburban donut hole? 😂
I want Oakland to become a city that can comfortably house 3 million people so we can make it more affordable, increase tax revenue, increase transit use, and very importantly to have more Congress members
January 18, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I'd imagine Big Oakland would be exciting, with people moving in from all over the world.
Long before more Congress seats mattered, more power on regional water, park, & transit boards - which currently skew suburban - would make a big difference. Would Piedmont still be a suburban donut hole? 😂
Long before more Congress seats mattered, more power on regional water, park, & transit boards - which currently skew suburban - would make a big difference. Would Piedmont still be a suburban donut hole? 😂
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City offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday. Plan ahead for in-person services.
Online services remain available.
Online services remain available.
City Holidays | City of Berkeley
City offices and facilities are closed on holidays. On reduced service days, certain non-essential services are closed as a cost-savings measure. Please call before visiting. DateReasonThursday, January 1, 2026New Year's DayFriday, January 9, 2026Reduced Service DayMonday, January 19, 2026Martin Luther King Jr.'s BirthdayThursday, February 12, 2026Lincoln's BirthdayFriday, February 13, 2026Reduced Service DayMonday, February 16, 2026Washington's Birthday
berkeleyca.gov
January 17, 2026 at 5:27 PM
City offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday. Plan ahead for in-person services.
Online services remain available.
Online services remain available.
New profile pic! College Avenue in Berkeley.
January 18, 2026 at 1:00 AM
New profile pic! College Avenue in Berkeley.
AC Transit is adding trips to relieve overcrowding on some lines starting Feb 1st. Reflecting new trends in ridership, many of these lines serve colleges and schools. Also notable is more service to Alameda - perhaps related to the new housing that's being built. 🚌
www.actransit.org/service-chan...
www.actransit.org/service-chan...
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 PM
AC Transit is adding trips to relieve overcrowding on some lines starting Feb 1st. Reflecting new trends in ridership, many of these lines serve colleges and schools. Also notable is more service to Alameda - perhaps related to the new housing that's being built. 🚌
www.actransit.org/service-chan...
www.actransit.org/service-chan...
Arts and crafts for the Connect Bay Area transit ballot measure campaign kickoff!
January 17, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Arts and crafts for the Connect Bay Area transit ballot measure campaign kickoff!
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Grok AI has been producing deepfake nonconsensual intimate images used to harass women across the internet.
This is unacceptable. We’re demanding immediate answers from xAI on their plan to stop the creation & spread of this content.
We’ll use all tools at our disposal to keep Californians safe.
This is unacceptable. We’re demanding immediate answers from xAI on their plan to stop the creation & spread of this content.
We’ll use all tools at our disposal to keep Californians safe.
January 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Grok AI has been producing deepfake nonconsensual intimate images used to harass women across the internet.
This is unacceptable. We’re demanding immediate answers from xAI on their plan to stop the creation & spread of this content.
We’ll use all tools at our disposal to keep Californians safe.
This is unacceptable. We’re demanding immediate answers from xAI on their plan to stop the creation & spread of this content.
We’ll use all tools at our disposal to keep Californians safe.
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This Thursday's #Berkeley Rent Board meeting is our annual reorganization meeting, with elections for Chair and Vice Chair, as well as committee assignments, in addition to regular business. Agenda is at rentboard.berkeleyca.gov/berkeley-ren...
January 15, 2026 at 6:37 AM
This Thursday's #Berkeley Rent Board meeting is our annual reorganization meeting, with elections for Chair and Vice Chair, as well as committee assignments, in addition to regular business. Agenda is at rentboard.berkeleyca.gov/berkeley-ren...
On Friday 1/23, Connect Bay Area signature campaign kicks off to fund transit & save transit from service cuts.
luma.com/le1g7slf?can...
10am: SF Ferry Bldg
12:45p near Lake Merritt BART
1p: Pleasant Hill BART
1:15p: Courthouse Sq, Redwood City (near Caltrain)
1:45p: San Jose Diridon Station
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10am: SF Ferry Bldg
12:45p near Lake Merritt BART
1p: Pleasant Hill BART
1:15p: Courthouse Sq, Redwood City (near Caltrain)
1:45p: San Jose Diridon Station
Signature Gathering Kickoff for Connect Bay Area Transit · Luma
To avoid devastating Bay Area transit service cuts, we need to gather 200,000 signatures to get Connect Bay Area Transit, the regional transit funding measure…
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January 15, 2026 at 5:20 AM
On Friday 1/23, Connect Bay Area signature campaign kicks off to fund transit & save transit from service cuts.
luma.com/le1g7slf?can...
10am: SF Ferry Bldg
12:45p near Lake Merritt BART
1p: Pleasant Hill BART
1:15p: Courthouse Sq, Redwood City (near Caltrain)
1:45p: San Jose Diridon Station
luma.com/le1g7slf?can...
10am: SF Ferry Bldg
12:45p near Lake Merritt BART
1p: Pleasant Hill BART
1:15p: Courthouse Sq, Redwood City (near Caltrain)
1:45p: San Jose Diridon Station
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Missed the grant info session for artists? You can still watch the January 7 webinar recording to learn how to apply for a $5K Individual Artist Project grant.
🎥: cityofberkeley-info....
Read more and apply by March 4, 2026: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
🎥: cityofberkeley-info....
Read more and apply by March 4, 2026: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
January 13, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Missed the grant info session for artists? You can still watch the January 7 webinar recording to learn how to apply for a $5K Individual Artist Project grant.
🎥: cityofberkeley-info....
Read more and apply by March 4, 2026: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
🎥: cityofberkeley-info....
Read more and apply by March 4, 2026: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
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Help us understand the state of homelessness in Berkeley. Volunteer for the Point-in-Time count on Jan 22. The data you collect helps shape funding and policies for homelessness across the region.
Learn more and sign up:
Learn more and sign up:
Volunteer to count and survey unsheltered residents | City of Berkeley
Join us Thursday, January 22 at 5:00 am to meet neighbors experiencing homelessness and collect data that helps shape services, policies, and funding. Join a team of volunteers on an early weekday morning in mid-January to help survey people experiencing homelessness in Berkeley and Alameda County.Starting at 5:00 am on Thursday January 22, you’ll help count individuals, youth, and families experiencing homelessness while also gathering specific data about their demographics and characteristics.The count includes those sleeping outdoors in vehicles, tents or makeshift structures as well as those residing in shelters and transitional housing.
berkeleyca.gov
January 10, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Help us understand the state of homelessness in Berkeley. Volunteer for the Point-in-Time count on Jan 22. The data you collect helps shape funding and policies for homelessness across the region.
Learn more and sign up:
Learn more and sign up:
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They are not even trying to hide blatant racial profiling anymore.
This is an armed, masked militia traveling in unmarked vehicles operated by our federal government with clear intent to perform racial and ethnic cleansing on our friends and neighbors.
This is an armed, masked militia traveling in unmarked vehicles operated by our federal government with clear intent to perform racial and ethnic cleansing on our friends and neighbors.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
They are not even trying to hide blatant racial profiling anymore.
This is an armed, masked militia traveling in unmarked vehicles operated by our federal government with clear intent to perform racial and ethnic cleansing on our friends and neighbors.
This is an armed, masked militia traveling in unmarked vehicles operated by our federal government with clear intent to perform racial and ethnic cleansing on our friends and neighbors.
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Happy Makar Sankranti to all celebrating today! Here's to new beginnings!
January 14, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Happy Makar Sankranti to all celebrating today! Here's to new beginnings!
Berkeley has several thousand residents with limited English skills, many of who are also new to the city.
The Rent Board is working on increasing our language services. Some improvements have already taken place this year, more are on the way.
The Rent Board is working on increasing our language services. Some improvements have already taken place this year, more are on the way.
At last week's Berkeley Rent Board outreach committee, we discussed how to increase the translation of forms and info, and better promote available interpretation services for tenants and landlords seeking help from the Rent Board.
Details later this month at the next committee meeting.
Details later this month at the next committee meeting.
January 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Berkeley has several thousand residents with limited English skills, many of who are also new to the city.
The Rent Board is working on increasing our language services. Some improvements have already taken place this year, more are on the way.
The Rent Board is working on increasing our language services. Some improvements have already taken place this year, more are on the way.
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Republicans cut your healthcare to pay for a federal invasion of Minneapolis.
ICE isn’t making us safer — it’s terrorizing our communities.
ICE isn’t making us safer — it’s terrorizing our communities.
January 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Republicans cut your healthcare to pay for a federal invasion of Minneapolis.
ICE isn’t making us safer — it’s terrorizing our communities.
ICE isn’t making us safer — it’s terrorizing our communities.
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The next meeting of the elected Rent Board is this Thursday, January 15th at 7 p.m. You can watch or give public comment in-person at the School District Board Room, 1231 Addison Street, Berkeley; or virtually via the Zoom link on the meeting agenda:
Rent Board Meetings | Berkeley Rent Board
The elected Rent Board (the "Board") holds regular meetings on the third Thursday of the month, except holidays, at 7:00 p.m. in the Berkeley Unified School District Board Room at 1231 Addison Street. All Board meetings are open to the public and participation is encouraged. All Board meetings are conducted in a hybrid model with both in-person attendance and virtual participation.
rentboard.berkeleyca.gov
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The next meeting of the elected Rent Board is this Thursday, January 15th at 7 p.m. You can watch or give public comment in-person at the School District Board Room, 1231 Addison Street, Berkeley; or virtually via the Zoom link on the meeting agenda:
Lunar New Year season is approaching in the Bay Area!
Many events are planned in the East Bay's East Asian & Southeast Asian communities. Here is a list of some of them, more events in the thread!
www.510families.com/lunar-new-ye...
Many events are planned in the East Bay's East Asian & Southeast Asian communities. Here is a list of some of them, more events in the thread!
www.510families.com/lunar-new-ye...
Lunar New Year in the Bay Area is a Family-Friendly Celebration - 510 Families
As the Year of the Horse approaches, a handful of wonderful kid-friendly Lunar New Year celebrations pop up around the Bay Area.
www.510families.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Lunar New Year season is approaching in the Bay Area!
Many events are planned in the East Bay's East Asian & Southeast Asian communities. Here is a list of some of them, more events in the thread!
www.510families.com/lunar-new-ye...
Many events are planned in the East Bay's East Asian & Southeast Asian communities. Here is a list of some of them, more events in the thread!
www.510families.com/lunar-new-ye...
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
January 10, 2026 at 7:17 PM
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
The signature campaign for the ballot measure to fund and save transit in the Bay Area launches Jan 23rd! Kickoff starts in downtown San Francisco, with additional events in the East Bay, Peninsula, and South Bay! 🚌🚈🚃🚋🚎
🚨 Save the date to save Bay Area transit: January 23rd!
This is our all hands on deck moment: we’re kicking off signature gathering for the regional measure with a day of action across all five counties on the 23rd.
luma.com/le1g7slf?tk=...
This is our all hands on deck moment: we’re kicking off signature gathering for the regional measure with a day of action across all five counties on the 23rd.
luma.com/le1g7slf?tk=...
Signature Gathering Kickoff for Connect Bay Area Transit · Luma
To avoid devastating Bay Area transit service cuts, we need to gather 200,000 signatures to get Connect Bay Area, the regional transit funding measure enabled…
luma.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The signature campaign for the ballot measure to fund and save transit in the Bay Area launches Jan 23rd! Kickoff starts in downtown San Francisco, with additional events in the East Bay, Peninsula, and South Bay! 🚌🚈🚃🚋🚎
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Friendly reminder before you blink and miss it 👀
Our endorsement application closes January 11.
If you’re running for local office and even thinking about applying, this is your sign.
Future you will be glad you did!
Get it in →https://bit.ly/49SV5vv
Our endorsement application closes January 11.
If you’re running for local office and even thinking about applying, this is your sign.
Future you will be glad you did!
Get it in →https://bit.ly/49SV5vv
Where Can I Run by Run for Something
Take the next step: Look up offices you can run for
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January 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Friendly reminder before you blink and miss it 👀
Our endorsement application closes January 11.
If you’re running for local office and even thinking about applying, this is your sign.
Future you will be glad you did!
Get it in →https://bit.ly/49SV5vv
Our endorsement application closes January 11.
If you’re running for local office and even thinking about applying, this is your sign.
Future you will be glad you did!
Get it in →https://bit.ly/49SV5vv
In 2025, the #Berkeley Rent Board increased the amount of translated materials and publications to better serve our communities.
This Friday, our Outreach Committee will discuss doing even more in 2026!
This Friday, our Outreach Committee will discuss doing even more in 2026!
The #Berkeley Rent Board Outreach Committee meets this Friday!
We're discussing expanding outreach and adding materials in more languages so that more tenants and landlords can fully understand their rights and responsibilities.
rentboard.berkeleyca.gov/sites/defaul...
We're discussing expanding outreach and adding materials in more languages so that more tenants and landlords can fully understand their rights and responsibilities.
rentboard.berkeleyca.gov/sites/defaul...
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
In 2025, the #Berkeley Rent Board increased the amount of translated materials and publications to better serve our communities.
This Friday, our Outreach Committee will discuss doing even more in 2026!
This Friday, our Outreach Committee will discuss doing even more in 2026!
Go Bears! Cal remains popular for Californians, students from the rest of the country, & international students, with the number of new students in all 3 categories up this year.🐻 www.berkeleyside.org/2026/01/08/u...
Housing has been the main limit for Cal, as more housing is built more can attend.
Housing has been the main limit for Cal, as more housing is built more can attend.
Defying a nationwide trend, UC Berkeley enrolled more new international students this year
The university also welcomed more California residents, enrolling its largest-ever student body.
www.berkeleyside.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Go Bears! Cal remains popular for Californians, students from the rest of the country, & international students, with the number of new students in all 3 categories up this year.🐻 www.berkeleyside.org/2026/01/08/u...
Housing has been the main limit for Cal, as more housing is built more can attend.
Housing has been the main limit for Cal, as more housing is built more can attend.
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New Years Resolution: Learn about your rights as Berkeley tenants! Tenants in rental units covered by the Berkeley Rent Ordinance are owed annual interest on their security deposits! Head to our website (link in bio) to learn more.
#TenantTuesadays #TuesdayTenantTrivia #Tenants
#TenantTuesadays #TuesdayTenantTrivia #Tenants
January 6, 2026 at 11:44 PM
New Years Resolution: Learn about your rights as Berkeley tenants! Tenants in rental units covered by the Berkeley Rent Ordinance are owed annual interest on their security deposits! Head to our website (link in bio) to learn more.
#TenantTuesadays #TuesdayTenantTrivia #Tenants
#TenantTuesadays #TuesdayTenantTrivia #Tenants
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There was a Minnesota flag in Oakland, too. Its recent redesign felt especially poignant tonight.
San Francisco says Abolish ICE!✊
Large protest took place outside the ICE building tonight on Sansome Street downtown, growing to hundreds of people, followed by a march.
Among the signs, a Minnesota flag.
Indivisible, DSA, unions, and other groups were there. Organize at is.gd/bayareahatesice
Large protest took place outside the ICE building tonight on Sansome Street downtown, growing to hundreds of people, followed by a march.
Among the signs, a Minnesota flag.
Indivisible, DSA, unions, and other groups were there. Organize at is.gd/bayareahatesice
January 8, 2026 at 4:36 AM
There was a Minnesota flag in Oakland, too. Its recent redesign felt especially poignant tonight.
San Francisco says Abolish ICE!✊
Large protest took place outside the ICE building tonight on Sansome Street downtown, growing to hundreds of people, followed by a march.
Among the signs, a Minnesota flag.
Indivisible, DSA, unions, and other groups were there. Organize at is.gd/bayareahatesice
Large protest took place outside the ICE building tonight on Sansome Street downtown, growing to hundreds of people, followed by a march.
Among the signs, a Minnesota flag.
Indivisible, DSA, unions, and other groups were there. Organize at is.gd/bayareahatesice
January 8, 2026 at 4:17 AM
San Francisco says Abolish ICE!✊
Large protest took place outside the ICE building tonight on Sansome Street downtown, growing to hundreds of people, followed by a march.
Among the signs, a Minnesota flag.
Indivisible, DSA, unions, and other groups were there. Organize at is.gd/bayareahatesice
Large protest took place outside the ICE building tonight on Sansome Street downtown, growing to hundreds of people, followed by a march.
Among the signs, a Minnesota flag.
Indivisible, DSA, unions, and other groups were there. Organize at is.gd/bayareahatesice