Avery ArbaughAvery Arbaugh for Rent Board, 2024Biography Avery Arbaugh is a formerly homeless tenant and corporate-free progressive community organizer with a long history of fighting for workers, tenants, and climate justice. Avery is willing to fight for a future to believe in, even when it conflicts with the wealthy and the powerful. As President of…
Xavier JohnsonXavier Johnson for Berkeley Rent Board, 2024Biography Xavier currently works on housing policy at the Just Cities Institute and previously worked as a Tenants’ Rights Attorney at Centro Legal de la Raza, focusing on representing tenants in hearings with the Oakland Rent Adjustment Program. They provide assistance to tenants through all stages of the…
Alfred TwuAlfred Twu for Berkeley Rent Board, 2024Biography Alfred is a licensed architect and has worked on affordable housing in Berkeley and nearby cities, and will bring their experience to make sure standards are followed and everyone can enjoy safe, habitable, accessible, and energy-efficient housing. Alfred serves on Berkeley’s Planning Commission where they’ve worked to…
Dominique WalkerDominique Walker for Berkeley Rent Board, 2024Biography The East Bay is home to Dominique. She attended Castlemont High School before co-founding and graduating from the School of Social Justice & Community Development. Dominique earned a B.A. in Sociology from Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi. On moving back, she saw how the housing crisis had…
