Majdi "Gaith" Abuhamdieh
Member, City Council, Berkeley District 4 · Nonpartisan · California
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Where they stand
Housing affordability: Gaith supports strengthening the vacancy tax, addressing chronic vacancies, and requiring every district to contribute fairly to housing production.
Storefronts: Gaith supports converting empty storefronts into live/work spaces and incentivizing long-term leases for artists and local entrepreneurs.
Affordable housing: Gaith supports social housing, community land trusts, stronger tenant protections, and reassessing in-lieu fees so fees aren’t cheaper than building affordable homes.
In the news
How a Berkeley City Council race became a fight over Israel (jweekly.com, Oct 16, 2026)