KGO ABC7 July 3, 2024
This week, berkeleys City Council Unanimously approved the first step of opting in to a new state law, which gives people the ability to buy an adu or accessory dwelling unit known as a backyard cottage. Sometimes theyre as small as 500ft■ s. They can be as big as 1000ft■ s in the city of berkel, but any size of a backyard cottage is typically smaller than a Single Family home here, so we expect the sale price to be lower as well. According to zillow, the average price of a home in berkeley now sits at around 1. 5 million. Thats why rashi kesarwani, a Berkeley City Council member, spearhea...