Editing Berkeley, California (section)

===1990s and 2000s===
[[File:IMAG4094-berkeley-shattuck-between-haste-and-dwight.jpg|thumb|Housing developments in Downtown Berkeley]]
In 1995, California's Costa–Hawkins Act ended vacancy control, allowing rents to increase when a tenant moved out. Despite a slow down in 2005–2007, median home prices and rents remain dramatically higher than the rest of the nation,<ref>{{cite web|last=|title=Berkeley, CA Home Prices & Housing Information|url=http://www.areavibes.com/berkeley-ca/housing/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229110237/http://www.areavibes.com/berkeley-ca/housing/|archive-date=December 29, 2014|access-date=December 30, 2014|website=[[AreaVibes]]}}</ref> fueled by spillover from the [[San Francisco housing shortage]] and population growth.

South and West Berkeley underwent [[gentrification]], with some historically Black neighborhoods such as the Adeline Corridor seeing a 50% decline in Black / African American population from 1990 to 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=South Berkeley residents mobilize around plan to develop Adeline Street corridor|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2015/06/07/south-berkeley-residents-mobilize-around-plan-to-develop-adeline-street-corridor/|author=Chloee Weiner|publisher=Daily Cal|date=June 8, 2015|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=May 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524230440/http://www.dailycal.org/2015/06/07/south-berkeley-residents-mobilize-around-plan-to-develop-adeline-street-corridor/|url-status=dead}}</ref>  In the 1990s, public television's [[Frontline (American TV program)|Frontline]] documentary series featured race relations at Berkeley's only public high school, [[Berkeley High School (California)|Berkeley High School]].<ref>{{cite web|title=School Colors|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/programs/info/1301.html|publisher=Frontline|access-date=July 2, 2015|archive-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703125903/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/programs/info/1301.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

With an economy dominated by the University of California and a high-demand housing market, Berkeley was relatively unaffected by the [[Great Recession]]. State budget cuts caused the university to increase the number of out-of-state and international students, with international enrollment, mostly from Asia, rising from 2,785 in 2007 to 5,951 in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/students/current/enrollment_data|title=International Student Enrollment Data|publisher=UC Berkeley|access-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref>  Since then, more international restaurants have opened downtown and on [[Telegraph Avenue]], including East Asian chains such as [[Ippudo]] and [[Daiso]].

A wave of downtown apartment construction began in 1998.<ref>{{cite news|author=Richard Brenneman|url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2007-04-06/article/26725|title=Panoramic Sells Off 7 Apartment Buildings|newspaper=Berkeley Daily Planet|date=April 6, 2007|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081607/http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2007-04-06/article/26725|archive-date=April 18, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2006, the [[Berkeley Oak Grove Protest]] began protesting construction of a new sports center annex to Memorial Stadium at the expense of a grove of oak trees on the UC campus. The protest ended in September 2008 after a lengthy court process.

In 2007–2008, Berkeley received media attention due to demonstrations against a Marine Corps recruiting office in downtown Berkeley and a series of controversial motions by Berkeley's city council regarding opposition to Marine recruiting. (''See'' [[Berkeley Marine Corps Recruiting Center controversy]].)