Vylma Ortiz
Candidate for Rent Board Member, Berkeley · Attorney/Meditation Teacher
Vylma Ortiz is an attorney and meditation teacher who has lived in Berkeley for 18 years, raising two sons while living in a rent-controlled apartment.
Positions in brief
Ortiz's platform focuses on keeping rent-controlled apartments safe and functioning and expanding affordable housing options for seniors, people with disabilities, essential workers, and students.
According to local news coverage, Ortiz says housing should be treated as a necessity rather than a tool for financial exploitation, and wants to expand affordable housing options particularly for seniors, people with disabilities, essential workers, and students, while keeping existing rent-controlled units safe and functioning.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Views housing as a necessity rather than a means of financial exploitation, and supports maintaining safety in rent-controlled apartments while expanding affordable housing for seniors, disabled residents, essential workers, and students.
“We need to treat housing as a necessity and not as a tool for financial exploitation.”
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