If you look at the trend for all Bay Area cities over a similar period [1], you'll see Berkeley is pretty much in line with the overall trend. Now you can argu

If you look at the trend for all Bay Area cities over a similar period [1], you'll see Berkeley is pretty much in line with the overall trend. Now you can argue that's because of greatly increased development, but I don't think that applies to SF (or SJ) and it doesn't match the Berkeley timeline anyway. [1]: https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/sf-bay-area-rent-prices/?fromRichie=1 https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/sf-bay-area-rent-prices...