Ken A. Epstein

Ken A. Epstein

California’s New Racial Profiling Law Seen as First Step Toward Police Accountability

Posted in Mass incarceration, Police-Public Safety California Highway Patrol officer stands outside the office of Gov. Jerry Brown as protestors…

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Ken A. Epstein

Churches Respond to Noise Complaints Filed Against West Oakland Church

Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Responsive Government Neighborhoods gear up to protest gentrification with a “joyful noise”…

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Ken A. Epstein

Window for City of Oakland to Act on Housing Opportunities for Residents Is Closing Fast

Posted in Affordable Housing, Community, Gentrification, Responsive Government By Margaretta Lin The international peace leader Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us to write…

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Ken A. Epstein

Dan Kalb Proposes Law to Protect Renters from Landlord Harassment

By Ashley Chambers An ordinance was introduced at the city’s Community and Economic Development meeting this week…

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Ken A. Epstein

Racially Profiled, Drummers Make Noise about Gentrification in Oakland

Posted in Arts and Culture, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification By Tulio Ospina Over one hundred people, most of them drummers, gathered in…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Residents Push City Council to Protect Renters and Homeowners Who Are Being Driven from the City

Posted in Affordable Housing, Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Oakland Job Programs, Restorative Justice By Ken Epstein Angry, desperate and determined residents filled city council…

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Ken A. Epstein

Community Calls on City Officials to Adopt Housing Protections for Local Residents

City Hearing on Housing Equity Action Plan Set for Sept. 30  By Ken Epstein City of Oakland…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland’s Coal Train Dispute Pits Public Health vs. Local Jobs

By Tulio Ospina Hundreds of community members attended Oakland City Council’s public hearing Monday on the health…

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Ken A. Epstein

Is Representative Democracy Breaking Down at Oakland Unified?

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth By Ken Epstein Local residents are raising concerns about a new set of “meeting procedures” and…

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Ken A. Epstein

Landmark Victory Curbs Long-term Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

Posted in Mass incarceration, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated Family members of prisoners, demonstrators and lawyers celebrated last week’s landmark settlement reducing…

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