Ken A. Epstein
Growing Criticism of Community College Accrediting Commission
Posted in SF City College By Helena Worthen and Joe Berry The Accrediting Commission of Community and Junior Colleges…
Oakland Natives Give Back at “Attend and Achieve” Back-to-School Event
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth Attend-and-Achieve event on Saturday, Sept. 23. Photos by Laura Wong By Carla Thomas An Attend and…
State Supported Housing Development Will Help Some Homeless but Beyond Reach for Many Oaklanders
Permanent Supportive Housing for former homeless people in San Francisco. By Ken EpsteinSix affordable housing developers have been…
Black Workers Call for City Council Summit on Discrimination in Hiring on City Projects
Posted in Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor By Ken Epstein African American contractors and construction workers are opposing a proposal that…
$44.4 More Million for Homeless
Posted in Economic Development, Gentrification, Homelessness, Illegal dumping, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Libby Schaaf, Oakland Job Programs, Politics, Racial profiling, Rebecca Kaplan, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government, Restorative Justice, Sanctuary City, Transportation Affordable housing, parks, illegal…
Councilmembers, City Auditor Speak on Censure Motion
Posted in City Auditor’s Report, Responsive Government By Post Staff City Councilmembers are reacting to the turmoil generated in the…
Opinion: City’s Kaiser Center 99-Year Lease Proposal “Lacks in Benefits to Marginalized Communities”
Posted in Economic Development, Gentrification, History and remembering, Libby Schaaf By Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, Ph.D. In 2014, the City of Oakland issued an…
Chesa Boudin Runs for SF District Attorney
Posted in Against White Supremacy, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government, Restorative Justice, Sanctuary City East Bay Civil Rights attorney Pamela Price…
$44.4 More Million for Homeless
Posted in Economic Development, Gentrification, Homelessness, Illegal dumping, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Libby Schaaf, Oakland Job Programs, Politics, Racial profiling, Rebecca Kaplan, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government, Restorative Justice, Sanctuary City, Transportation Affordable housing, parks, illegal…
Backers of “Public Land for Public Good” Challenge City’s Commitment to Market-rate Housing
Supporters of utilizing all public land for community benefit, especially for affordable housing, speak Tuesday at the…