Gentrification

Ken A. Epstein

Community Voices Fill City Hall, Luxury Apartment Building Blocked

Posted in Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor Guillen’s proposal collapses as Brooks, Kalb and Gallo refuse to support it By Ken Epstein…

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Ken A. Epstein

Land for Luxury Apartment Tower Goes to City Council for Final Vote

Posted in Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs Vote scheduled for Tuesday, June 2 By Ken Epstein The Oakland City Council…

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Ken A. Epstein

Barbara Parker Cites Confidentiality, Refuses Comment on Sale of Property for Luxury Apartment Tower

Posted in Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Politics, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein A local community group has not yet received a reply from…

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Ken A. Epstein

Vote on Luxury Apartment Tower Postponed, As Councilmembers Seek Improved Community Benefits

By Ken Epstein A number of Oakland residents have been waiting to see what the City Council…

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Kitty-Epstein

Commentary: Oakland Needs a Department to Address Institutionalized Injustice

Posted in Commentary, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government By Kitty Kelly Epstein Two-thirds of the people…

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Evictions Fuel Bay Area Housing Crisis

Posted in Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures By Nikolas Zelinski San Francisco’s eviction rate has increased by over 54 percent in the past…

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Ken A. Epstein

Protesters Shut Down Council Meeting , Demand Affordable Housing Not Luxury Apartments

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein Oakland City Council chambers became ground zero for…

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Ken A. Epstein

New West Oakland Skate Park Runs into Bumpy Ground

Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Gentrification By Tasion Kwamilele A conflict over a skate park in West Oakland has become…

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Ken A. Epstein

Coalition Wants Coliseum City to Produce Jobs and Housing for Residents

Posted in Coliseum City, Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs By Ashley Chambers In the wake of the City Council decision to…

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Ken A. Epstein

Councilmembers Back $3,000 a Month Apartment Tower Project, Opposed by Eastlake Neighbors

Rendering of Lake Merritt Boulevard Apartments, courtesy of UrbanCore. By Ken Epstein The City Council’s Community and…

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