Gentrification

Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Seeks Answers as Residents Continue to Be Displaced and Dispossesed

Photo courtesy of Oakland North. By Ken Epstein With all the talk of economic and housing market…

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Ken A. Epstein

City Council Settles Garbage Wars

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Gentrification, Oakland Talks Trash By Ken Epstein The Oakland City Council declared a victory and a truce…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Goes Head to Head with Waste Management

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Gentrification, Health, Oakland Talks Trash In late-breaking news, the city announced a CWS-Waste Management compromise with rates about…

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Ken A. Epstein

CWS Will Build “Clean, Modern” Facility in West Oakland

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Gentrification, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein When people hear that California Waste Solutions…

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Ken A. Epstein

New Jobs, No Layoffs in New Trash Contract

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Health, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein Workers at Waste Management have a lot…

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Ken A. Epstein

“We Will Not Roll Over,” Say Councilmembers

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Health, Labor, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government By Tasion Kwamilele  City Councilmembers are unwavering in the face of what…

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Ken A. Epstein

Waste Management Uses Dirty Tricks to Overturn Garbage Deal

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Environment, Gentrification, Health, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash The corporation that lost the bid is circulating…

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Ken A. Epstein

City to Rezone School Headquarters Property for Residential Housing

By Ken Epstein and Ashley Chambers Plans are moving forward to lease or sell the Oakland Unified…

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Ken A. Epstein

Army Base Project Hired Only Eight Workers from West Oakland

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification By Ken A. Epstein More and more people in the community are…

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Ken A. Epstein

New Restaurants: Does Their Workforce Looks Like Oakland?

Posted in Business, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Labor By Post Staff Like a lot of Oaklanders, Professor Kitty Kelly Epstein, likes to…

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