Gentrification
Students, Teachers Rally to Save Dewey
Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Gentrification By Ken A. Epstein Students, teachers and community members held a barbecue Monday to muster…
Council Approves West Oakland Development Plan
By Ken A. Epstein The West Oakland Specific Plan, designed to guide and encourage residential, commercial and…
17-Story Condo Tower at Jack London Square Entrance?
By Ken A. Epstein The City Council’s Community and Economic Development committee is rushing to send a…
West Oakland Development Plan Goes to Council
By Ken Epstein The West Oakland Specific Plan, a federally funded effort to develop guidelines for the…
School District Wants to Sell School Property to Build Apartments
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures “We are not surplus,” said teachers and communit members who went to the Oakland school district’s…
Merchants Say New International Blvd. Buses Will Damage Businesses
Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Gentrification, Responsive Government, Transportation Fruitvale District businessmen want to know if Mayor Quan will help them By Post…
Brooklyn Basin on a Fast Track, Largest Residential Development in City’s History
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein Media, labor groups and civic leaders were almost…
Laney College President Elnora Webb’s Contract Renewed
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification By Ken A. Epstein Supporters of Dr. Elnora Webb breathed a partial sigh of relief…
Entertainment Complex Poised for Jack London Square
Posted in Economic Development, Gentrification Condo tower proposed for entrance to square By Ken A. Epstein Construction is already underway…
Minimum Wage Increase Seeks to Reduce Wage Gap
By Ashley Chambers Business owners and workers in Oakland are debating Councilmember Larry Reid’s proposal to raise…