Gentrification
School District Prepares for Second Round of School Closures
The district also is beginning the process of selling or leasing school properties. By Ken Epstein The…
Council Adopts Kaplan’s $3.2 Billion Budget
Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Business, Economic Development, Gentrification, Health, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Immigrant Rights, Labor, LGBT, Libby Schaaf, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Racial profiling, Rebecca Kaplan, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government, Restorative Justice Bas…
State Pushes School District to Shut Schools, Sell “Surplus” Property
By Ken Epstein Parents at targeted schools are beginning to come together to demand the school district…
Opinion: We Need to Stand for Leonard Powell
Posted in Berkeley, Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Probate court reform, Responsive Government Court Hearing Jan. 29 for Veteran Fighting to Keep City from…
Parents Ask: “Who’s Behind Roots School Closure?”
“Who are really the key players here. It appears board members don’t have any control,” said a…
New Year, New Leadership, New Oakland?
Rebecca Kaplan unanimously elected City Council President By Ken Epstein Oakland honored its newly elected city leaders…
Roots Families Heat Up Fight to Save Their Neighborhood School
By Ken Epstein Students, parents and teachers at Roots International Academy in East Oakland are reacting with shock…
Displaced Residents Seek Compensation After City Evicts Them, Tows Their RVs
Posted in Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Police-Public Safety Dayton Andrews, Kelly Thompson and Gary Rosenquist speak about the mass towing at a press…
School District Wants to Close Roots International Academy This School Year
Holiday Robocall upsets parents and teachers at East Oakland middle school By Ken Epstein As students and teachers…
Opinion: Black Veteran Wins Temporary Reprieve in Fight to Save His Home
Posted in Berkeley, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Probate court reform Supporters attend superior court hearing Monday, Dec. 17 to back veteran Leonard Powell’s fight…