Gentrification

Ken A. Epstein

Activist Cat Brooks Joins Race for Mayor of Oakland

Posted in Against White Supremacy, Economic Development, Elections 2018, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Libby Schaaf, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling, Rebecca Kaplan, Responsive Government, Restorative Justice Cat Brooks,…

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Ken A. Epstein

City Staff Proposes to Sell Public Land to Build a Charter School for 620 Students in Fruitvale District

Aspire Eres Academy charter school, currently at 1936 Courtland Ave. in Oakland. By Post Staff Next week’s…

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Ken A. Epstein

Councilmembers Delay Vote on Proposal for Construction Job Opportunities for Oaklanders

Pre-apprenticeship building trades trainees from the Cypress Mandela Training Center, which was founded by the Oakland Private…

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Ken A. Epstein

Veteran teacher Soraya Sajous-Brooks speaks at meeting at Prescott Elementary School

Posted in Charter schools and privatization, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification By Ken Epstein At a meeting this week with Oakland Unified School…

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Ken A. Epstein

Opinion: Support Community Leadership on the Oakland Planning Commission

Posted in Affordable Housing, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Labor By Rev. Damita Davis-Howard  We’re in a development boom in Oakland. Cranes and bulldozers…

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Ken A. Epstein

Open Letter: Oakland Mayor Should Reject Job Policies That Increase Discrimination Against Black Workers

Posted in Affordable Housing, Against White Supremacy, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Libby Schaaf Black Americans have twice as much unemployment as white workers….

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Ken A. Epstein

Prescott Elementary in West Oakland Says No to Charter School on Campus

Ben “Coach” Taspscott (top right) speaks at a meeting called by the school district Monday at Prescott…

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Ken A. Epstein

Opinion: Full Funding For Apprentice Training and City Job Centers

By Desley Brooks, District 6 Councilwoman Construction is booming in Oakland. From almost anywhere in the city…

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Ken A. Epstein

Stopping the Stadium Mega-Development Was an Important Victory, But This Fight Is Far from Over

By Alvina Wong After four months of organizing by Laney students, faculty, and staff, Chinatown and Eastlake…

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Ken A. Epstein

Poll Shows Most Oaklanders Want Oakland A’s to Stay at the Coliseum

Laney “is the worst site you can pick to put a baseball stadium,” says Council President Larry…

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