Gentrification
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…