Housing/Foreclosures
Community and Developers Ask: Why Is There so Little Money in the City’s Affordable Housing Fund?
Affordable housing protest at Oakland City Hall By Ken Epstein Where have the city’s funds for affordable…
Big Win in Sacramento for Anti Rent-Gouging and Eviction Protections
Posted in Affordable Housing, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Responsive Government Tenant leaders of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) and other organizing…
Black Workers Call for City Council Summit on Discrimination in Hiring on City Projects
Posted in Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor By Ken Epstein African American contractors and construction workers are opposing a proposal that…
Backers of “Public Land for Public Good” Challenge City’s Commitment to Market-rate Housing
Supporters of utilizing all public land for community benefit, especially for affordable housing, speak Tuesday at the…
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…
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…
New Year, New Leadership, New Oakland?
Rebecca Kaplan unanimously elected City Council President By Ken Epstein Oakland honored its newly elected city leaders…
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…
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…