Housing/Foreclosures
Pastors, Black Panther Co-Founder, Residents React to Outside Money Pouring into D-6 Council Race
Posted in Coliseum City, Desley Brooks, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Labor, Libby Schaaf, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated Community leaders defend Councilmember Desley…
Pamela Price Campaign Joins Forces with Jovanka Beckles
Posted in Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Immigrant Rights, Labor, LGBT, Libby Schaaf, Sanctuary City Price has been endorsed by Black Democratic Clubs…
Open Letter: Who Should Be Making the Decisions, the Residents or Outside Millionaires?
By Desley Brooks A lot is at stake for District 6 voters in this election. We have…
Mayor Schaaf’s Proposals for Building Affordable Housing on Public Land Challenged
“The mayor and the people who work for her have been trying to kill the public land…
Councilmember McElhaney’s Proposal Would Help “Cash-Strapped” Landlords Evict Tenants
Posted in Affordable Housing, Business, Economic Development, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures Proposal offers a city-subsidized “incentive” for small landlords to displace tenants, says housing rights…
Cat Brooks Looks to Community Power to Fuel Her Campaign for Mayor
Posted in Elections 2018, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Libby Schaaf, Police-Public Safety By Sarah Carpenter Mayoral candidate Cat Brooks is not following the standard campaign…
Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan Endorses Cat Brooks
By Ken Epstein City Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan, one of Oakland’s most popular progressive political leaders, ended months…
Open Letter: Community Leaders Call on Mayor, Council to Improve Services for Unsheltered Residents
Posted in Affordable Housing, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Libby Schaaf, Politics, Responsive Government The following is an open letter to Mayor Libby Schaaf, City Council Members,…
Commentary: State Legislators Join Landlords to Defeat Bonta’s Protections Against “No-Cause” Evictions
Posted in Affordable Housing, Economic Development, Elections 2018, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures On Thursday, May 31, a proposal to enact statewide eviction protections by Assemblymember Bob…
Moratorium on Public Land Sales Goes to CED Committee
By Post staff The City Council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee will hear a community-initiated proposal…