Housing/Foreclosures

Ken A. Epstein

Public Banking in Oakland Scores a Victory

Posted in Affordable Housing, Community, Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Responsive Government A public banking forum is scheduled for Monday at City Hall The Oakland…

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Ken A. Epstein

Close $9 Billion Commercial Property Tax Loophole to Fund Schools, Says Statewide Coalition

By Ken Epstein Hundreds of Bay Area residents attended a town meeting in Oakland recently to find…

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Ken A. Epstein

Community Groups Build East Oakland Neighborhood Power

Local residents attend recent meeting to oppose illegal dumping. By Ken Epstein Some of the major community…

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Ken A. Epstein

Communities Mobilize to Repeal State Law That Restricts Renter Protections

Posted in Affordable Housing, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Responsive Government By Post Staff Rob Bonta and two other member of the State Assembly…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland City Councilmembers Reluctant to Call Housing State of Emergency

Posted in Affordable Housing, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein The City of Alameda has been in the spotlight in the…

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Ken A. Epstein

Community Protesters: Amid Housing Crisis, Why is Council Funding More Police?

Posted in Affordable Housing, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Police-Public Safety By Tulio Ospina The Oakland City Council voted Tuesday evening to accept a controversial…

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Ken A. Epstein

Neighborhood Coalition Awaits City Council Decision on East 12th Street Development

Posted in Affordable Housing, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures By Tulio Ospina The East 12th Wishlist Design Team, supported by the neighborhood coalition Eastlake…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Steps Out for Faith with a Joyful Noise

Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, History and remembering, Housing/Foreclosures, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling On Saturday, Nov. 7, churches and community…

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Ken A. Epstein

Community Turns Up the Volume to Defend Residents and Businesses

Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Business, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures Activists demand “Development Without Displacement” after mayor’s staff says there is…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Anti-Displacement Coalition Says “Speak Out to Stay Put!”

Carroll Fife (top left), a co-founder of the Oakland Alliance, spoke at a workshop on developing an…

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