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IN THE NEWS

Media pieces where our advocates and partners amplified issues facing unhoused communities in Oakland

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Mayor weighs charging other towns if their homeless people move to Oakland

Jun 1, 2023

San Francisco Chronicle

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California’s homeless battle floods and storms

Jan 13, 2023

BBC News

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As Storms Hammer California, Homeless Campers Try to Survive Outside

Jan 12, 2023

New York Times

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PLAN FOR 'SAFE WORK ZONES' AROUND HOMELESS CAMPS ALARMS ADVOCATES 

November 15, 2022

Oaklandside

THE EVICTION OF AN ENCAMPMENT

Guest:

Talya Husbands-Hankin

September 15, 2022

94.1 KPFA

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OAKLAND’S BIGGEST HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT COULD MASSIVELY SHRINK WITH PLANNED SWEEP OF 200 PEOPLE

July 15, 2022

San Francisco Chronicle

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OAKLAND’S SCATHING ENCAMPMENT AUDIT: OFFICIALS, UNHOUSED PEOPLE, AND ADVOCATES REACT

April 22, 2021

Oaklandside

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‘FOOD IS LOVE’: AFTER CLOSING ITS WINTER HOMELESS SHELTER, OAKLAND’S ST. MARY’S CENTER TRIED SOMETHING NEW

March 12, 2021

Oaklandside

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CRITICS BLAST ALAMEDA COUNTY FOR CLOSING MOST OF ITS HOTELS FOR THE HOMELESS BY FEBRUARY

December 3, 2020

San Francisco Chronicle

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MAYOR SCHAAF TAPS OAKLAND HOMELESS COMMISSION MEMBERS AMID SPIKE IN UNHOUSED RESIDENTS

November 11, 2020

San Francisco Chronicle

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HOMELESS? UNHOUSED? UNSHELTERED? WORD CHOICE MATTERS WHEN REPORTING ON OAKLANDERS WHO DON’T HAVE PERMANENT HOUSING

November 10, 2020

The Oaklandside

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OAKLAND HAS A NEW HOMELESS CAMP POLICY, DESPITE PROTESTS

October 21, 2020

The Oaklandside

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CHECKOUT TIME: PANDEMIC HOTELS FOR BAY AREA HOMELESS RESIDENTS SET TO CLOSE

October 10, 2020

Mercury News

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OAKLAND OFFICIALS PRESENT NEW HOMELESS POLICY, FACES CRITICISM FROM ADVOCATES

Sept 24, 2020

The Post News Group

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OAKLAND MOVES FORWARD WITH NEW RULES GOVERNING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS

Sept 21, 2020

Mercury News

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WOMAN BARRICADED INSIDE OAKLAND MOTEL LEAVES PEACEFULLY AFTER 16-HOUR PROTEST

May 23, 2020

KQED News

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UNSHELTERED LEADERS OF 37 MLK DEMAND TO BE HOUSED IN HOTELS

May 22,2020

Street Spirit

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OAKLAND CITY ADMINISTRATOR HAS THE POWER TO COMMANDEER HOTEL ROOMS NOW:  WHY HASN'T THE MAYOR DIRECTED HIM TO DO IT?

May 22, 2020

City of Oakland Code of Ordinances &  March 23rd Emergency Order of the City of Oakland

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ALAMEDA COUNTY MOVES HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS TO HOTELS AMID FEAR OF CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

April 22nd, 2020

San Francisco Chronicle

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OAKLAND BLACK HOUSING UNION ORGANIZES MOBILE MARCH TO DEMAND HOUSING FOR HOMELESS

April 12th, 2020

Indybay

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PRESS RELEASE: ZOOM TOWN HALL SPEAK OUT

April 8, 2020

Press release by The Village, East Oakland Collective and Love and Justice in the Streets

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‘A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH:’ PLAN TO HOUSE BAY AREA HOMELESS DURING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK SPURS HOPE, QUESTIONS

March 17, 2020

Mercury News

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EAST OAKLAND UNHOUSED RESIDENTS GRANTED COURT ORDER DEMANDING CITY FOLLOW ITS OWN POLICIES

March 3, 2020

Indybay

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THIS OAKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD IS SUPPORTING A COMMUNITY FOR UNHOUSED BLACK WOMEN

December 11, 2019

The Bold Italic

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OAKLAND PROPOSES CRACKDOWN ON HOMELESS CAMPERS IN PARKS AND ON SIDEWALKS

December 4, 2019

San Francisco Chronicle

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“STATE OF EMERGENCY”: SPECIAL REPORT ON CALIFORNIA’S CRIMINALIZATION OF GROWING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS

October 25, 2019

Democracy Now

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AS HOMELESSNESS SURGES IN CALIFORNIA, SO DOES A BACKLASH

October 21, 2019

New York Times

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ARE OAKLAND’S CABINS A SUCCESS? HOMELESS ADVOCATES QUESTION CITY’S NUMBERS

September 30, 2019

San Francisco Chronicle

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UNHOUSED WEST OAKLAND RESIDENTS EVICTED

Sept 26, 2019

The Post News Group

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FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS OAKLAND FROM REMOVING HOMELESS CAMP

November 13, 2018

East Bay Express

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UN REPORT SAYS OAKLAND GUILTY OF “CRUEL AND INHUMANE  TREATMENT” OF HOMELESS

October 26, 2018

The Post News Group

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