NEWS & UPDATES

OAKLAND’S SCATHING ENCAMPMENT AUDIT: OFFICIALS, UNHOUSED PEOPLE, AND ADVOCATES REACT
April 22, 2021
Oaklandside

‘FOOD IS LOVE’: AFTER CLOSING ITS WINTER HOMELESS SHELTER, OAKLAND’S ST. MARY’S CENTER TRIED SOMETHING NEW
March 12, 2021
Oaklandside

CRITICS BLAST ALAMEDA COUNTY FOR CLOSING MOST OF ITS HOTELS FOR THE HOMELESS BY FEBRUARY
December 3, 2020
San Francisco Chronicle

MAYOR SCHAAF TAPS OAKLAND HOMELESS COMMISSION MEMBERS AMID SPIKE IN UNHOUSED RESIDENTS
November 11, 2020
San Francisco Chronicle

HOMELESS? UNHOUSED? UNSHELTERED? WORD CHOICE MATTERS WHEN REPORTING ON OAKLANDERS WHO DON’T HAVE PERMANENT HOUSING
November 10, 2020
The Oaklandside

OAKLAND HAS A NEW HOMELESS CAMP POLICY, DESPITE PROTESTS
October 21, 2020
The Oaklandside

CHECKOUT TIME: PANDEMIC HOTELS FOR BAY AREA HOMELESS RESIDENTS SET TO CLOSE
October 10, 2020
Mercury News

OAKLAND OFFICIALS PRESENT NEW HOMELESS POLICY, FACES CRITICISM FROM ADVOCATES
Sept 24, 2020
The Post News Group

OAKLAND MOVES FORWARD WITH NEW RULES GOVERNING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS
Sept 21, 2020
Mercury News

WOMAN BARRICADED INSIDE OAKLAND MOTEL LEAVES PEACEFULLY AFTER 16-HOUR PROTEST
May 23, 2020
KQED News


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

ALAMEDA COUNTY MOVES HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS TO HOTELS AMID FEAR OF CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
April 22nd, 2020
San Francisco Chronicle

OAKLAND BLACK HOUSING UNION ORGANIZES MOBILE MARCH TO DEMAND HOUSING FOR HOMELESS
April 12th, 2020
Indybay

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

‘A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH:’ PLAN TO HOUSE BAY AREA HOMELESS DURING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK SPURS HOPE, QUESTIONS
March 17, 2020
Mercury News

EAST OAKLAND UNHOUSED RESIDENTS GRANTED COURT ORDER DEMANDING CITY FOLLOW ITS OWN POLICIES
March 3, 2020
Indybay

THIS OAKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD IS SUPPORTING A COMMUNITY FOR UNHOUSED BLACK WOMEN
December 11, 2019
The Bold Italic

OAKLAND PROPOSES CRACKDOWN ON HOMELESS CAMPERS IN PARKS AND ON SIDEWALKS
December 4, 2019
San Francisco Chronicle

“STATE OF EMERGENCY”: SPECIAL REPORT ON CALIFORNIA’S CRIMINALIZATION OF GROWING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS
October 25, 2019
Democracy Now

AS HOMELESSNESS SURGES IN CALIFORNIA, SO DOES A BACKLASH
October 21, 2019
New York Times

ARE OAKLAND’S CABINS A SUCCESS? HOMELESS ADVOCATES QUESTION CITY’S NUMBERS
September 30, 2019
San Francisco Chronicle


FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS OAKLAND FROM REMOVING HOMELESS CAMP
November 13, 2018
East Bay Express

UN REPORT SAYS OAKLAND GUILTY OF “CRUEL AND INHUMANE TREATMENT” OF HOMELESS
October 26, 2018
The Post News Group