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Month: November 2020

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Oakland passes ‘catastrophic’ new encampment policy

By Alastair Boone on November 3, 2020
News
After a heated ten hour Council meeting and widespread protest, the Oakland City Council unanimously passed a new Encampment Management Policy (EMP) on October 20.

The political history of Oakland’s new Encampment Management Policy

By Jamie Omar Yassin on November 3, 2020
News
A brief history of the controversial policy that Oakland councilmembers passed on October 20.

How the climate emergency exacerbates homelessness

November 3, 2020
Commentary   Opinion
The increasing influx of natural disasters is more than a warning of the impending climate crisis. Homeless people will suffer first.

Olantis Livingston: the Big Man of Downtown Berkeley

By Katherine Blesie on November 3, 2020
Features   Street Spirits
Meet longtime Street Spirit vendor Olantis Livingston. “I’ve been through the good, the bad, and the ugly, and this right here is my therapy.”

In Dialogue with US Congresswoman Ihan Omar

By Ann-Derrick Gaillot on November 3, 2020
Features   In Dialogue
We caught up with US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar about housing, the coronavirus pandemic, and her first term in Congress.

“Stop the Sweeps”

November 3, 2020
Arts and Culture
Our November 2020 cover.

The five steps to becoming homeless: this could be you

By Timothy Busby on November 3, 2020
Commentary   Features   Opinion   YSA youth contributions
With evictions notices becoming legal once again, tens of thousands of Americans who once believed that they would never become unsheltered are going to experience homelessness firsthand.

‘Landless Not Voiceless’: an exhibition by unhoused artists

By Alastair Boone on November 3, 2020
Arts and Culture   Community Events
“Landless Not Voiceless” is an exhibition currently on display at Pro Arts Gallery and Commons in Downtown Oakland being curated by the Cardboard & Concrete Unhoused Artists Collective—a new collective of homeless artists from Berkeley and Oakland.

House keys not sweeps: A campaign for dignity and respect

By The Western Regional Advocacy Project on November 3, 2020
Commentary   Opinion
“Sweep” is a euphemism for “kicking someone’s ass.” To those who are fortunate enough to be unfamiliar with sweeps, the word may sound gentle, but it’s eradication, displacement, and eviction through physical force.

New Study highlights the needs of San Francisco’s unhoused

By Daniel Lempres on November 3, 2020
Features   News
A new study from San Francisco’s Coalition on Homelessness produces policy recommendations based on an extensive survey of people experiencing homelessness in the city.

Twisted Image

By Ace Backwords on November 3, 2020
News

People living with mental illness are not represented in politics

By Jack Bragen on November 3, 2020
Commentary   Opinion   YSA youth contributions
As an adult with mental illness and progressive values, my primary focus is not on national politics or getting Trump out of office. My main concern is about the treatment of people who live with mental illness and our lack of opportunities to better our conditions.



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