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Street Spirit is an independent newspaper in the East Bay dedicated to covering homelessness and poverty from the perspective of those most impacted. Est 1995. A publication of Youth Spirit Artworks.

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Ariel Boone

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Ariel Boone is a freelance journalist and reporter for KPFA News in Oakland, California. She previously worked at Democracy Now! in New York.

Oakland’s Driver Plaza, longtime hub for Black seniors, can keep its Porta Potty—for now

August 1, 2020
Features   News
The people who use the space during the day needed a Porta Potty there, so the community paid for one. But since its arrival in May, the toilet has come under attack.

Berkeley and Oakland embrace new tenants’ right to buy

March 1, 2020
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Berkeley and Oakland are poised to pass TOPA—landmark legislation that would give tenants the right to buy their homes.

Building the solution

February 1, 2020
News
How unhoused people are housing themselves in the East Bay A mural by artist Ellie Hwa Brumbaum adorns one The

Oakland opens safe parking RV site as vehicle evictions roll on

September 1, 2019
Features   News
Jorge Peña walked his tiny dog, Chiquita, around the inside perimeter of 711 71st Avenue in Oakland, behind the RVs parked neatly facing each other, stopping to say hello to his neighbor sitting in the shade. He is one of the first residents of Oakland’s new, invite-only “safe RV lot” next to Coliseum BART, and he calls it a “godsend.”

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