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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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Carol Denney

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Carol Denney is a writer, poet, and musician who lives in the East Bay.

On Cal’s development plans: Don’t let the UC call it housing

September 6, 2021
Commentary   Opinion
High-end, for-profit housing is no substitute for real housing and honest efforts to permanently address the housing crisis, Denney writes.

Decades old documents should protect People’s Park

May 1, 2019
Commentary   News   Opinion
On May 8th, 1978, Associate Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs Ted Chenoweth signed a “Letter of Agreement” assuring People’s Park’s

The People’s Park trees have standing

February 1, 2019
Commentary   Opinion
At 4 a.m. on December 28, the University of California cut down 40 trees in People’s Park, arguing that they endangered public safety, or at least blocked the light. The “long-deferred maintenance”, as a UC Berkeley statement describes it, was initiated without any warning to neighbors, park supporters, and community members. In the weeks since, the University’s demolition of the trees has continued—as of the end of January, they have cut down at least 42 trees.

Berkeley prioritizes partnership with tech company over homeless rights

January 1, 2019
Commentary   Opinion
It’s simple. Public sidewalks are too crowded for homeless people, but wide enough for waddling robots and monolithic, data-sucking electronic sidewalk billboards with 65-inch screens. Public sidewalks are dangerously over-filled with backpacks and bedrolls but have a sad aura of being deserted without unpermitted signboards, tables, chairs, and rolling racks of commercial merchandise.

What the UC doesn’t want you to know about People’s Park

December 1, 2018
Commentary   Opinion
People’s Park is a landmark. The university doesn’t like to mention it, but it became a city landmark in 1984 “for its historic and cultural importance to the City of Berkeley.” The landmark designation is not necessarily protective, but it’s worth noting in a community being trained to ignore its own significant moments in history.

Berkeley’s business improvement districts are not working

November 1, 2018
Commentary   YSA youth contributions
Dr. Phil, the affable problem-solving TV host, has a catch phrase he uses when defensive participants exhaust themselves telling him and the TV audience why they do things the way they do. He listens patiently. And then he says, “How’s that working for you?”

Unexpected Education at a Berkeley Art Gallery

July 13, 2018
Opinion
Berkeley officials are serious when they insist that their downtown look like Disneyland. The signs and tables of businesses are not targeted for removal the way poor people are. Politicians want you to support more taxes without addressing the lopsided use of police resources against the poor.

Art and Venture Capital Go Hand in Hand

June 18, 2018
Opinion
When I called, they gave me the whole “this stuff doesn’t really matter” treatment. I asked them how, in a world in which the Berkeley City Council had just restricted sidewalk use for the poor, this was in any way possible — except in the most cynical of kleptocracies.

The DBA’s Assault on Free Speech in Berkeley

June 18, 2018
Opinion
The DBA launched a new poster destruction policy, despite being warned it was unconstitutional by the City Attorney. Tearing down fliers is a textbook example of a free speech violation. No one has the right to make content-based distinctions about what is allowed to be posted or said in legal, public places.

Considering the Best Ways to “Kick Nazi Ass”

September 12, 2017
Opinion
SNCC members in the Bay Area are capable of telling their stories of personal sacrifice and nonviolent organizing — undeniably one of the greatest American stories ever told. Their insights into nonviolence can be shared with those who wonder what might be more powerful than makeshift shields from Home Depot.

Sidestepping Democracy: A Berkeley Tradition Lives On

June 12, 2017
Commentary   Opinion
The anti-panhandling law, the anti-sitting law, the two-square-feet-of-possessions-only law, and the proposal to equip the smoke-free downtown with ashtrays have one thing in common: the Downtown Berkeley Association. This unelected group was given a free hand in crafting contradictory and unconstitutional legislation.

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