George Franklin’s story appeared in Street Spirit in March 1996.
From the archives: Selling Street Spirit was once illegal?
In 1996, The People v. Coleman defined Street Spirit vendors' right to sell papers on the streets of Oakland.
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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.
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