Our impact in 2025
Check out all the progress we made this year, and learn more about our plans for 2026.
Alastair Boone
SF’s RV ban is an act of erasure, not a remedy
By Lukas Illa on San Francisco plans remove hundreds of vehicles from city streets, despite low shelter capacity.
The life and times of Vernon Dailey
By Vernon Dailey on Another report in the chronicles of Street Spirit vendor Vernon Dailey.
Berkeley’s Homeless Response Team needs improvement, audit finds
By Bradley Penner on A look inside a new report from the City Auditor's office.
Two Vallejo lawsuits test legal protections for unhoused residents post-Grants Pass
By Robbie Powelson on A legal victory by the Vallejo Homeless Union, temporarily halting encampment closure.
The Transparent Person
By Taiye Ronald Trotter on I am visible and invisible to you. A reflection that casts no image.
Street Spirit horoscopes – August 2025
By Boudia Crow Lafleur on Horoscopes for the month of August, divined just for you.
Remembering Maceo Clardy: ‘I am somebody dammit, I ain’t a nobody’
By Destanie Newell on Maceo Clardy died in Oakland on February 8, 2025. Here, a daughter’s letter to her father, a note on his
This Saturday: Street Spirit Fall Fundraiser!
Hey everyone! We’re having a fundraiser this Saturday, 11/16 at 2727 California Street, in Berkeley. You can buy a
Landing on the landlords: The great Berkeley rent strike of 1970
By Matt Ray and Matthew Wranovics on The Berkeley Tenants Union had its roots in the People’s Park struggle, when community activists reclaimed land cleared for “urban renewal” and turned it into a guerrilla park in the spring of 1969.