What’s on the ballot this November? Housing, homelessness, and policing
By Daniel Lempres on Here are the ballot measures and local races that directly impact housing, homelessness, and policing.
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Alando Williams: friend, father, South Berkeley staple
By Katherine Blesie on Around 12 years ago, Alando began selling Street Spirit. “I’m out here every other day,” he explains. “Some days I come out here and don’t make nothing. I just like conversating with people.”
Who are unsheltered people voting for this November?
By Alastair Boone on Street Spirit spoke to 107 unsheltered and marginally housed people about who they are planning to vote for in the November 3 presidential election.
How to vote without an address
By Street Spirit staff on This guide will walk you through the process of registering to vote without an address, how to vote in person, how to vote by mail without an address, how to vote early, and other relevant questions.
Remembering Ronnie Goodman: an artist with a ‘visual voice’
By TJ Johnston on After a lifetime of creating art while homeless or incarcerated, Ronnie Lamont Goodman was found dead in his tent on August 7. He was 60 years old.
How shelter in place helped me feel more at home
By Andy Pope on During many years of homelessness, I lived in a place where there is no shelter. Now that sheltering in place is required, I am living a lifestyle that is the direct opposite of my previous manner of life.
Oakland’s Driver Plaza, longtime hub for Black seniors, can keep its Porta Potty—for now
By Ariel Boone on 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.
The end of an era for a dynamic duo
By Julia Irwin on In demonstrating new possibilities at the intersection of legal advocacy, policy work, and on-the-ground activism, Henson and Neumann have paved the way for the next generation of street lawyers.
Incarcerated insights into isolation
By Joe Garcia on To those of you going stir crazy while struggling to shelter-in-place and self-isolate, please try and focus on the positive aspects of this new reality. It’s important to find your own beacon of light to pull yourself through the worst of the chaos. Decades of incarceration have taught me this and ingrained in me the coping skills to get through any seemingly depressing situation.
Ken Jones: Cat owner, Street Spirit vendor, Berkeley staple
By Alastair Boone on Ken Jones stands on the corner of Addison and Shattuck, waiting for people to exit a concert at the Freight and Salvage, or a play at the Berkeley Rep. In the cool evening light, he catches the eye of patrons spilling out of the theaters, flashing a broad smile at each person who looks up as he broadcasts his patter over the crowd.
Street Spirit’s guide for getting Unemployment Insurance
By Street Spirit staff on This guide will walk you through the process of applying for pandemic unemployment insurance for people who are self-employed. It also contains useful resources for obtaining the documents you need to apply.
Oakland rises up
By Amir Abdul-Shakur on I went out to document the protests to capture what had happened in the initial days after George Floyd was murdered. I wanted to To allow the story to present itself and to document history.