Street Spirit vendors speak about why they sell the paper
By Mia Sweeney and Street Spirit staff on After a hard year for street newspaper sales, vendors speak about their experience selling Street Spirit.
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Oakland blight laws put RV inhabitants at risk of eviction
By on Behind a corrugated metal fence painted powder purple in West Oakland, a small group of people house themselves cheaply in RVs. But the community may soon be evicted under Oakland's blight laws.
The power of art to stop evictions: how you used our anti-eviction poster issue
By Alastair Boone on A few months ago, we published a whole issue full of anti-eviction artwork. Here are some of the ways it was used.
Emeryville encampment fights eviction in court
By Alastair Boone on A federal judge blocked the City of Emeryville from closing an encampment on Shellmound Street. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of legal actions to protect the rights of houseless people in California.
Tenants protest UC Berkeley’s plans to demolish rent-controlled building
By Simone Rotman on UC Berkeley plans to build a student housing complex for transfer students in North Berkeley. To do this, they would need to demolish the rent-controlled building at 1921 Walnut Street.
An unlikely tenant at threat of displacement by UC Berkeley’s development plans—the monarch butterfly
By Alastair Boone on The Gill Tract Farm in West Berkeley has long been a refuge for native plant life and the lively community of students and volunteers that work the land there. Now it is also home to a new and unexpected inhabitant: the monarch butterfly.
Monthly cleanups at Berkeley’s Seabreeze encampment provide a hopeful framework for curbside cleanup
By By Sabrina Armaghan Kharrazi and Isabella Fertel on After years of asking for a reliable way to pick up garbage at Berkeley’s Seabreeze encampment, the unhoused community and advocates took things into their own hands.
Oakland receives scathing encampment management audit
By Hannah Trumbull on A recent audit of the City of Oakland’s encampment management activities proved to be an indictment of the city’s approach to the homeless crisis, revealing heavy spending and meager results.
People’s Park celebrates 52 years of community in Berkeley
By Alastair Boone and Kit Castagne on The park celebrated 52 years on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Check out our photo essay from the event.
In their own words: People’s Park residents get COVID vaccines
By Alastair Boone on Street Spirit interviewed the people who got vaccinated about their experiences.
Remembering Barbara Brust: Founder of Consider The Homeless!
By Katherine Blesie on Barbara Brust died on February 25 at the age of 69. She is remembered by the many who knew and loved her on the streets, in Berkeley’s advocacy community, and beyond, for whom we hope this article serves as a celebration of her life.
What happened at Union Point Park? The long-awaited eviction of the harborside encampment community
By Thomas Brouns on Union Point Park has been closed and encampment residents and city officials struck a deal: Move inside temporarily while the two parties worked together to create Oakland’s first sanctioned encampment. But talks about the sanctioned community have gone cold.