Vernon Dailey: former ‘canvass king,’ currently in search of housing
By Sasha Weilbaker on Street spirits is a monthly feature in which a Street Spirit vendor, or someone who lives on the street, tells us their story.
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Who holds the key to housing? CA’s project Homekey enters next phase
By Paolo Bicchieri on To learn more about Project Homekey, Street Spirit got on the phone with Ora Prochovnick and Tyler Rougeau of Eviction Defense Collaborative
A note on our August cover
By Alastair Boone on As the highly contagious Delta variant spreads and vaccination on the street remains low, houseless people are once again at the forefront of COVID’s impact.
To make change, we must listen to the voices of the streets
By Andy Pope on All we really wanted down there, any of us, was to be treated with normal human respect and dignity, and treated as equals—not as inferiors. We wanted to be listened to, we wanted our voices heard.
Meet the Oakland artists building emergency tiny homes
By Alastair Boone on During COVID, many outreach services for unhoused people ground to a halt. Artists Building Communities was born of this moment.
Shawn Moses: Recently housed and full of hope
By Sabrina Kharrazi on Street Spirit vendor Shawn Moses just moved into housing after spending more than ten years on the street.
As encampment sweeps pick up, community continues to build
By Thomas Brouns on Cob on Wood, a group of tiny homes and community resources, may be displaced in the wave of encampment sweeps that has picked up again.
Facing eviction, tenant sues UC Regents to release public records
By Zack Haber on Natalie Logusch is suing the UC Board of Regents to pressure them to release public records related to UC Berkeley’s demolition and development plans.
Help us build the Street Spirit archive!
By Street Spirit staff on Do you have any old copies of Street Spirit that you’ve been holding onto?
Emeryville encampment fights for adequate shelter
By Alastair Boone on Residents of the former Shellmound Street encampment plan to continue using the courts to fight for their right to adequate housing.
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.
Oakland blight laws put RV inhabitants at risk of eviction
By Chris Lee 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.