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.
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How to get the COVID-19 vaccine as an unhoused person
By Alastair Boone on Homelessness is now a qualifying factor for getting the COVID vaccine in California. This guide will help walk you through the process of signing up for a vaccine.
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.
The fight to save People’s Park persists
By Sabrina Kharrazi on On March 8, People’s Park advocates organized a march and press conference outside the UC Berkeley Capital Strategies office to oppose the university’s plans to build student and affordable housing on top of the park. Here's what's been happening in the fight to save the park over the last few weeks.
Oakland passes MACRO—a major shift away from police response to 911 calls
By Isabella Fertel and Jamie Omar Yassin on In March, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously to set up a non-police emergency response unit within the Oakland Fire Department.
Street Spirit’s guide to getting your stimulus check
By Chris Lee on This guide will walk you through the process of applying for your stimulus money. It also contains useful resources for obtaining the documents you need to apply, as well as information about where to cash it free of charge without a bank account.
City of Oakland closes the encampment at Union Point Park
By Thomas Brouns on This is the story of the fight over Union Point Park.
Why we made our encampment beautiful
By Stefani Echeverría-Fenn on The systems that brutalize unhoused and housing-unstable people are invested in stripping our subjectivity away. Creating and viewing art directly confronts this process.
Shelter-in-Place hotels are closing. Where will residents go?
By Thomas Brouns on Alameda County has set an ambitious goal: To permanently house all the people who participated in their emergency COVID-19 shelter program.
Long-awaited Tiny House Village for homeless youth set to open in Oakland
By Simone Rotman on After more than three years in the making and COVID-19 related delays, the Youth Spirit Artworks Tiny House Youth Empowerment Village will finally open mid-February.
The fight to save People’s Park gains new momentum
By Alastair Boone on UC Berkeley students have joined forces with the People’s Park Committee to oppose the housing UC Berkeley plans to build there.