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Are you unhoused in Oakland, Berkeley, or Emeryville? Caltrans might owe you money

By Natalie Orenstein on July 14, 2020

A lawsuit settlement requires California’s Transportation Department to reimburse homeless people who had their belongings taken or destroyed by the agency between 2014 and 2019. Here’s how to file a claim.

Large-scale decarceration is the only way to halt COVID outbreaks in prison

By Stop San Quentin Outbreak Coalition on July 17, 2020

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Releasing a mere 6 percent of the people inside California’s overcrowded prisons falls woefully short of the large-scale decarceration needed to protect the health and safety of the community.

Oakland’s Driver Plaza, longtime hub for Black seniors, can keep its Porta Potty—for now

By Ariel Boone on July 24, 2020

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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.

Youth Spirit Artworks’ Tiny House Village powers through pandemic

By Jilly de la Torre on June 27, 2020

News

For the last three years, Youth Spirit Artworks has been passionately engaged in the process of building a village of small homes for transitional-age youth experiencing housing insecurity in the East Bay. The pandemic has not hindered their progress.

Oakland rises up

By Amir Abdul-Shakur on June 23, 2020

Features News

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.

Legal notice: notice of class action settlement

By Osha Neumann on June 15, 2020

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If you are a homeless person who had your property taken by Caltrans in one of its sweeps of encampments in Berkeley, Oakland, and Emeryville you may be entitled to money to compensate you for what you lost.

San Francisco in protest

By Kit Castagne on June 12, 2020

Features News

Following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police on May 25, a wave of protests swept across all fifty states. This collection of photos shows the initial days of action in San Francisco, from May 31 to June 6.

Unsheltered leaders of 37 MLK demand to be housed in hotels

By Alastair Boone on May 22, 2020

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Some 30 people gathered outside Oakland’s Palms Motel on Friday to demand that the City of Oakland take immediate action to move more unsheltered people into hotel rooms.

How has COVID-19 impacted homeless advocates and service providers?

By Daniel Lempres on May 12, 2020

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For advocates and those in the nonprofit sector racing to meet these needs, the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the extent to which unhoused people rely on an informal safety net of nonprofits, advocates, and volunteers to survive.

Protestors hold die-in at SF Mayor London Breed’s house

By Alastair Boone on May 1, 2020

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On Thursday evening, protestors staged a die-in outside San Francisco Mayor London Breed's Lower Haight home. Organizers say the action was in protest of Breed's slow action to move unsheltered people into hotels.

Breaking down the official COVID-19 homeless response in three Bay Area cities

By Kate Wolffe on April 1, 2020

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Many unsheltered individuals say the protections are still not enough.

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