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When will unhoused people get the COVID-19 vaccine?

By Alastair Boone on January 13, 2021

As Bay Area healthcare workers started receiving the coronavirus vaccine at the end of December, unhoused people and their advocates are wondering when the vaccine will become available to the homeless community.

East Bay porta-potties plagued by problems, some better than others

By Nick Burt on January 13, 2021

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East Bay cities pay for porta potty service at some of the encampments, but the portable toilets are often in disarray. Why?

East Bay memorials honor lives lost on the street

January 13, 2021

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cheema sits in her home in front of an altar for lives lost on the street. (Thomas Brouns) December brought

East Bay Advisory—Fentanyl Warning

January 13, 2021

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There has been an increase in Fentanyl being found in stimulants and other drugs in the Bay Area. Use caution.

Rain or shine, grassroots organizations distribute aid to unhoused

By Thomas Brouns on January 12, 2021

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A handful of dedicated volunteers from spent a cold, wet December day delivering supplies to East Bay homeless encampments. Volunteer events like this help fill the gaps that are left by local governments and official service providers.

San Francisco extends shelter-in-place hotel program

By Nuala Bashari on January 12, 2021

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The City of San Francisco will house more people in hotel rooms than it had planned thanks to a law the Board of Supervisors passed unanimously on December 15.

Among the unhoused, mixed reactions to presidential election results

By Thomas Brouns on December 2, 2020

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Street Spirit spent some time asking encampment residents to share their thoughts on the outcome of the presidential election.

The battle over Union Point Park

By Katherine Blesie on December 2, 2020

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Oakland has been trying to close the encampment at Union Point Park for years. But a new legal battle will likely close the camp in February—for good.

SF company, Oakland unhoused residents end year-long standoff

By Zack Haber on December 2, 2020

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San Francisco-based company, GameChanger LLC, and seven unhoused residents ended a year-long land use dispute on Monday when residents agreed to leave a 1.5 acre tract of company-owned land just west of Wood Street in West Oakland in exchange for accepting material or monetary concessions.

SF to close down Shelter-in-Place hotels. Where will residents go?

By Quiver Watts on December 2, 2020

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In November, plans to shut down Shelter-in-Place hotels, which are currently housing 2,400 otherwise homeless residents of San Francisco, leaked out of the COVID-19 Command Center. Where will they go?

Oakland City Council approves new Homeless Commission

By Sabrina Kharrazi on December 2, 2020

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On November 10, the Oakland City Council voted to confirm Mayor Libby Schaaf’s nine selections for the City’s new Homeless Commission. The long-anticipated commission comes two years after the passing of Measure W.

Oakland passes ‘catastrophic’ new encampment policy

By Alastair Boone on November 3, 2020

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After a heated ten hour Council meeting and widespread protest, the Oakland City Council unanimously passed a new Encampment Management Policy (EMP) on October 20.

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