Years after eviction, Wood Street rides on
By Bradley Penner on A team of formerly unhoused Oaklanders hit the pavement by bike on a 100-mile trip to Sacramento
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There’s a new health center for unhoused people in Berkeley. Here’s how to use it.
By Cole Haddock and Maria Toldi on Lifelong Medical Care and Berkeley Free Clinic join forces in West Berkeley.
Alameda County holds biannual homeless job fair, another scheduled for January
By Erin Bump on The county has plans to host another one in the new year, scheduled for January 2026.
Homefulness: A community’s solution to houselessness
By Angelo Claure on “We believed we needed to create a community of fellow houseless people, that was not just housing but that was support, community, healing, and love.”
SF homeless outreach workers unionize (and think you should too)
By Eric Muscosky on Workers at SFHOT spend their days helping people struggling on the streets. Now they want a fair workplace.
Berkeley’s Homeless Response Team needs improvement, audit finds
By Bradley Penner on A look inside a new report from the City Auditor's office.
Chaos and confusion during closure of Oakland shelter
By Alastair Boone on An estimated 37 residents have been living at the site unsupervised after a nonprofit shelter operator pulled out one month ahead of the end of their contract
From unhoused to homeowner: The hurdles of program-assisted loans
By Kelsey Oliver on Why have only two people closed on homes using a local loan assistance program?
What is the cost of encampment ‘resolution’?
By Bradley Penner on Oakland’s use of state funding shines a light on the unseen expense of encampment closure
Berkeley Homeless Union holds community gathering before eviction at Ohlone Park
By Margaux Bauerlein on On the heels of a sweep, community members discuss the possibility of sanctioned encampments
The rising tide of encampment sweeps in Oakland
By Alastair Boone on How the city’s changing homelessness strategy is on display at Lake Merritt. By Alastair Boone
Know Your Rights Mini-Zine
By Street Spirit staff on A DIY mini-zine for our unhoused neighbors in Berkeley and Oakland