How to vote without a traditional address
By Kate Wolffe on Missing votes from lower-income people leads to a gap between what the average person wants, and what is decided on Election Day.
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Oakland’s race for mayor
By Alastair Boone on The top two candidates talk about housing, homelessness, and what they would like to change in the next four years.
Meet Jesse Smith: Oakland’s homeless mayoral candidate
By Alastair Boone Jesse Smith wasn’t homeless when he started running for Mayor of Oakland. He decided to run for
Homelessness takes center stage in Berkeley’s City Council race
By Benjamin Schneider on Top: Alfred Twu, Gregory Magofna, and Mary Kay LaceyBottom: Kate Harrison and Lori Droste (Photos courtesy of council campaigns) On
Berkeley Emergency Storm Shelter finds a new location
By Alastair Boone on The Veteran’s Memorial Building at 1931 Center Street (Alastair Boone) After closing the doors at its Ninth Street location on
Street Spirit’s Endorsements for the November 2018 Election
This fall, there will be a number of Propositions and Ballot Measures that will have an impact on housing and homelessness. Here's what we suggest.
Berkeley shelter closes
By Alastair Boone on The closure of the largest homeless shelter in Berkeley leaves many with nowhere to go
The newspaper that built People’s Park
By Libby Rainey on “A park will be built this Sunday.” That’s the sentence that sparked a movement. It was 1969, and the University
Counties Cancel ICE Detention Contracts
Most cancellations are motivated by public outrage over the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance,” under which every migrant crossing the border without papers is criminally charged and held in detention centers. Over 3,000 children have been torn from their parents and thousands of others have been incarcerated.
Attacking the Poor in a Full-Page Newspaper Ad
Imagine if all poverty and need were forced into the shadows based on the perceptions of danger by imaginative wealthy people. We would have what we have now; housing built predominantly for the well-off, with so little housing for the poor that the rest of us huddle under overpasses.
Tragic Death of Oakland Tenant Mary Jesus
Being evicted felt like the end of her life. As a disabled woman, she saw nothing ahead but a destitute life on the streets. She told a friend, “If I’m evicted tomorrow, I have no choice but to kill myself. I have no resources, no savings, no money, and nowhere to go.”
Animal Friends: A Saving Grace for Homeless People
“I wrapped her in my jacket and promised I’d never let anybody hurt her again. And that’s my promise to her for the rest of her life. In my mind she’s a little angel that saved me as much as I saved her.”