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Emeryville encampment fights for adequate shelter
By Alastair Boone on Residents of the former Shellmound Street encampment plan to continue using the courts to fight for their right to adequate housing.
Where to find the COVID vaccine in Alameda County
By Hanna Lykke on This guide will walk you through how to locate a COVID vaccine. It includes information about specific places you can get vaccinated as an unhoused person, as well as the general avenues for vaccination as an adult in Alameda County.
Oakland blight laws put RV inhabitants at risk of eviction
By Chris Lee on Behind a corrugated metal fence painted powder purple in West Oakland, a small group of people house themselves cheaply in RVs. But the community may soon be evicted under Oakland's blight laws.
Newsom announces $12 billion budget for housing and homelessness
By Alastair Boone on In May, Gavin Newsom announced a $12-billion proposal to fund programs to get people off the street. But where exactly would the money go?
Exit strategy for SF’s Moscone residents: Housing or back to shelter?
By TJ Johnston on San Francisco is set to “reopen” in June, while the temporary shelter at Moscone Center West will close. Where will the otherwise unsheltered residents go?
Emeryville encampment fights eviction in court
By Alastair Boone on A federal judge blocked the City of Emeryville from closing an encampment on Shellmound Street. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of legal actions to protect the rights of houseless people in California.
Tenants protest UC Berkeley’s plans to demolish rent-controlled building
By Simone Rotman on UC Berkeley plans to build a student housing complex for transfer students in North Berkeley. To do this, they would need to demolish the rent-controlled building at 1921 Walnut Street.
An unlikely tenant at threat of displacement by UC Berkeley’s development plans—the monarch butterfly
By Alastair Boone on The Gill Tract Farm in West Berkeley has long been a refuge for native plant life and the lively community of students and volunteers that work the land there. Now it is also home to a new and unexpected inhabitant: the monarch butterfly.
Oakland receives scathing encampment management audit
By Hannah Trumbull on A recent audit of the City of Oakland’s encampment management activities proved to be an indictment of the city’s approach to the homeless crisis, revealing heavy spending and meager results.
Celebrating May Day in Oakland: ‘We have the power to house each other’
By Suzanne Q Waters on In celebration of May Day, housing activists in Oakland staged a demonstration of the power of communities to house each other.
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.