Harm reduction: tips for preventing overdose
By West Oakland Punks With Lunch on Fentanyl test strips are a great way to reduce the risk of overdose, but are not a catch-all solution.
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Organizing for resistance? Know your rights
By Berkeley Copwatch on Protest thoughtfully to keep yourself and others safe, Copwatch writes.
The time to fight for People’s Park is NOW!
By Berkeley Copwatch on The fight for People's Park is heating up, and the time to plug in is now, Copwatch writes.
Berkeley approved their ‘reimagining public safety’ plan. Why does it include more funding for police?
By Berkeley Copwatch on As Berkeley wraps up discussions of their “reimagining public safety” process, Copwatch asks, why are we continuing to fund a racist police force?
There’s no care in Newsom’s ‘CARE court’ for unhoused people
By Jade Arellano on Newsom has explicitly discussed CARE Court as a tool to address street homelessness. But the only real investments in this proposal are in the court system.
Berkeley is ‘reimagining public safety’ all wrong
By Berkeley Copwatch on In 2020, Berkeley committed to reimagining the role of police. Where are we in that process now?
We need compassion, not code enforcement
By Berkeley Copwatch on The city government works in tandem with police to enforce anti-homeless policies.
The revolving prison door
By Jose Carlos Grant on Home is a crucial component of the stability that keeps communities safe, and people out of prison, Grant writes.
Gov. Newsom says Berkeley advocates are ‘slowing progress’
By Where Do We Go Berkeley on Where Do We Go Berkeley responds to a press release in which Governor Gavin Newsom says the group is "slowing progress" with encampment sweeps.
Ashby/Shellmound: space, place, history
By Alastair Boone on Though the encampment community is disappearing, a sense of place remains in the minds of these six former residents.
King was a revolutionary: the ‘spiritual death’ of our cities
By Cat Brooks on Dr. King’s vision remains light-years away, Brooks writes, as police brutality and homelessness in cities like Oakland continue to ravage our communities.
How Berkeley made it illegal to live in a vehicle
By Berkeley Copwatch on Here are the Berkeley laws effectively make it illegal to live in a vehicle.