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Berkeley’s business improvement districts are not working

By Carol Denney on November 1, 2018
Commentary   YSA youth contributions
Dr. Phil, the affable problem-solving TV host, has a catch phrase he uses when defensive participants exhaust themselves telling him and the TV audience why they do things the way they do. He listens patiently. And then he says, “How’s that working for you?”

The Disneyfication of Downtown Oakland — Business Improvement Districts and the Battle for Public Space

March 10, 2013
Features   Uncategorized
Large real estate corporations hired New City America to establish two Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in Oakland. The Downtown Oakland BID and the Lake Merritt BID are working aggressively on behalf of Oakland’s owning class, focusing on driving youth of color, activists, the poor, and houseless persons out of district boundaries.



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