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No storage, no shelter: Oakland’s MLK sweep leaves many residents behind

By Yesica Prado on November 7, 2024
News
After the sweep of a long-standing encampment, residents were left without shelter and their belongings destroyed, as key local policies on transparency and safety were ignored.

Wood Street and Homefulness “Liberation Together” Statement at Oakland City Hall

By Wood Street Community and Homefulness on November 29, 2023
Opinion
Wood Street Community and Homefulness press release statement ahead of Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland City Council on November 28, 2023.

The battle over Union Point Park

By Katherine Blesie on December 2, 2020
Features   News
Oakland has been trying to close the encampment at Union Point Park for years. But a new legal battle will likely close the camp in February—for good.

Oakland passes ‘catastrophic’ new encampment policy

By Alastair Boone on November 3, 2020
News
After a heated ten hour Council meeting and widespread protest, the Oakland City Council unanimously passed a new Encampment Management Policy (EMP) on October 20.

The political history of Oakland’s new Encampment Management Policy

By Jamie Omar Yassin on November 3, 2020
News
A brief history of the controversial policy that Oakland councilmembers passed on October 20.



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