Oakland bans camping around Lake Merritt
By Alastair Boone on The City of Oakland has started enforcing a zero-tolerance camping ban around Lake Merritt.
Lake Merritt Uptown District Association
The Disneyfication of Downtown Oakland — Business Improvement Districts and the Battle for Public Space
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.