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Oakland bans camping around Lake Merritt

By Alastair Boone on March 1, 2019
Features   News
The City of Oakland has started enforcing a zero-tolerance camping ban around Lake Merritt.

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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