A love letter to the Wood Street Commons
By Jaz Colibri on A love letter to Wood Street Commons by a former resident and advocate for her community.
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Journalists, unhoused residents seek restraining order against OPD and the City of Oakland
By Zack Haber on Journalists and unhoused residents at Wood Street say that OPD and the city are violating their first amendment rights by limiting media access to cover an eviction. The dispute is being taken to court.
Wood Street residents fight on
By Alastair Boone on A timeline of sweeps, protest, and political action in October.
A look inside the Wood Street community as Caltrans sweep begins
By Alastair Boone on Five Wood Street residents speak about their community and the impact of the recent sweep.
Sweep delayed: Wood St residents win in court
By Alastair Boone on 29 residents of Wood Street successfully used the courts to stall a planned Caltrans eviction of their encampment.
After Wood Street encampment sweep, homeless people stay
By Zack Haber on The City of Oakland had planned to move dozens of houseless people from the Wood Street encampment between November 8 and 10, but residents remained in the area after the attempted closure operation.
After two years, Wood Street safe parking site opens for people living in vehicles
By Zack Haber on On July 7, the Berkeley-based non-profit Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) opened a site on Wood Street after two years of planning. Encampment residents are hesitant to move in.
Meet the Oakland artists building emergency tiny homes
By Alastair Boone on During COVID, many outreach services for unhoused people ground to a halt. Artists Building Communities was born of this moment.
As encampment sweeps pick up, community continues to build
By Thomas Brouns on Cob on Wood, a group of tiny homes and community resources, may be displaced in the wave of encampment sweeps that has picked up again.
SF company, Oakland unhoused residents end year-long standoff
By Zack Haber on San Francisco-based company, GameChanger LLC, and seven unhoused residents ended a year-long land use dispute on Monday when residents agreed to leave a 1.5 acre tract of company-owned land just west of Wood Street in West Oakland in exchange for accepting material or monetary concessions.