Wood Street residents fight on
By Alastair Boone on A timeline of sweeps, protest, and political action in October.
Wood Street homeless
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.
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.