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Incumbent concedes Oakland District 3 seat to housing activist Carroll Fife
Oakland City Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney has conceded the District 3 council race to Carroll Fife, who was leading by a wide margin in updated election results Tuesday, according...Read More
House the unsheltered in vacant San Francisco homes, activists urge in May Day protest
Two homeless women and community activists occupied a vacant home in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood Friday, demanding that The City use empty properties throughout San Francisco to house homeless...Read More
Covid-19 update: Outbreak shakes SF homeless shelter, Oakland slows streets, Newsom hopeful but cautious on state trajectory
As the holidays approach for several religious communities, local and state leaders are urging people to “hold the line,” as Gov. Gavin Newsom phrased it Friday. California as a...Read More
Oakland honors black history, passes ordinance to protect black resident futures
The Oakland City Council ratified regulations making it more difficult for landlords to convert rental properties into condominiums in a unanimous vote on Tuesday evening. Proponents of the ordinance...Read More
Moms 4 Housing among Oakland’s Black History Month honorees
The activist women known as Moms 4 Housing will be among those recognized as Black History Month honorees when the Oakland City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, council...Read More
Sheriffs carry out militarized-style eviction of Oakland mothers
This story includes an update with information provided by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office in a Tuesday morning press conference. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office early Tuesday morning evicted...Read More
Hundreds turn out to stand with Moms 4 Housing as eviction looms
More than 200 people gathered at a West Oakland home Monday to support homeless mothers who occupied the home nearly two months ago but now face eviction after a...Read More
Homeless moms call owner’s paid shelter offer ‘an insult’
One of the homeless mothers living in a vacant West Oakland house since Nov. 18 scoffed Saturday night at an offer by the house's owner.Read More
As eviction nears, Wedgewood offers to pay charity to shelter Oakland moms for two months
The property owner planning to have two homeless mothers evicted next week from a West Oakland home offered Saturday to pay to shelter them for the next two months....Read More
Protesters shout down SB 50 advocates, say housing bill doesn’t go far enough
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, came to Oakland on Tuesday to promote a bill that would boost construction of apartment buildings and condominiums in an effort to address...Read More
Judge to rule at later date on Moms 4 Housing case
Two homeless mothers who have been occupying a vacant West Oakland home for six weeks won at least a temporary victory on Monday when a judge didn’t rule on...Read More
Letter says investors ‘will not meet or negotiate’ with Moms 4 Housing
A spokesman for the company that owns an Oakland house illegally occupied by a group of women on Sunday flatly rejected calls by two Oakland City Council members for...Read More
Judge postpones eviction hearing in Moms 4 Housing case
A judge on Thursday postponed a hearing until Monday in the ongoing battle over a vacant West Oakland home that’s been occupied by two homeless mothers, saying there’s been...Read More