NNPA NEWSWIRE — Harris’s detailed plan appears to offer Black men a vision of leadership, opportunity, and economic empowerment, which she argues is essential for the...
Advocates in San Francisco held a rally Thursday afternoon in front of City Hall to issue a symbolic citation to Mayor London Breed, urging an immediate...
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) in California have more than doubled in the last half-decade, making the yards of one in five single-family homes into multi-unit properties....
Former Oakland Assemblymember Sandré Swanson authorized his campaign committee’s filing of paperwork to open his account to run for the new California Senate 7th District. Following...
Food security advocates, policymakers, and others had been warning of the dire consequences to those most in need if Congress chose to halt the extra allotments...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When Shanitra Brown walks across the stage, she’ll be supported by her four children. Her cheering section ranges in age from four to...
“We’ve got to prioritize preventing low-income families from becoming homeless, or being priced out of San Francisco, just as much as supporting people who are experiencing...
Answering the call of community organizers standing in solidarity with encampment residents, we showed up at Wood Street and 34th last Friday, Sep 9. Upon arrival,...
In a statement released after the meeting, the East Oakland Stadium Alliance said, “The City Council (has) denied Oakland residents the right to vote on whether to...
In response to the mounting challenges around homelessness, California launched its Homekey program, allocating funding to local public agencies and community organizations to buy available buildings,...
In August 2020, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors extended the COVID-19 eviction moratorium to allow residents to shelter-in-place, regardless of income status, during the crisis....
In my district in California’s East Bay, the American Rescue Plan has been transformative, especially its expansion of the Child Tax Credit. Families in my district...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said that California’s 17 million renters spend a significant portion of their paychecks on rent, with an estimated 700,000 Californians at...
The September 1 decision represents a significant triumph for the city in a case brought several years ago against the owners of a prominent local real...
The case went to trial in early April. In its Sept. 1 decision, the court held that the defendant corporate entities and individual defendants Baljit Singh...
Below is a letter from Oakland Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan and Alameda County Supervisor announce a collaboration to help with homelessness.
California and 19 other states allow their voters to recall the governor. The last time a governor was recalled here was in 2003 when former Gov....
Any day now Anita Miller could become homeless. The 58-year-old single woman, who lives in Long Beach, is just waiting for the county Sheriff to show...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the summer of 1963, Reuther teamed up with Dr. King in Detroit for The Walk to Freedom, the largest Civil Rights demonstration...
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) introduced a bill last week that would allow communities of faith to help alleviate the housing crisis. The bill, AB 1851, would...
On Nov. 5 and 6, the City of Oakland began a clearance operation of a homeless encampment on a privately owned tract of land west of...
Gov. Gavin Newsom kicked off a statewide tour on October 8 at the West Oakland Senior Center to sign a series of bills that build on...
THE SEATTLE MEDIUM — On Tues, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan signed into law a vision for a more livable, affordable community at Fort Lawton Army Reserve in...
Oakland’s Public Works Department (PWD) placed a notice on a privately owned portable toilet near Raimondi Park on April 26, instructing homeless residents camped there to...
Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan has called on Berkeley to refocus on identifying viable alternative sites for RVs, rather than immediately adopting a vote on...
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