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Bay Area2 years ago

Alameda County Supervisors Will Allow Tenant Eviction Protections to Expire at End of April: Oakland’s eviction moratorium remains in effect for local residents

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors this week refused to review the county’s ongoing eviction moratorium, which means the pandemic-passed tenant protections will expire at the...
Barbara Lee3 years ago

Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Colleagues Call for Eviction Moratorium

The lawmakers’ letter comes in the wake of a Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) most recent eviction...
Barbara Lee3 years ago

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Calls on White House to Extend Eviction Moratorium

“This is more crucial now than ever because evictions will not only leave families without a roof over their head, it has the potential to worsen...
#NNPA BlackPress5 years ago

Congressional Black Caucus Focuses on Economic Recovery of African Americans in COVID-19 Crisis

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Several other provisions asked by members of the Congressional Black Caucus were an expansion of unemployment benefits to $600 per week in addition...
#NNPA BlackPress5 years ago

Committee Democrats Call on Facebook to Halt Cryptocurrency Plans

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Investors and consumers transacting in Libra may be exposed to serious privacy and national security concerns, cyber security risks, and trading risks. Those...
Events8 years ago

Special Oakland Council Meeting on Housing Set for Jan. 23

This past Wednesday the City Council received an email stating that upon request from the mayor’s office, the Special Council Meeting of Wednesday, January 25 has...
City Government9 years ago

What Housing Moratorium Means for Oakland’s Tenants and Landlords

The Housing State of Emergency adopted at the Oakland City Council’s Tuesday meeting went into effect immediately upon its passage. The ordinance remains in...
City Government9 years ago

Organize for Moratorium on Rent Increases

In response to rising calls for action from the community, the City Council will vote Tuesday, April 5 on whether to declare a housing state of...
City Government9 years ago

Community Presses City Council to Call Housing State of Emergency

Housing justice organizers are asking residents to attend the Tuesday, April 5 City Council meeting to push council members to pass a housing state of emergency...
City Government9 years ago

Oakland City Council Will Vote April 5 on Temporary Freeze of Rents and Evictions

Residents from a number of community groups attended the City Council’s Rules and Legislation Committee, calling on the committee to support a temporary “moratorium on evictions...
City Government9 years ago

Op-Ed: Tell Oakland City Council: This is an Emergency; Stop Evictions and Rent Increases

By Kitty Kelly Epstein There is an emergency in Oakland. The policies that prevail in Oakland City Hall are going to drive most of...
City Government9 years ago

Officials Will Be Held Accountable in 2016 City Elections for Failing to Halt Gentrification and Keep Residents in Oakland

There is near universal agreement that Oakland is in a housing crisis and that action must be taken quickly to prevent the town from being San...

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