The Santa Barbara Independent

Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Funding Restrictions Expected to Worsen Homelessness Crisis

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general and two governors in suing the Trump Administration ...
Hoodline

New Affordable Housing Development 'The Phoenix' Rises in West Oakland to Support Low-Income Families and Homeless Individuals

The Phoenix, an affordable housing complex, opens in West Oakland to help low-income and formerly homeless residents.
East Bay Times

Mayor Barbara Lee has a new plan for solving homeless crisis in Oakland — and it has major financial backing

OAKLAND — As one of Barbara Lee’s first major initiatives as mayor, the city will open a new Office of Homelessness Solutions to head Oakland’s response to one of its most entrenched issues. Does this ...
SFGate

250 tons of debris pulled from Oakland homeless camp — that’s just for starters

Oakland city crews have pulled 75 truckloads — about 250 tons — of debris out of the sprawling homeless encampment that surrounds the Fruitvale Home Depot in the past two weeks. “And we still have 50 ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Once homeless, daughter of refugees, Sheng Thao addresses Oakland; To become city's 51st mayor

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland City Council Member Sheng Thao will become Oakland's 51st mayor, beating out City Council Member Loren Taylor by less than 700 votes in ranked choice voting. "We chose ...