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How Four California Cities Are Approaching Reparations for Black Residents
The California Reparations Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans will hold its last in-person meeting…
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Supes Introduce Resolution to Keep Port Shelter Site Open for Unhoused Residents
At Tuesday's meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton called a plan to close…
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California Black Media Political Playback: Black Candidates Are Queuing Up for Intense Political Battles Ahead
The 2024 general election is over a year away but candidates across California have begun throwing their hats in the…
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California Lawmakers Want to Know Why Billions in Spending isn’t Reducing Homelessness
The state has spent billions of dollars on homelessness in recent years. So why is the crisis getting worse instead…
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Data Shows Some Bay Area Populations Struggling Financially in Post-COVID Economy
As the Bay Area's economy continues its up-and-down recovery from the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, recent data shows…
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City to Give Up More Than 100 Shelter Beds Without a Fight
In a city struggling under the weight of a federal injunction that prevents removal of tent encampments because of a…
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Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked, Part 6: How Selling Sex Impacts Black Mental Health
Although California Senate Bill 357 was intended to alleviate arrests of willing sex workers under anti-loitering laws, it opened up…
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Food Insecurity, Hunger Expected to Soar After Cuts to Extra SNAP Benefits
Food security advocates, policymakers, and others had been warning of the dire consequences to those most in need if Congress…
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Pro-Tenant Groups, Landlords Mobilize Over City Eviction Moratorium: Oakland City Council prepares timeline to phase out eviction protections
Landlords held a protest this week at an Oakland City Council meeting calling for an end to the city’s eviction…
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California Black News Round-Up
Last week, California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom announced five cities — Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Long…
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Women’s History Month: Assemblywoman McKinnor Joins Panel of Legislators at Sacramento Event
Last week, Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) joined a diverse panel of women legislators at the “Women in California’s Legislature: 2023…
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COMMENTARY: Oakland’s Plan to Rehouse Wood Street Residents Can Only Fail a Self-Reliant Community
A large community of unhoused people have been living in an empty lot at 1707 Wood Street. The city of…
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City of San Leandro Hosted Annual Planning Session
San Leandro, CA: On Feb 25, 2023, the San Leandro City Council conducted their Annual Planning Session. The daylong public…
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Money Available for Affordable Housing Development
More money is available for affordable housing developers to create new affordable homes in Marin County and preserve existing affordable…
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San Jose State Sen. Dave Cortese Introduces Bill to Create Guaranteed Income for Homeless High School Seniors
Senate Bill 333, authored by Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, would establish the Success, Opportunity, & Academic Resilience (SOAR), a…
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Mayor Sylvester Turner Tours Newly Opened Housing Navigation Center
ABOVE: Mayor Sylvester Turner tours the newly opened Navigation Center Mayor Sylvester Turner recently joined… The post Mayor Sylvester Turner…
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Republican Lawmakers Announce Agenda to ‘Fix California’
“Crime is soaring, homelessness is out of control, the cost of living is unsustainable, schools are failing students, our water…
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Federal Judge Allows City to Evict Residents of Wood Street Homeless Encampment
The city failed to reveal to the judge that “many of the evicted and unhoused Wood Street residents will be…
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San Jose Spotlight: 15 of the Most Influential Black Leaders in Silicon Valley
Local Black leaders are working to change the odds and boost equality for the community. In celebration of Black History…
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THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS
Could proposed legislation by Lt. Governor Patrick and recent legislation giving people increased access to… The post THE DEVIL IS…
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Sheng Thao Sworn in as New Mayor of Oakland, Pledges New Direction for the City
Mayor Thao provided a few minutes on the program to introduce to the community Dr. Kimberly Mayfield, the newly appointed…
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Sworn in to U.S. House of Representatives
Congresswoman Lee is a member of the House Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on State and Foreign…
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Where’s Our Sense of Urgency?
ABOVE: American Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) speaks at a press conference… The post Where’s Our Sense…
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Many Openings on Boards and Commissions as Sheng Thao Takes Office
Promoting community participation, James Vann, a longtime Oakland advocate for tenants’ rights and for humane homelessness policies, said he hopes…
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