Oakland Voices held their second forum “Focus on Affordable Housing” on April 7th at the 81st Avenue Branch Library in East Oakland and panelists highlighted the policies and strategies that can preserve affordable housing in […]
On Thursday February 18th, community members and Oakland city officials gathered with representatives of MidPen Housing at the site of the new Brooklyn Basin waterfront housing development. They came together to request that the state […]
As the clouds lifted and hundreds mustered at Frank Ogawa Plaza on Martin Luther King Day, a spirited group of about 75 supporters of Haiti gathered two blocks away at the Ronald Dellums Federal Building […]
Oakland Voices hosted a forum on high rents and displacement in Oakland on December 8th, 2015 at the 81st Avenue Library. Aqueila Lewis, artist and Oakland Voices correspondent, opened the evening with a powerful spoken word […]
Rents are on the rise in Oakland, and that is forcing good people out of the city. One bedroom apartments in Oakland are now going for a minimum of $1,300 or so, and they ask […]
I have been coming back and forward to Oakland for the past five years. Oakland was the place that really caught my attention more than any city I ever visited, and I have visited […]
During times of change, especially unwarranted change, I turn to certain quotes to remind me that change can be good. Oakland is undergoing a transformation right now. Change is everywhere. Is it good change? That, […]
I received this email early one morning this past week: “Hey guys, strange jeep across the street from us. Two people inside. They laid back in their seats when we went outside … Something feels […]
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