Homelessness Archives - Page 2 of 3

California cities crack down on people living in cars, RVs

September 10, 2025 Cal Matters

California cities are adopting policies to ban RVs and sleeping in cars on streets.

‘Crushing Wheelchairs’ film depicts brutality of homeless sweeps

August 25, 2025 Rasheed Shabazz

POOR Magazine offers a free screening of the film “Crushing Wheelchairs” on August 28.

Documenting ‘Wood Street’: An interview with Caron Creighton

July 30, 2025 Rasheed Shabazz

Caron Creighton discusses homelessness, filmmaking, and her forthcoming documentary, “Wood Street.”

Oakland 6th grader urges support for unhoused people

February 12, 2025 Community Voices

Aila Green suggests people volunteer or donate to support unhoused Oakland residents.

Unhoused Oakland residents protest ramped up homeless encampment ‘sweeps’

February 10, 2025 Street Spirit

On December 17, organizers across California protested so-called “sweeps.”

Letter: East 12 St Encampment to Oakland

November 20, 2024 Needa Bee

The curbside community at East 12th St advocate for housing for unhoused Oakland residents.

Orange and white tent with letters asking, "Where do we go, Oakland?"

Mayor Thao gives order to remove all Oakland homeless encampments

October 7, 2024 Alma Collins Dumas

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao ordered the removal of all homeless encampments in the Town.

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“We R Here” Documents ‘Life on the Streets’ in Oakland Through Cell Phone Diaries

November 10, 2022 Eduardo Jimenez

On the opening of his vignette, James “DJ Nyce” Goodwin looks into his cellphone camera resting on the Volkwagen bug’s dashboard that he lives in and bluntly declares that he is homeless. He then explains

An African American director with a beanie chats with a tall man in a white tank top and with an Afro

How One Local Filmmaker Debuted First Film and Comic Book During Pandemic

July 15, 2022 Brandy Collins

Love Conquers All, a comic book and movie co-written by filmmakers Janell Grace and Malik Glass, is a story about Kennedy, a man reconciling his issues with trauma and grief after the passing of his

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Oakland City Council, Youth Commission Highlight Unhoused Youth Voices and Issues

May 4, 2022 Iris Crawford

On Monday, April 25, Oakland City Council held a special meeting with the Youth Advisory Commission to give an informational report on youth homelessness in Oakland. Nationally each year, close to 4.2 million youth and