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Oakland resident Tomiquia Moss leads California housing agency

Oakland’s Tomiquia Moss appointed to lead California housing and homelessness agency

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Alameda County to transfer vacant property to Black Cultural Zone for affordable housing development

"This is a win-win-win scenario for community, affordable housing, and East Oakland," Casey Farmer said.

Mia Bonta’s AB 801 Targets Racial Homeownership Gap

Mia Bonta’s AB 801 seeks greater lending transparency amid California’s racial homeownership divide.

Opinion – When Wall Street buys up the neighborhood

Craig DeLuz argues that corporate-landlord concentration impacts Black homeownership.

Cities scramble to comply with or fight major state housing law

Oakland elected officials want upzoning immediately available.

Unhoused families left waiting months for West Oakland apartments

Unhoused families said they lacked housing while waiting for affordable complex to open.

California rent control bill dies in Assembly committee

For the second year in a row, the state Legislature hals a rent control proposal.

East Bay organizations address racial wealth gap, promote Black homeownership

Some racial justice advocates promote Black homeownership as a form of reparations, seeking to address the longstanding effects of slavery.

A Black woman wearing a beanie is holding back a smile.
One Oakland Woman’s Journey From the Streets to Being an Advocate for the Unsheltered
black and white image of tents set up in the early 1930s in Oakland, dubbed "Pipe City"
Pipe Dreams: Makeshift Living in Oakland is Nothing New

Oakland Voices correspondent Kat Ferreira digs into the history of unhoused populations in Oakland, from Pipe City to the current encampments at the same location.