Councilmember Carroll Fife called the need for space to house Wood Street residents “an emergency.” City staff say there are legal and environmental issues with her request.
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Audit: Oakland homeless shelters, services falling short
Despite spending $69 million over three years, the city failed to sufficiently track contractors’ work, an audit found.
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Caltrans can close Wood Street homeless camp after all, judge says
The court lifted a temporary restraining order, allowing a phased shutdown of Oakland’s largest camp.
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When can Oakland close a homeless camp? Big changes underway
The city has settled a lawsuit filed in 2018 by members of The Village homeless community after a sweep.
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City Council this week: City workers get a pay raise and Oakland eyes $200 million in homelessness housing grants
Plus: The city is paying $1.5 million to settle former police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick’s lawsuit.
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Caltrans can’t close Wood Street encampment without shelter plan, judge orders
A federal judge maintained a temporary restraining order pausing closure plans, but said residents will need to leave eventually.
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Most of Wood Street homeless camp to be closed following massive fire
The Caltrans announcement has residents scrambling to find alternative living arrangements. Others have vowed to stay and resist the closure.
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Oakland’s new homelessness official wants a challenge
We asked Daniel Cooper about his first impressions of Oakland and his public-health approach to a tough job.
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West Oakland fire spews smoke over the East Bay
Residents of the Wood Street homeless camp evacuated Monday morning after a large fire engulfed vehicles and a small bridge.
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Oakland will create its first-ever rental housing registry
Also: social housing on the ballot, homeless shelters, and more from the City Council meeting.
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Oakland’s top homelessness officials are leaving the city
Three of the city’s primary homelessness policy staffers have left this spring.
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Hundreds more Oaklanders are living in cars and RVs these days
Policymakers have tried to respond to the massive increase in vehicle dwellings.
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Oakland’s homeless population surpasses 5,000 people during the pandemic
But emergency COVID-19 measures prevented a “catastrophic increase,” new data shows.
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Homeless youth tell Oakland officials to take action
At a City Council hearing, young people told harrowing and triumphant personal stories and asked for more resources.
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Report: 800 homeless people died in Alameda County in 3 years
The main causes of death were overdoses and medical conditions, many “preventable.”
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Man dies in RV fire in West Oakland
The Wood Street encampment fire destroyed six vehicles and displaced five people.
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After a fire, more problems for city’s Eastlake tiny-home village
Dewey Academy, the OUSD school next to Lakeview Village, sent a letter to the city demanding changes.
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Fire destroys tiny homes at city-run homeless shelter near Lake Merritt
Nobody was injured but five people were displaced, said the Oakland Fire Department.
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Oakland names new homelessness administrator
Daniel Cooper will be the third person to lead the city’s overall response to the homelessness crisis.
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Lake Merritt Lodge homeless shelter will remain open until December. Then what?
The transitional housing program has been unusually successful, but the city is struggling to find funding to keep it open.