Learning a Lesson on Empowerment from Oakland Students
Date: July 21, 2015 By: Francis Yao and Matthew Sellers, Law Clerks, Education Equity Team PLAN members Eleazar Cuenca and Maria Guzman at Oakland School Board meeting For the high school [...]
Welcome Angela: New Legal Fellow Joins Education Team
By: Angela Perry Date: July 21, 2015 Angela Perry recently joined Public Advocates as our Legal Fellow. When she is not working hard to affect positive social change, she can likely be found [...]
Oakland City Council Agrees to Build Affordable Housing in Eastlake Neighborhood
Source: KPFA 94.1 Date: July 18, 2015 Related Staff: Samuel P. Tepperman-Gelfant A closed City Council meeting ruled against building a luxury apartment complex in the Eastlake neighborhood. This [...]
Oakland seeks new developers for Lake Merritt parcel after scrapping controversial housing project
Source: Oakland Tribune By: Mike Blasky Date: July 16, 2015 Related Staff: David Zisser Critics of a seemingly illegal residential tower proposal near Lake Merritt for months have asked the city [...]
City of Oakland Finally Obeys Law; Offers Publicly Owned East 12th St. Land to Affordable Housing Developers
Report on the city of Oakland’s decision to re-open the process for receiving proposals to develop a city owned parcel of land on E.12th St. near Lake Merritt after intense community [...]
Bowing to Community Pressure, Oakland Invites Proposals for Affordable Housing on Lake Merritt’s E. 12th Parcel
Project: Oakland Housing and Community Benefits Date: July 16, 2015 EASTLAKE UNITED FOR JUSTICE PUBLIC ADVOCATES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2015 Contact: Isabel Alegria, (415) 431-7434 [...]
