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Oakland Observer Returns This Week to Cover Rushed "Encampment Abatement" Policy: Update: Questions Mount on Encampment "Abatement" Policy as State Suggests Potential to Lose Homeless Grant Funding Ahead of Today's Meeting
After an all too-short break, the OO will be back early this week. At issue, what appears to be a joint proposal to turn an already questionable rubric that guides the City's actions on homeless dwellings and encampments into a more visibly vituperative policy—the proposal would rename
Oakland Observer Returns This Week to Cover Rushed "Encampment Abatement" Policy
After an all too-short break, the OO will be back early this week. At issue, what appears to be a joint proposal to turn an already questionable rubric that guides the City's actions on homeless dwellings and encampments into a more visibly vituperative policy—the proposal would rename
Jerusalem Coffee Shop Presser Live Reporting Thread & Reporter's Notebook, July 30, 2025
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Some context and more ample info to add to this live reporting thread:
Speakers:
Walter Riley: A distinguished bay area lawyer and civil rights activist who has helped defend pro-Palestine activists such as
Live Reporting: City Council Committee Meetings, ALCO BOS Meetings/AASEG-OAC Vote; Measure W Discussion, Public Comment
It was a jumbled week for both City and County processes, and the OO reporting structure. At Council, two committee meetings were cancelled, Finance and Public Works. Life Enrichment was rescheduled for the Finance time slot, Public Safety for that of Public Works.
At Life Enrichment, Fife broke the news
OO Newsletter Down Day as Legislative Session Ends
For various reasons, there won't be a regular format Oakland Observer newsletter this week. For a run down of what happened at the City Council meeting last week and at Rules committee Thursday, please take a look at the PDFs of live reporting linked above, which will tell
