In-depth article covering the Oct 4th City Council meeting where Councilmember Carroll Fife introduced legislation to immediately allow emergency access to city owned North Gateway parcel for displaced Wood Street encampment residents.

Coverage on the racist history of the California Constitution’s Article 34 and how it affects the development of low-rent housing.

Councilmember Carroll Fife talks about going from activism to policy making, what’s possible at Wood Street, her role in shaping MACRO, and more.

Councilmember Carroll Fife, along with City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan, and City Council President Pro Tem Sheng Thao spoke in support of a statewide ballot measure this fall to establish a right to reproductive freedom in the state Constitution.

On the 2022 November election ballot, Oaklanders will vote on “democracy dollars,” vouchers that any resident can give to an election candidate of their choice.

The Oakland City Council voted to place both the $850 million infrastructure bond measure and the expansion of the “just cause” eviction policy on the November ballot.
If passed, the bond measure would support affordable housing, city facilities, and street paving, and the eviction measure would expand Oakland’s “just cause” protections to most rental properties in the city.

In April 2020, a growing number of COVID-19 cases pushed the state court system to lower bail to $0 for most misdemeanor and lower-level felony offenses. According to police, low to no bail sent a message that people who break the law won’t be held accountable, however many argue that it is not possible to prove the connection.

An interview with Councilmember Carroll Fife where she shares her thoughts on the housing policies she has been putting forward, from social housing to a rent registry.

The Emerald New Deal ballot measures promises to repair the negative impacts that the war on drugs has had on Oakland’s Black and brown communities, but some are skeptical if it is the right way of doing this.