Renée, a Berkeley resident, was dismayed last summer when she saw the final sale price of the four-plex where she and members of her family have...
Black political representation in Oakland and Berkeley was spurred by the Black Panther Party’s political organizing which began with the support of Shirley Chisholm’s bid for...
Formerly homeless residents moved into new micro studio apartments at 2595 Depot Road, a recently completed residential community considered among the most complete expressions of newly...
Households who lost their homes in Berkeley through foreclosure since 2005 or by the construction of BART in the 1960s-70s can apply to be included among...
Geoffrey Pete’s building at 410 14th St. is a Registered National Resource Building on the State of California Register as well as a contributing building to the...
The need for safe overnight parking is crucial and well-documented, according to Kaplan. In January 2022, the Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey revealed that there are more...
City officials have recently supported Heritage residents. During a city council meeting on Nov. 28, council members Cesar Zepeda and Melvin Willis asked staff to approve a...
On Tuesday, Dec. 19, the Oakland City Council is scheduled to hear an item authored by Rebecca Kaplan, with co-authors Nikki Fortunato Bas, and Carroll Fife,...
The city of Oakland is taking steps to streamline permits for businesses to entice them to stay and bring new projects to the city. Additionally, the...
“The housing and homelessness crisis is the No. 1 issue facing our state, and Secretary Moss brings decades of deep knowledge and experience working to move...
Among other important pieces of recently passed legislation, a new law ensures that California workers will accrue paid sick time earlier in their employment tenure after...
By Magaly Muñoz, Post Staff At a special City Council meeting in City Hall Tuesday afternoon, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao laid out her current and future plans...
Tenants want 4 residents added to the housing complex’s board of directors By Ken Epstein About 100 tenants of Sojourner Truth Manor, joined by community supporters...
The report, “Closing the Racial Equity Gap: A Call to Action,” is a result of a series of Homeownership Solutions Summits held in Arizona, California, and...
Recent studies suggest that the economic picture for Black Californians is not looking rosy. The state is becoming less affordable for African Americans, leading many families...
“We believe that everyone deserves a safe and stable place to call home,” said Shireen McSpadden San Francisco Director of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. “With Street...
At this week’s meeting with board members and the staff of HumanGood, the private property managers that operate the site, tenants invited local political leaders who...
Housing developments will now be more streamlined with less red tape, density laws can be overruled in the interest of housing, and institutions like colleges or...
Before we took over management in October 2022, Sojourner Truth Manor was in need of serious repairs and rehabilitation, and we are committed to completing the...
“The issues that are bringing us together as Latinos are California issues, whether it’s housing insecurity and affordability, looking at just the economic disparities that exist,”...
In an article in last week’s edition on conditions facing tenants at Sojourner Truth Manor in North Oakland, the Oakland Post inadvertently failed to include comments...
After two years of being misled, stonewalled, and left to live in hazardous conditions, residents at an apartment complex for low-income senior citizens will celebrate the...