Roughly 25% of tenants in the building plan to withhold rent in an effort to get their landlords to effectively address habitability and safety concerns. Trinity Property Consultants and FPA Multifamily, the managers and owners of the building, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. A crowd of over…

Workers hope a union will give them fair scheduling, predictable raises, job security, adequate training, respect and a seat at the table. The company wants to communicate directly to workers ‘rather than through any third party.’ Workers who operate and provide services to customers riding the ferry that runs from…

Police say they are investigating their use of force after they arrested a resident for harming a city employee, and that the resident didn’t comply with commands. Witnesses say an officer used unnecessary force, and that he tased a resident before giving him enough time to comply with the commands. …

During a June 28 meeting, Oakland’s Public Works Committee unanimously voted to postpone considering an ordinance that, if passed, would ban RVs and trailers from parking on the vast majority of public streets in the city. “All we’re looking for here is to respect residents, their children and families, to…

Veterans living at Embark, a newly opened VA funded apartment complex in Downtown Oakland, are organizing against what they see as neglect and mistreatment from the private owners and managers John Stewart Company and Resources for Community Development. Since March of last year, tenants at Embark, an affordable apartment complex…

Protestors objected to Mayor Arreguín and other politicians going on a trip they saw as friendly towards what speakers called an “apartheid” and “colonial” state. About three dozen Bay Area residents rallied outside Berkeley City Council’s May 24 meeting to protest Mayor Jesse Arreguín’s recent trip to Israel to attend…

Starting at noon on May 14, over five hundred people rallied and marched for about three hours in San Francisco’s Mission District to protest the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and 74 years of Israeli occupation of Palestine. “If you were a Palestinian anywhere around the world…

Tenants living in City Towers Apartments, a 231 unit Section 8 funded affordable housing project located in three high-rises in West Oakland, are organizing for healthier and more secure living conditions with the help of local supporters. …

A recent closure of a homeless encampment near the intersection of MacArthur blvd. and 106th ave. has prompted Homies Empowerment, an East Oakland based grassroots organization, to call attention to and organize for improving the living conditions of two displaced pregnant women. “We’re looking for a house to rent for…