Measure W is crucial to well-being of Alameda County’s unhoused population
We can’t turn our backs on our neighbors anymore. We must take action to ensure our city is able to provide for the most vulnerable.
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In policy, support voices of system-impacted people
Policymakers must accept the leadership of impacted people. Good intentions will never be enough if they are coupled with elitism.
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How to end homelessness: Heed the lessons of COVID-19
This moment should be a call to face the crisis of homelessness — in the blink of an eye, the pandemic created the political urgency necessary to do so.
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Responding to today’s challenges is essential for a better tomorrow
We must be cognizant that Berkeley — like all cities — does not exist in a bubble. The actions we take have a ripple effect across the region.
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CA Gov. Gavin Newsom announces 100-day challenge to fight homelessness
In an effort to address homelessness throughout the state, California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a 100-day challenge, allowing individual cities and counties to apply for Emergency Homelessness Aid.
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On homelessness: Empathy is essential but mustn’t be the end
My only true exposure to visible poverty, then, came when I traveled to places at a remove from my home. And this had a certain effect on how I perceived homelessness. While I saw many people without homes, their displacement was in some ways tempered by my own transience.
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Recent numbers on homelessness don’t match city’s rhetoric
CITY ISSUES: Alleviating homeless displacement necessitates creative thinking from city
The city talks a big game about helping homeless individuals, but the results just don’t match that rhetoric.
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Accomplishing good: A personal essay
From the homeless population in Oakland to the single mother in New York with an eviction notice on her front door, poverty is an uncompromising epidemic.
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Berkeley’s homeless population increases by 14 percent
In this year’s homeless point-in-time count, it was reported that 1,108 persons currently experience homelessness in the city of Berkeley, an increase of 14 percent since the last count in 2017.
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James and the mystery of homeless discrimination
There was one encounter that made me question whether or not the lack of money is really the main reason businesses discriminate against homeless people.
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