This story was first published on Berkeleyside’s sister site, The Oaklandside.
“Chicken or steak?”
“I like the steak and my brother wants chicken.”
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Vera Sloan pulled burrito after burrito out of her white van, handing them to people who live in tents and RVs on Wood Street in West Oakland. The site was the first on the St. Mary’s Center’s food distribution route that day, and residents eagerly accepted the offer of a hot meal and bags filled with groceries and toiletries.
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