Speakers painted a devastating picture of the housing crisis in Oakland: an estimated 4,000 people unhoused, a quarter of whom are children and almost three quarters of whom are Black. A 24% increase in homelessness and 800 deaths on the streets in the past three years. And the so-called “CARE courts” proposed by Governor Gavin Newsom to address homelessness only threaten to restrict the rights of the unhoused even further, say these activists. | APTP Activist Slams Gov. Newsom’s ‘CARE Courts’ Plan By Maria Schindler On Saturday, several local organizations kicked off their plan to end the growing housing and homelessness crisis in Oakland. Gathering in Oscar Grant Plaza, in front of the new art installation that calls out police murders of Black people, the groups sought to mobilize
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Oakland Invests Big In Violence Prevention Department
The city’s Department of Violence Prevention will receive $17 million across the next two years in an effort to combat steeply rising rates of homicides and violent crimes. But making significant changes will take time.
July 19, 2021 • (TNS) A small Oakland, Calif., department that until recently had few resources is now central to the city s effort to fight a resurgent homicide rate and reduce other violent crimes.
Oakland created the Department of Violence Prevention in 2017, but the department lacked substantial funding and leadership. In 2019, the city hired a respected anti-violence expert to head the agency, but it wasn t until June that officials directed significant resources to it.