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Singled Out. Many East Bay residents are justifiably proud of the athletes who grew up here. Some fans can rattle off the Hall of Famers in the major sports, including Bill Russell, Frank Robinson, Willie Stargell, Joe Morgan, Ricky Henderson, Gary Payton and Jason Kidd. In almost every case, the families of these star athletes moved to the East Bay flats from southern states during or shortly after the Second World War, when defense jobs in Oakland and Richmond were plentiful. Segregation often kept Black families in those neighborhoods, even after California passed its fair housing law in 1963. Not all of the East Bay’s notable athletes were Black Billy Martin, for example, who was white, attended Berkeley High School before signing with the fabled New York Yankees but the influx of African-American families to Oakland, Berkeley, El Cerrito and Richmond supercharged the local sports scene even as it transformed its politics. ....
Big Gains for Housing, Tenant Power This was a year unlike any other for the East Bay. UC Berkeley’s closure turned the once crowded Southside into a proverbial ghost town. Berkeley and Oakland restaurants, bars and other small businesses suffered mightily from the loss of over 30,000 absent residents on top of COVID restrictions But both cities moved in a positive political direction in 2020. The Berkeley City Council’s longstanding anti-housing agenda which I have criticized both in a book and in many articles was completely transformed. And Oakland continued moving in a progressive direction. Here’s our review of the 2020 politics for both cities. ....