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Fighting banks and fighting back in Oakland: the Goldman Sachs “rate swap”
Politicians and financial experts typically describe Oakland’s links to banks and other institutions of finance capital in a language that conceals relationships of domination and exploitation. The...
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Red, Bike, & Green: The Interview!
The link between transportation and racial justice has been an explicit part of American culture since Rosa Parks ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycot in 1955, if not earlier. Most of us understand, if...
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The Uhuru House and the Battle for Community Control of Housing in the 1980s:...
Rent control has a long history in the United States. Implemented by various municipalities during WWI and the federal government during WWII, it was initially a means of addressing wartime “housing...
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Progressive Urbanism and its Discontents in Oakland
From Blacks to Brown and Beyond: The Struggle for Progressive Politics in Oakland, California, 1966–2011 by Robert Stanley Oden Cognella Academic, June 2012, 352 pages - – - Oakland’s recent history is...
View ArticleOakland Spokes – Interview with Brian Dayton
Transportation justice activism got a boost when Oakland Spokes opened its doors in downtown Oakland on May 9, 2013. I stopped by recently and asked Brian Dayton, Spokes founder, to tell me a little...
View ArticleThe Leftwing Alternative in Oakland’s 2014 Mayoral Race
Doh! There is no leftwing alternative in Oakland’s mayoral race and there won’t be one. The three credible candidates—Jean Quan, Joe Tuman, and Libby Schaaf—are pro-business, pro-gentrification...
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Mayor Jean Quan’s 10K2 Housing Plan—Don’t Do the Math
Last month, when Oakland Mayor Jean Quan gave her annual “State of the City” address, the 10K2 Plan was the only major, new initiative that she announced. With an election coming up in November, and...
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The Development Without Displacement Report: Some Strengths and Shortcomings
Social discord tends to get people writing. Books and essays become especially vital tools when the world seems out of order and doesn’t work in the way that you think it should. Indeed, the housing...
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SPUR comes to Oakland: expect three things
The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association—or SPUR—will open its Oakland branch at 1544 Broadway this December. SPUR has had a huge influence on San Francisco’s politics over the years...
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Gentrification, colonialism, and bugs? The Calavera restaurant in Oakland
Photo credit: Calavera It was a big deal when Calavera opened last August. It is Oakland’s only high-end Mexican restaurant and one of the few in the region to specialize in Oaxacan cuisine, which is...
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