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DESCRIPTION:CELEBRATE!! (yah sure) “Homes Not Streets’\nSTOP THE ALAMEDA COUNTY GA 
 CUTS\nPRESS CONFERENCE AND RALLY\nDecember 31st, 2009, New Year’s 
 Eve\n7:00 PM Alameda County Board of Supervisors  \n1221 Oak Street, 
 Oakland, in the Plaza\n\nThe General Assistance (GA) population includes 
 the disabled,\nveterans, seniors, victims of domestic violence, transition 
 age youth and women. \nBefore November, 2009 the GA loan was at most 
 $336.\nThe county has slashed the GA grant:\n up to $84 if a recipient 
 lives with a roommate and\n $40 unless the person receives 
 Medi-Cal.\n Up to $231 unless the landlord signs the W9 or\n Up to 
 $231 if the recipient’s rent is over the GA grant.\n\nAfter January 2010, 
 GA recipients can only get aide 3 months out of 12 months if Social Service 
 deems the recipient employable.\nThere are no plans in place to how 
 “employability” will be determined.\nIt is critical that the Board of 
 Supervisors hear from YOU.\nThe cuts will increase hunger, increase 
 violence due to desperation and hopelessness, and decrease people’s 
 ability to find jobs and stay housed due to lack of money.\nWith grants as 
 low as $105 a month for only 3 months out of the year\n($315 a year)...many 
 will drift back to the streets adding to the mass homelessness crisis 
 impacting Alameda County during this economic recession.\nFor more 
 information contact\nBuilding Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency - boona 
 cheema 510 649-1930 x 225\nEast Bay Community Law Center - Luan Huynh (510) 
 548-4040 ext. 371\nHomeless Action Center - Patricia Wall (510) 540-0878 x 
 301\nCoalition to Stop The GA Cuts\nBay Area Legal Aide, Berkeley Food and 
 Housing Project, Berkeley Community Coalition,  Building Opportunities for 
 Self-Sufficiency, East Bay Community Law Center,  Homeless Action Center, 
 Public Interest Law Project, St. Mary’s Center\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/26/18633604.php
SUMMARY:“Homes Not Streets’, STOP THE ALAMEDA COUNTY GA CUTS
LOCATION:1221 Oak Street, downtown Oakland, in the County Building Plaza\n\n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/26/18633604.php
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