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DESCRIPTION:OccupyForum // Steve DeCaprio: Activist for Squatter Rights\n\nAt the end 
 of 2011, there were 3.5 million homeless people in America and 18.5 million 
 vacant homes, according to Amnesty International. Oakland’s Steven 
 DeCaprio is doing his part to fix that disparity. \n\nFighting for Squatter 
 Rights\n\nWhile the idea of squatting is nothing new, DeCaprio’s approach 
 to “occupying,” as he prefers to call it, is unique. DeCaprio has 
 exhaustively researched and educated himself on a widely misunderstood law 
 called adverse possession. \n\nSimply put, adverse possession states that 
 anyone can legally claim an abandoned home if they establish stable 
 residency in the space and maintain it, assuming no prior owner comes 
 forward proving ownership within a specific period of time. The trick, of 
 course, is dealing with law enforcement that doesn’t understand the 
 concept and views DeCaprio and others like him as simple 
 trespassers.\n\nCountless run-ins with the police have motivated DeCaprio 
 to become familiar enough with the law that he now counsels other squatters 
 on how to successfully defend themselves from the system. He’s set up an 
 advocacy organization called Land Action, which fights on behalf of fellow 
 occupiers facing eviction. \n\nThough he acknowledges it hasn’t been 
 easy, DeCaprio says the success and growing enthusiasm he’s seen keeps 
 him motivated. “These occupations are more focused on direct action 
 rather than symbolic action,” said DeCaprio. “I am excited by this 
 development because I think it is a more effective model for change during 
 a time such as this when the political processes are so compromised.”  
 (UTNE Reader) \n\nQ&A and Announcements will follow. Donations to 
 OccupyForum\nto cover our costs are encouraged; no one turned away!\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/02/18784819.php
SUMMARY:OccupyForum // Steve DeCaprio: Activist for Squatter Rights
LOCATION:Global Exchange\n2017 Mission Street at 16th near BART\n94110
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/02/18784819.php
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