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DESCRIPTION:The United Front Against Displacement is holding a demonstration on 
 Tuesday, October 20th at 5pm in front of Oakland City Hall (1 Frank H. 
 Ogawa Plaza). The City of Oakland is having a meeting to discuss passing 
 their new Encampment Management Policy. This policy creates no new housing 
 opportunities for homeless Oaklanders and only further propagates the 
 criminalization and displacement of working people. This policy provides no 
 additional sanitation resources for those on the streets in the time of a 
 global pandemic. In fact, all this policy does is normalize the City of 
 Oakland’s informal policy of removing homeless encampments. Even under 
 the current eviction moratorium (which also includes homeless sweeps), 
 evictions of those in formal and informal settlements are still being 
 conducted. This policy creates new formalized restrictions on where people 
 can and cannot live. This policy puts a significant portion of those on the 
 streets under immediate threat of displacement. This policy will be carried 
 out by Oakland Police officers and the Department of Public Works. In a 
 city with over 8,000 people experiencing homelessness, the government 
 continues to criminalize the poor working people of Oakland rather than 
 provide appropriate housing alternatives. It is our duty to stand together 
 in solidarity with the working people of Oakland against this policy and 
 all other oppressive measures it puts forth. Only by standing together in 
 opposition to the government can we force them to listen to the will of the 
 people.\n\nThe United Front Against Displacement demands that this policy 
 be rejected!\nWe Demand Housing for ALL!\nWe Demand a cancellation of ALL 
 Back Rent!\nWe Demand an End to Criminalization and Police Brutality!\nWe 
 Demand Adequate Sanitation Services for ALL!\n\n	The City of Oakland has 
 continually forces homeless people to live in inhumane conditions. Even 
 before the pandemic, encampments lacked basic sanitation services and after 
 7 months, the city has failed to provide even basic amenities such as 
 handwashing stations and porta potties. Rather than follow through on old 
 promises of aid, the city is instead advancing harmful policies to sweep 
 people even further into the margins of society. This issue does not only 
 impact those currently homeless. For almost 7 months, the shutdown brought 
 on by the COVID-19 pandemic has left thousands in Oakland unemployed. Well 
 over 70% of Oakland homeless were once renters in Oakland. As evictions 
 continue to surge in coming months, many newly homeless will be forced to 
 contend with this new policy.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/18/18837681.php
SUMMARY:Rally To Oppose Oakland’s Encampment Management Policy
LOCATION:In front of Oakland City Hall, Oakland California 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/18/18837681.php
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