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DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nContact: Xochitl Bernadette Moreno \nPhone: 
 415-410-1784 \nEmail: media@essentialfam.org\n\nEvent / Rally: Support not 
 Sweeps\nWhen: 6/22 @ 2 PM (Tuesday)\nAddress: CalTrans \n111 Grand Ave 
 (District 4 HQ)\nOakland CA 94612\n\nUNHOUSED residents and liveaboard 
 mariners of the Bay Area and the state of California are converging on 
 CalTrans HQ to demand District 4 director Dina El-Tawansy to CEASE AND 
 DESIST from displacing people living on CalTrans land and people living 
 anchored out on Richardson Bay. \n\nJoin us to resist evictions at a RALLY 
 on CalTrans District 4 HQ doorstep - 6/22 @ 2 PM. Speakers and musicians 
 will elevate the voices of the unhoused at a press conference honoring WHY 
 people should be allowed to REMAIN IN PLACE or be offered REASONABLE, 
 PERMANENT housing. Hosted by a statewide coalition of CalTrans and public 
 land and water based curbside communities, encampments and anchorages, 
 including Wood St People’s Collective, Wood St Commons, Cob On Wood, Camp 
 Cormorant, Where Do We Go Berkeley, Poor News Network/Homefulness, Marin 
 County Homeless Union, Camp Compassion, SacSoup, Sacramento Homeless Union, 
 Essential Food and Medicine, and Artists Building 
 Communities.\n\nEncampments around the BioRegion have come together to 
 resist eviction by CalTrans, the largest landholder in the state of 
 California and the most brutal landlord. ‘Sweeps’ of more than 200+ 
 unhoused residents are planned by July 1st around the Bay Area with NO 
 ADEQUATE OFFER OF HOUSING, promising to funnel Oakland and Berkeley 
 residents into out of sight, out of mind Safe RV Lots that have faced heavy 
 criticism. \n\nAs the City of Oakland’s Safe RV Lot on Wood St is set to 
 open with capacity to host 40 functional, registered RVs as a justification 
 for moving forward on sweeps around Oakland and Berkeley, residents say WE 
 WON’T GO into out-of-sight-out-of-mind, inaccessible and unreasonable 
 temporary housing. Even CDC officials guidelines as of June 7th, 2021, 
 state: “If individual housing options are not available, allow people who 
 are living unsheltered or in encampments to remain where they are.” These 
 RV lots often do not provide space for adequate social distancing measures, 
 do not allow cooking on site, have a curfew, and do not allow visitors or 
 even children of residents to stay overnight. \n\nEl-Tawansy is also a 
 commissioner on the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), and 
 has supported crushing of boat homes anchored in the bay are having their 
 homes destroyed: tinyurl.com/SFChronicleSausalito. \n\nWe are calling on 
 state, local, city, county officials and the public health department to 
 protect our unhoused communities - provide SUPPORT and STOP THE SWEEPS! 
 Local health officers may take any measures to ensure the safety and 
 protection of public health - sweeps and displacement are a CRISIS. See 
 Section 8558 of the Government Code. \n\nThis coalition has drafted an open 
 letter to the governor that can be accessed at tinyurl.com/DearGovNewsom to 
 demand an end to this inhumane treatment for encampments around the state. 
 We are asking organizational partners to endorse this letter and demanding 
 a direct meeting with Governor Newsom himself. \n\nCamp Compassion, Novato: 
 Jason Sarris, +1 (415) 879-6507\nRichardson Bay Anchorage (Anchor Out 
 Community): Arthur Bruce (707) 774-4815\nMarin County Homeless Union: 
 Robbie Powelson (415)847-7500\nSacramento Homeless Union: Crystal Sanchez 
 \n\n#SupportNotSweeps #StopTheSweeps #HousingIsAHumanRight 
 #ServicesNotSweeps #BasicHumanDignity #ClearTrashNotCommunities 
 #NoMoreDeathintheStreets\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/18/18843305.php
SUMMARY:Support Not Sweeps! Rally at CalTrans District 4 Headquarters
LOCATION:111 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA 94612
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/18/18843305.php
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