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DESCRIPTION:Environmental and social issues are converging in the next several 
 Oakland\nCity Council meetings. Moves are afoot to weaken creek protection, 
 making\nit easier for developers to build upscale homes in the most 
 sensitive\nareas, and to remove the 3% cap on rent increases, opening the 
 way for\nbigger increases which would disproportionately hurt low-income 
 people\nand result in increased homelessness.\n\nThis is an opportunity for 
 those working on creek, recreation,\nenvironmental restoration, and open 
 space issues to join forces with those\nworking on housing, smart growth, 
 homeless, renter, and low-income issues\nto work together on common 
 concerns, such as getting both developers and\nthe city to shift from 
 focussing on upscale housing in the most sensitive\nhabitats to focussing 
 on larger amounts of affordable housing in the\ntransit-accessible 
 core.\n\nThe creek issue is on the City Council agenda for December 11 and 
 the rent\ncap is on for December 18, but the time for public action is the 
 meeting a\nweek before the one in which the agenda item comes up, since by 
 the latter\ntime the decisions have already been made. So the more people 
 who can speak\nat the City Council meetings on December 4 & 11 (creek) and 
 December 11 &\n18 (rent) the better, and December 11 is the intersection 
 when activists on\nboth issues will converge with a rally as big as 
 possible. If you want to\nspeak to the Council, you should come at 6:45pm 
 or so to get signed up with\nthe City Clerk. Be prepared to be brief 
 (couple minutes max); you can also give\nwritten comments.  \n\nFor details 
 on the rent cap see 
 http://www.indybay.org/display.php?id=110233,\nhttp://www.indybay.org/display.php?id=104950\n\nFor 
 details on creek protection, see 
 http://www.idiom.com/~for7gen/e/scoaklnd.htm\nand scroll down\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/2553.php
SUMMARY:protect creeks, renters, housing
LOCATION:Oakland City Council meeting, City Hall,\nOne Frank Ogawa Plaza, \nnear 
 14th & Broadway, downtown Oakland\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/2553.php
DTSTART:20011212T030000Z
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