3/16: In a packed city hall, with scores of residents and organizations from Critical Resistance to the ACLU given 1 minute to speak their piece about the city locking people out of homes and schools, the Oakland City Council approved a new draft of the "Nuisance Eviction Ordinance" 6-0 with 1 abstention; a final vote will take place at the next meeting on April 6. The broadly and vaguely worded ordinance provides for the city to designate and evict "nuisance" tenants – without due process; the final draft "Z" of the ordinance does at least allow for tenants to receive written notice of their impending eviction and a summary of the evidence used against them, as well as allowing evictees to send a letter to the city requesting "reconsideration."
3/8: In a bid to reclaim Oakland as a "landlord town" – and refashion OPD as the entire city's landlord – the Oakland City Council will vote on a frightening ordinance on March 16th called the "Nuisance Eviction Ordinance." This ordinance would give landlords, neighbors and the police the ability to evict tenants for actions considered "nuisances" without: a) charging tenants with a crime or b) having any real evidence, threatening the rights of everyone who lives in the city. Councilmember Larry Reid introduced the measure supposedly to "increase safety" in Oakland. .Photos: 1   2 | Read More... | More info