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 passed the "Nuisance Eviction Ordinance" 6-0 with 1 abstention. 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."
On Tuesday March 16th the Oakland City Council will hold hearings on both school closures and the "Nuisance Eviction Ordinance" (NEO). Students and community members will rally against school closures at 5pm and the hearing begins at 6pm at Oakland City Hall, 14th and Broadway (at the 12th Street BART Station).
Read more about cuts to schools on Indybay's Student Page.
Read more about how NEO will hurt renters on Indybay's Poverty & Housing Page.