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Evicted Family Tells Oakland Mayor Schaaf: “Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures”

July 1, 2016 by Jonathan Leave a Comment

Family members, along with their children and supporters, packed into the lobby of the office of Mayor Libby Schaaf in City Hall Thursday afternoon, demanding that the mayor take steps to provide emergency relief for themselves and other homeless families.

“I lost my house, and I’m sleeping in my truck,” said Cortney Glenn, who is seeking a place to live for herself and her four children.

The family has been homeless since January.

In open letter to Schaaf, grandmother Paula Beal said, “Like thousands of other families in Oakland, we are sick and tired of being homeless. Everywhere we go, it’s barriers. Everyone has a different story of how they became homeless, but every homeless person has experienced the things we’ve experienced,” including discrimination, inadequate protection from landlords, nowhere to turn for help and constant fear and threats to safety.

The groups demand Mayor Schaaf provide:

Emergency relief for homeless families – “No child under the age of 18 should be without shelter on your watch;”

Protect Oakland renters – put the renter’s protection initiative on the November ballot and extend the emergency moratorium on rent increases and evictions;

Redistribute at least 25 percent of the Oakland Police Department’s budget to fund programs and services to prevent and address displacement, poverty and violence in Oakland.

Watch Community READY Corps’s video posted on facebook.

ACTION ALERT: Support the Beal Family

ACTION ALERT: The Beal family (longtime Oakland residents who have been homeless ever since their slumlord evicted them in retaliation for reporting their living conditions to the city of Oakland) is moving into Oakland City Hall RIGHT NOW. The family is calling on all homeless people in Oakland, particularly homeless families with children, to come to Oakland City Hall and join the Beal family in demanding immediate shelter and assistance for homeless families, long-term tenant protections, and 25% of OPD's budget to be redistributed towards programs and services that will stop displacement and homelessness. We are calling for a mass outpouring of support for this family and for all homeless families in Oakland. Share this videos, spread the word, and join us at City Hall. #StopStayExpand

Posted by Community READY Corps on Thursday, June 30, 2016

Organizations supporting the action included Community Ready Corps and Just Cause: Causa Justa.
For more information, go to www.crc4sd.org/ blog/2016/6/30/open-letter-to-libby-schaaf-froma-homeless-oakland-family

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Mark your calendar: Homeless Advisory Meeting Friday September 22nd
If you are houseless or have been houseless or are on the edge of being houseless come to this meeting and speak up! 
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