It will be extremely difficult to reach 1,200 hotel beds.-Willie Hopkins, Alameda County General Services Agency director, last Tuesday, telling the Board of Supervisors that the goal of housing the unsheltered in hotels during the pandemic is uncertain because some hotel owners believe the shelter in place will be lifted quicker than expected.
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Alameda County’s baseline budget shortfall of $72 million is likely somewhere closer to $140 million, and possibly larger, […]
Alameda County officials are in the early stages of proposing a ballot measure for November to increase its […]
It has to be all hands on deck.-Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan using a nautical pun to describe her idea for temporarily housing the homeless in cruise ships.
>A moratorium on businesses that exploit the poor HAYWARD — Special council meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 7 p.m. ENTIRE […]
The Alameda City Council voted, 4-1, Wednesday to call a special election on April 9 after certification of […]
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf earlier this month made surprisingly candid comments disparaging a plan by the Alameda County […]
Schaaf defends use of Tuff Sheds to house the homeless, says the temporary solution is working
