6 22-0746 Subject: Access To The Undesignated Eight Acres On The North Gateway Parcel
From: Councilmember Fife
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Directing The City Administrator To Allow Access To The Undesignated Eight Acres On The North Gateway Parcel Located At The Former Oakland Army Base To Serve Up To 300 Individuals Who Have Been Displaced Due To The Wood Street Encampment Closure, And Directing The City Administrator, In Collaboration With State And Alameda County Leaders, To Develop A Plan To Stand Up A More Stable Housing Intervention With Supportive Services On Eight Acres Of The North Gateway Parcel To Serve Unhoused Communities Throughout District 3, With Priority To Residents From The Wood Street And Martin Luther King Jr. Way Encampments
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My name is Dr. Frankie Free Ramos. I work at CURYJ and a member of Oakland Progressive Alliance. I urge our elected officials to take emergency action now to support the over 200 Wood St residents who are currently being displaced by Caltrans and the City without anywhere to go. City-run RV sites are full. Non-congregant shelter options are full. This is an emergency! It is not feasible to leave these Oakland residents with nowhere to go. They need land now. It is urgent that you support Councilmember Fife's proposal to open up land at the North Gateway parcel near Wood St. That should be made available to vehicle dwellers and other unhoused residents immediately. Wood St residents have a plan and the city should work collaboratively with them to implement immediate solutions. We need to do better and stop the cycle of harm and displacement!
Actions must follow words! We have long ago declared that there is an emergency re: people being unhoused. Yet it gets worse and worse. We must implement solutions. No solution is perfect. We cannot let the perfect get in the way of taking steps forward. The people closest to the problem so often have solutions that those with the power to implement solutions choose not to take up. Please make the choice to support Wood Street residents by voting yes!
My name is Dr. Frankie Free Ramos. I work at CURYJ and a member of Oakland Progressive Alliance. I urge our elected officials to take emergency action now to support the over 200 Wood St residents who are currently being displaced by Caltrans and the City without anywhere to go. City-run RV sites are full. Non-congregant shelter options are full. This is an emergency! It is not feasible to leave these Oakland residents with nowhere to go. They need land now. It is urgent that you support Councilmember Fife's proposal to open up land at the North Gateway parcel near Wood St. That should be made available to vehicle dwellers and other unhoused residents immediately. Wood St residents have a plan and the city should work collaboratively with them to implement immediate solutions. We need to do better and stop the cycle of harm and displacement!
Actions must follow words! We have long ago declared that there is an emergency re: people being unhoused. Yet it gets worse and worse. We must implement solutions. No solution is perfect. We cannot let the perfect get in the way of taking steps forward. The people closest to the problem so often have solutions that those with the power to implement solutions choose not to take up. Please make the choice to support Wood Street residents by voting yes!