I strongly support the EAP proposal. As a constituent, taxpayer and homeowner, I say enough is enough. The blight and lawlessness must stop - especially with the amount of taxes we pay.
Please support ken Houston’s abatement policy. We have had an encampment on our street for almost 10 years and it’s choking out neighborhood - businesses are leaving and people are leaving, which I mean property taxes will reduce. There will be less funds to do any work. Current policies are not working and I have not been working for almost a decade now Ken is the only option that is pragmatic and realistic, please support it.
I beg you to vote YES on Ken Houston’s Encampment Abatement Policy (EAP) proposal. Oakland has become a dumping ground for the state's homeless population, and the resulting needles, garbage, and feces on our sidewalks have made conditions impossible for residents. It is time to prioritize the health and safety of our citizens by supporting this resolution and giving the city the tools it needs to reclaim our public spaces.
I'm appalled that you are considering the 'Encampment Abatement Policy' at an upcoming City Council Meeting. You know that ultimately there are three ways to handle our unhoused neighbors: housing, incarceration, or murder. Having abdicated your responsibility for the former, the EAP opts for the latter. The only way you could possibly pretend that this legislation is legal is to lean on Donald Trump's fascist Supreme Court and their Grants Pass decision. It of course took fascists to undo a law that upheld basic human dignity and the responsibility of our governments to do the hard work of guaranteeing basic human rights. We know as well as you do who you are aligning yourselves with with this legislation.
Your advancing Donald Trump's agenda with the EAP is part of a pattern. Back in December you violated the Brown Act multiple times to pass an expansion of Flock, a mass surveillance system that all of you know is accessible to and used by ICE. Shortly thereafter you tried to come up with any excuse imaginable to kneecap the Police Commission at the behest of the OPOA. You know Flock is unpopular so you relied on illegal tricks to get it passed. You know Police Oversight and Accountability are popular, put in place by a overwhelming super-majority of Oakland voters, so you lied about your reasons to obstruct it.
You are making some serious mistakes. You are highly underestimating the intelligence and resolve of the constituents you need to maintain your place in power.
My name is Ari Jones and I am an Oakland resident in District 1 & a legal aid attorney serving Alameda County. I am speaking in strong opposition to the anti-homeless "Encampment Abatement Policy." I urge you to listen to community-led solutions, follow the Mayor's 5-Point Action Plan, & vote NO on this dangerous, harmful, and wasteful policy.
This proposal criminalizes Black and brown unhoused community members, who are already overpoliced at a time when ICE raids are more common than access to affordable housing or food in Oakland. CMs Houston and Jenkins have repeatedly attempted to pass this harmful Trump-aligned policy without transparency or proper notice to the public on the vote. Now more than ever Oakland needs to lead by example: we cannot now pass a policy that will lead to the arrest of unhoused Oaklanders already facing life threatening conditions on the streets.
This proposal wastes millions of tax dollars bulldozing tents, impounding vehicles, & banishing thousands of unhoused Black and brown Oaklanders from their homes without investing in sustainable solutions & with no options for a safe place to go. Unhoused Oaklanders can’t be punished for Oakland’s failure to provide somewhere to go.
I urge you to listen to community-led solutions & vote NO on this dangerous, harmful, and wasteful policy. Oakland needs solutions, not deadly sweeps.
Sincerely,
Ari Jones
Interim Co-Director of Immigration
East Bay Community Law Center
I strongly support the EAP proposal. As a constituent, taxpayer and homeowner, I say enough is enough. The blight and lawlessness must stop - especially with the amount of taxes we pay.
Please support ken Houston’s abatement policy. We have had an encampment on our street for almost 10 years and it’s choking out neighborhood - businesses are leaving and people are leaving, which I mean property taxes will reduce. There will be less funds to do any work. Current policies are not working and I have not been working for almost a decade now Ken is the only option that is pragmatic and realistic, please support it.
I beg you to vote YES on Ken Houston’s Encampment Abatement Policy (EAP) proposal. Oakland has become a dumping ground for the state's homeless population, and the resulting needles, garbage, and feces on our sidewalks have made conditions impossible for residents. It is time to prioritize the health and safety of our citizens by supporting this resolution and giving the city the tools it needs to reclaim our public spaces.
I'm appalled that you are considering the 'Encampment Abatement Policy' at an upcoming City Council Meeting. You know that ultimately there are three ways to handle our unhoused neighbors: housing, incarceration, or murder. Having abdicated your responsibility for the former, the EAP opts for the latter. The only way you could possibly pretend that this legislation is legal is to lean on Donald Trump's fascist Supreme Court and their Grants Pass decision. It of course took fascists to undo a law that upheld basic human dignity and the responsibility of our governments to do the hard work of guaranteeing basic human rights. We know as well as you do who you are aligning yourselves with with this legislation.
Your advancing Donald Trump's agenda with the EAP is part of a pattern. Back in December you violated the Brown Act multiple times to pass an expansion of Flock, a mass surveillance system that all of you know is accessible to and used by ICE. Shortly thereafter you tried to come up with any excuse imaginable to kneecap the Police Commission at the behest of the OPOA. You know Flock is unpopular so you relied on illegal tricks to get it passed. You know Police Oversight and Accountability are popular, put in place by a overwhelming super-majority of Oakland voters, so you lied about your reasons to obstruct it.
You are making some serious mistakes. You are highly underestimating the intelligence and resolve of the constituents you need to maintain your place in power.
My name is Ari Jones and I am an Oakland resident in District 1 & a legal aid attorney serving Alameda County. I am speaking in strong opposition to the anti-homeless "Encampment Abatement Policy." I urge you to listen to community-led solutions, follow the Mayor's 5-Point Action Plan, & vote NO on this dangerous, harmful, and wasteful policy.
This proposal criminalizes Black and brown unhoused community members, who are already overpoliced at a time when ICE raids are more common than access to affordable housing or food in Oakland. CMs Houston and Jenkins have repeatedly attempted to pass this harmful Trump-aligned policy without transparency or proper notice to the public on the vote. Now more than ever Oakland needs to lead by example: we cannot now pass a policy that will lead to the arrest of unhoused Oaklanders already facing life threatening conditions on the streets.
This proposal wastes millions of tax dollars bulldozing tents, impounding vehicles, & banishing thousands of unhoused Black and brown Oaklanders from their homes without investing in sustainable solutions & with no options for a safe place to go. Unhoused Oaklanders can’t be punished for Oakland’s failure to provide somewhere to go.
I urge you to listen to community-led solutions & vote NO on this dangerous, harmful, and wasteful policy. Oakland needs solutions, not deadly sweeps.
Sincerely,
Ari Jones
Interim Co-Director of Immigration
East Bay Community Law Center