12th St & Lake Merritt Blvd
Oakland, CA 94606
USA
“City leaders were determined to push this (Urban Core proposal for a luxury housing tower with a segregated building with some nominally affordable units) forward, even if it meant leaving the public behind.” – KTVU Reporter after Tuesday’s City Council Meeting
While the displacement of longtime Oakland residents has already reached crisis proportions (25% of Black Oakland has been displaced in the past 10 years alone), the corporate interests who are driving this crisis are just getting started. This week’s City Council meeting made it clear that our elected officials are willing to leave the public behind to serve a self-interested group.
Our voices are needed now more than ever to remind our public servants that they took an oath to serve the people of Oakland and protect our most disenfranchised community members.
To protect the people of our city, we must reject the trickle-down housing strategy, put a stop to the escalating predatory tactics of speculators, landlords, and neoliberal politicians, and provide real solutions to keep our people in Oakland. No more evictions, rent increases, school closures, service cuts, foreclosures or police killings!
Second Acts is calling for an interfaith sunrise ceremony this Friday, March 18th at Lake Merritt. We’ll gather together to tap into our collective power and call for an end to the deception, displacement & death being advanced by private interests with the support of our elected officials.
Coffee & breakfast will be provided to all the community members who show up!