#westoakland — Public Fediverse posts

One of the many harmful legacies of redlining is inequity in neighborhood tree coverage:

“Tree equity: Who gets trees in their neighborhood?

Why are some neighborhoods so much greener than others? ... It turns out that neighborhoods that were historically redlined in the ‘30s and ‘40s live today with only half the tree cover of their "greenlined" neighborhood counterparts.”

https://woeip.org/featured-work/planting-trees-in-west-oakland/#equity

#redlining #racism #treeEquity #Oakland #WestOakland

Do you live in West Oakland? Does your street need trees? 🌳️🏡️🌳️🏢️🌳️

You can request to have a street tree planted for FREE.

Including renters and folks who work or go to school in West Oakland (you can remain anonymous).

Don't live, work, or go to school in West Oakland? Pass this info on to someone who does.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/westoaklandtrees

#Oakland #WestOakland #tree #treeEquity

#Federal charges against key participants involved in #Oakland #Waste processing proposal at old #Army base not helping progress of project amidst detritus, disputes, bureaucratic bogus biz bs, and constant contractual crap

Essentially article reveals "#California Waste Solutions" is not necessarily providing solutions, but local govt is pretty good at waste?

While city and developer feud, both fail to follow thru and serve #WestOakland #Community, as residents, #ratepayers and #taxpayers suffer during decades delayed deferred dreams of improved #recycling facility that just seems to #recycle hopes and turn them into more cockroach attracting stink.

https://oaklandside.org/2025/07/11/california-waste-solutions-fbi-oakland-army-base/

#Federal charges against key participants involved in #Oakland #Waste processing proposal at old #Army base not helping progress of project amidst detritus, disputes, bureaucratic bogus biz bs, and constant contractual crap

Essentially article reveals "#California Waste Solutions" is not necessarily providing solutions, but local govt is pretty good at waste?

While city and developer feud, both fail to follow thru and serve #WestOakland #Community, as residents, #ratepayers and #taxpayers suffer during decades delayed deferred dreams of improved #recycling facility that just seems to #recycle hopes and turn them into more cockroach attracting stink.

https://oaklandside.org/2025/07/11/california-waste-solutions-fbi-oakland-army-base/

#Federal charges against key participants involved in #Oakland #Waste processing proposal at old #Army base not helping progress of project amidst detritus, disputes, bureaucratic bogus biz bs, and constant contractual crap

Essentially article reveals "#California Waste Solutions" is not necessarily providing solutions, but local govt is pretty good at waste?

While city and developer feud, both fail to follow thru and serve #WestOakland #Community, as residents, #ratepayers and #taxpayers suffer during decades delayed deferred dreams of improved #recycling facility that just seems to #recycle hopes and turn them into more cockroach attracting stink.

https://oaklandside.org/2025/07/11/california-waste-solutions-fbi-oakland-army-base/

#Federal charges against key participants involved in #Oakland #Waste processing proposal at old #Army base not helping progress of project amidst detritus, disputes, bureaucratic bogus biz bs, and constant contractual crap

Essentially article reveals "#California Waste Solutions" is not necessarily providing solutions, but local govt is pretty good at waste?

While city and developer feud, both fail to follow thru and serve #WestOakland #Community, as residents, #ratepayers and #taxpayers suffer during decades delayed deferred dreams of improved #recycling facility that just seems to #recycle hopes and turn them into more cockroach attracting stink.

https://oaklandside.org/2025/07/11/california-waste-solutions-fbi-oakland-army-base/

#Federal charges against key participants involved in #Oakland #Waste processing proposal at old #Army base not helping progress of project amidst detritus, disputes, bureaucratic bogus biz bs, and constant contractual crap

Essentially article reveals "#California Waste Solutions" is not necessarily providing solutions, but local govt is pretty good at waste?

While city and developer feud, both fail to follow thru and serve #WestOakland #Community, as residents, #ratepayers and #taxpayers suffer during decades delayed deferred dreams of improved #recycling facility that just seems to #recycle hopes and turn them into more cockroach attracting stink.

https://oaklandside.org/2025/07/11/california-waste-solutions-fbi-oakland-army-base/

Visited the #WestOakland #FarmersMarket & the #PrescottMarket food court today near #RaimondiPark where the semi-pro baseball team, the #Ballers play near 18th & Peralta.

The Framers Market, which is held on Sundays, is pretty small but I bought 2# of fresh #apricots (my favorite fruit next to LARGE #MandarinOranges).

The food court at the Prescott Market adjoining 18th St where the Farmer's Market is held is small too but I was able to find a vendor selling a decent IPA & another that offered a reasonably priced BLT & I was happy.

Walked over to check out the Ballers' park, which is a far cry from what was there before, but I was more interested in getting back home to see the end of the #SFGiants vs #Nationals game than watch a semi-pro ball game there.

Anyway, if you haven't checked out this part of Oakland recently, this is an interesting Sunday morning destination.

Visited the #WestOakland #FarmersMarket & the #PrescottMarket food court today near #RaimondiPark where the semi-pro baseball team, the #Ballers play near 18th & Peralta.

The Framers Market, which is held on Sundays, is pretty small but I bought 2# of fresh #apricots (my favorite fruit next to LARGE #MandarinOranges).

The food court at the Prescott Market adjoining 18th St where the Farmer's Market is held is small too but I was able to find a vendor selling a decent IPA & another that offered a reasonably priced BLT & I was happy.

Walked over to check out the Ballers' park, which is a far cry from what was there before, but I was more interested in getting back home to see the end of the #SFGiants vs #Nationals game than watch a semi-pro ball game there.

Anyway, if you haven't checked out this part of Oakland recently, this is an interesting Sunday morning destination.

Visited the #WestOakland #FarmersMarket & the #PrescottMarket food court today near #RaimondiPark where the semi-pro baseball team, the #Ballers play near 18th & Peralta.

The Framers Market, which is held on Sundays, is pretty small but I bought 2# of fresh #apricots (my favorite fruit next to LARGE #MandarinOranges).

The food court at the Prescott Market adjoining 18th St where the Farmer's Market is held is small too but I was able to find a vendor selling a decent IPA & another that offered a reasonably priced BLT & I was happy.

Walked over to check out the Ballers' park, which is a far cry from what was there before, but I was more interested in getting back home to see the end of the #SFGiants vs #Nationals game than watch a semi-pro ball game there.

Anyway, if you haven't checked out this part of Oakland recently, this is an interesting Sunday morning destination.

In case folks are not subscribed to #99PercentInvisible for some reason, there is a great new episode about the history of #WestOakland and @alexismadrigal's new book on the subject!

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/620-beautiful-west-oakland-california/

#99pi #Oakland #Urbanism

Decades old #LiveMusic venue's existence threatened by inept bankrupt #Oakland city #bureaucracy.

Eli's #MileHigh club, which was started by late Eli Thornton in 70s (before he was murdered in the joint by his girlfriend ), has hosted live gigs in its late last quarter of the 20th century blues heyday when John Lee Hooker, #CharlieMusselwhite, Etta James, Lowell Fulson, Tommy Castro, James Cotton, Little Charlie & The Night Cats, and even James Brown might make the scene, as patrons feasted on giant burgers, gumbo, andouille sausage and fried shrimp made by the ol' lady in the back. More recently, after it's musician owner Troyce Key passed, new ownership fought for years to regain a #Cabaret permit to begin a 21st century phoenix rising era of mixing emergent #hardrock & punk band bookings including locals like Sleep, #HighOnFire and #Entombed in with local blues and barbq, but now in 2025, those days are over.

#WestOakland #DiveBar has been forced to cut staff and close their outdoor smoking & bar bq area portion. Long used by Eli's patrons for decades, but apparently a 'non permitted' backyard area (according to city), it has become an issue now after new neighbor complaints, including many from a recent #residential highrise that was built long after the bar was an #EastBay #nightlife fixture .

Mgmt is asking for support from patrons, and particularly seek photos over a decade old that hopefully show previous outdoor backyard activity.

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13972851/elis-mile-high-club-oakland-patio-closure

#Lawyers Andrea Henson and longtime #Berkeley #homelessness advocate Osha Neumann both #arrested by #CHP while defending indigent clients as #GovNewsom sicced #Caltrans in to remove residents from an industrial #WestOakland property. After #SCOTUS case sided with removing #homeless from #PublicProperty in #Oregon, #California Gov issued an #ExecutiveOrder last month, telling CA cities & counties to “move urgently to address dangerous #encampments while supporting and assisting the individuals living in them."

http://oaklandside.org/2024/08/08/andrea-henson-caltrans-newsom-encampment-closure

And by standup I mean more people need to get on here lmao

Re: fire #eastoakland #westoakland and #fruitvale mask up outside

And by standup I mean more people need to get on here lmao

Re: fire #eastoakland #westoakland and #fruitvale mask up outside

And by standup I mean more people need to get on here lmao

Re: fire #eastoakland #westoakland and #fruitvale mask up outside

And by standup I mean more people need to get on here lmao

Re: fire #eastoakland #westoakland and #fruitvale mask up outside

Join us TOMORROW Tues, 5/16, in #Oakland to tell the city to say no to #coal!

We're reaching a decisive turning point in this years-long battle -- & we need your voice.

This is an issue that affects the entire #Bay & particularly the residents of #WestOakland.

Time: 6pm, Tues May 16, 2023
Place: 1 Frank H Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland

#NoCoalInOakland #coalpollution #environmentaljustice #climatejustice #climatechange #climatecrisis

Gave facilitative support to a board retreat for 4 hrs -- after a 2.5 hr mgmt mtg. To say I'm dead would be an understatement. And wearing vintage Ferragamo slingbacks all day was ass.

I'm back in my dog clothes, riding the NL over the bridge, and can't wait to see my boi.

#Dragging #Adulting
#BensonUpdate
#sfba #oakland #westoakland #EastBay