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Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents, Author in Conversation

Oakland Public Library 125 14th St, Oakland, Ca.

  Join us for an engaging conversation between Award-winning journalist Matthew L. Schuerman and Ernest Brown! Matthew L. Schuerman blends explorations of policy decisions with detailed narratives of developers, activists, and public officials to explain how gentrification became such a contested phenomenon, in his new book, " Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents", from the University […]

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The Henry George Stroy

Spats 1974 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley,, Ca.

150 years ago, the progressive economist Henry George asked a simple yet powerful question: why do the poor get poorer as society gets wealthier? His answer—land, and more broadly, rents—made him one of the most popular writers of his time, and Georgism left a strong influence on everyone from MLK to Willie Brown to Milton […]

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Is California ready to reform Prop 13? Forum on the Split Roll Initiative

Lisser Hall | Mills College Kapiolani Road, Oakland, Ca.

A proposal to reform the state property tax system could be at least the second most important issue on Californians' ballots in 2020. About this Event Panelists: Andrea Mullarkey, SEIU 1021 Member Leader, and Co-Chair, Alameda County COPE Jahmese Myers, Statewide Political Director, Schools & Communities First Ben Grieff, Campaign Director, Evolve California Moderated by […]

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