Oakland Housing Video Library

Structural causes & affordability

2 sources

KQED

Facing Eviction with KQED’s ‘SOLD OUT’ Podcast

A housing-focused discussion connecting eviction, rent pressure, legal process, and the policy choices that determine who can remain housed.

What this helps explain: Why prevention and tenant stability belong upstream of the visible homelessness response.
Evidence / position: Explanatory journalism

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KQED / UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley expert explains the affordable housing crisis

An expert overview of housing scarcity, production constraints, affordability, and the gap between market supply and deeply affordable need.

What this helps explain: The difference between adding housing generally and producing homes reachable by extremely low-income households.
Evidence / position: Expert interpretation

Homelessness systems & PIT data

3 sources

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KQED News

Homelessness in the Bay Area

A continuing KQED collection of field reporting on housing loss, encampments, shelters, policy, and lived experience across the region.

What this helps explain: How local decisions accumulate across time and why a single episode should be read alongside later reporting and administrative records.
Evidence / position: Newsroom reporting collection

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Alameda County

A discussion on homelessness in Alameda County: past and present

A county-hosted public discussion on the scale, history, and institutional design of Alameda County’s homelessness response.

What this helps explain: How county government, cities, providers, and the Continuum of Care divide responsibility.
Evidence / position: Government-hosted public forum

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Bay Area television news· 2026

Alameda County reports a 13% decline in homelessness

Broadcast reporting on preliminary 2026 PIT results, including the reported decline in Oakland and Alameda County.

What this helps explain: What the PIT count can indicate about direction of change—and why a one-night estimate still requires method notes and system-flow data.
Evidence / position: Broadcast reporting · verify against county count files

Encampments & displacement

1 source

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KQED News

City of Oakland shuts down ‘The Village’ homeless camp

KQED field reporting on Oakland’s removal of a volunteer-built encampment and the conflict over safety, legality, autonomy, and shelter alternatives.

What this helps explain: How informal community responses collide with municipal land-use, sanitation, and encampment policy.
Evidence / position: Field reporting

Solutions & public investment

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Bay Area television news

Alameda County awards $50 million in Measure W funds for housing

Broadcast coverage of county awards intended to finance housing projects with Measure W revenue.

What this helps explain: The beginning of the accountability chain from tax revenue and award decisions to completed units, occupancy, and durable housing outcomes.
Evidence / position: Broadcast reporting · contracts and award records control

First-person & community accounts

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Moms 4 Housing documentary series

The Moms of Magnolia Street — Episode 1

The opening episode follows working mothers occupying a vacant, investor-owned West Oakland house while arguing for housing as a public necessity.

What this helps explain: How vacancy, investor ownership, eviction, race, and community organizing converge in Oakland’s housing politics.
Evidence / position: Documentary · participant-centered account

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Moms 4 Housing coverage

In Oakland, empty houses outnumber unhoused people

A report on the political claim that Oakland’s vacant housing stock and corporate ownership coexist with widespread housing deprivation.

What this helps explain: Why gross vacancy counts require careful definitions, but also why property use and ownership are central accountability questions.
Evidence / position: Advocacy-centered reporting · corroboration required