Inquilinxs de 2341 Valley Street, un edificio de 41 unidades en Uptown Oakland, están luchando en contra de condiciones deplorables, un propietario ausente y la burocracia de la ciudad. Pero no se han dado por vencidxs.
Rebecca Gross is a PhD candidate and educator at UC Santa Cruz in the Literature and Critical Race & Ethnic Studies departments. She's also on the bargaining team for her union, UAW 4811.
For more than 40 years, the Veterans Hall has modeled what a shared public space can look like for those cast off by society. Can it withstand increased privatization?
