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Street Spirit is an independent newspaper in the East Bay dedicated to covering homelessness and poverty from the perspective of those most impacted. Est 1995.

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Flock camera surveillance has eyes all over Berkeley, but at what cost?

By Berkeley Copwatch on November 4, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
"Flock cameras pose serious threats to the privacy and safety of our community."

Dispatches from the sweep zone: Looming escalations

By Sunflower on October 1, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
'The only defense is to organize.'

Exactly who is entitled to live in Albany, CA?

By Margie Marks on October 1, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
Does everyone have a right to live in Albany, even if they cannot afford it?

Get the Grease

By Bread and Thorns Mutual Aid Collective on October 1, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
A guide to making your voice heard

Trump’s homeless policy makes perfect sense

By Paul Boden on September 4, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
The historical roots of Trump’s July Executive Order to ‘[End] Crime and Disorder in American Streets,’ and where to go from here.

SF’s RV ban is an act of erasure, not a remedy

By Lukas Illa on August 6, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
San Francisco plans remove hundreds of vehicles from city streets, despite low shelter capacity.

Two Vallejo lawsuits test legal protections for unhoused residents post-Grants Pass

By Robbie Powelson on August 6, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
A legal victory by the Vallejo Homeless Union, temporarily halting encampment closure.

Civil rights activists call for investigation into police raid of West Berkeley homeless encampment

By Andrea Prichett on July 3, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
A shocking sweep operation is now the subject of formal complaints filed with Berkeley's Police Accountability Board

The roots of neoliberal fascism in America, and what we can do about it

By Paul Boden on May 7, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
'The shift to profit over people is killing us all.'

A place worth fighting for

By Osha Neumann on April 3, 2025
Commentary   Features   Opinion
The Albany landfill and the struggle to preserve the last bit of wildness on the San Francisco Bay. By Osha Neumann

Open letter from a former Bulb resident to visitors

By Bulb Resident on April 3, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
'We lived around, and with, and in the rubble. Lived.'

Loving the Bulb

By Susan Moffat on April 3, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
'Spending time with the Landfillians changed me.'
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