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The Care First Resolution Passes Now It’s Time to Fund It
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media
Next week, after more than a year, California is expected to lift the majority of its COVID-19 related restrictions and reopen its economy at almost-full capacity.
But as the state prepares for a long-anticipated comeback, many Black businessowners say enterprises across the state that African Americans own face an uphill road to recovery. “It’s a state of disrepair. They Tara Lynn Gray, director of the Business Advocate.
Black-owned business operators who are struggling will need able to them, Gray told California Black Media (CBM) at a luncheon hosted by the California Black Chamber of Commerce in Sacramento.
“(Black businesses) have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19,” Gray said. “Fortunately, the governor has stepped up and provided $2.5 billion dollars in relief funds to all small businesses with priority to the disadvantaged communities of color.” In February 2020, there were 1 million Black-owned businesses in operation around the United States, according to a University of California at Santa Cruz report.
About six weeks later, after the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the number of Black business owners had dropped to 440,000, a 41%, reduction. Many of them had to shut down their businesses for good.
During the same time, only 17% of white proprietors had to shut down their businesses, UC Santa Cruz research shows. Overall, nearly 4 million minor annual sales total close to $700 billion, shuttered because of COVID-19.
But despite the grim statistics, a number of small business help available both at the state and federal levels for most businessowners. by Ethnic Media Services last month, speakers discussed how small businesses in California and around the country can emerge from this crisis, catch the wave of what seems to be a gathering economic boom, or con
The main objective of the nesses, particularly minority owned ones, connect to various sources of funding created to help them recover from the pandemic.
The key is to apply for the money, said Everett Sands, CEO of Lendistry, a leading, Blackled Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and Community Development Entity (CDE) that is also a small business and commercial real estate lender.
“Let’s make an assumption. If you are allowed to open, and you can open, then therefore you should be able to receive some type of revenue,” Sands said. “What we’ve learned about the pandemic is that most opportunities are coming a second time. If you look at the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), it came a third time. But it is important for businesses to apply.”
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a federal revenue replacement program designed to sustain small business jobs during the ongoing public health and economic crisis. May 31 was the last day for small business owners operating in lowincome neighborhoods to apply for the third round of PPP loans.
In California, Lendistry helped thousands of small businesses secure loans and grants during the pandemic. Funded by the State of California through Business Advocate, Lendistry, was the state-contracted administrator of the program that administered six rounds of grant derserved businesses.
Sands was one of the guest speakers along with U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA17), a member of the Congressional Small Business Caucus, and Virginia Ali. Ali owns the nationally renowned restaurant and Black-owned small business Ben’s Chili Bowl in Wash., D.C.
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YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to take paid time off work for COVID-19 related reasons.
COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave is now available for workplaces with 26 or more employees and is just one of many leave rights for workers in California. If you or a family member are sick or have been exposed to COVID-19, supplemental paid sick leave can cover: • Up to 80 hours of leave in addition to permanent paid sick leave • Care for yourself or a family member with COVID-19 • Getting tested, vaccinated or recovering from vaccine side effects
Ask your employer what rights are available to you.
By Natasha Baker, Esq. and John Lindsay-Poland
Daniel Rivers is a Black man with schizophrenia. During one of his bouts of homelessness, he broke into a car searching for refuge and ended up in Santa Rita, Alameda County’s jail. (Daniel’s name is changed for
Rivers had previously cycled in and out of short-term detox facilities for three years before schizophrenia was even diagnosed. Because fragmented, short-term behavioral health treatment was all he had access to in the community, he was jailed for behavior related to his mental illness. In jail, his mental and physical health deteriorated. According to Rivers’ mother, his time in Santa Rita left him “traumatized and zombie-like.”
Rivers is one of hundreds of incarcerated people with mental illness from Alameda County. As many as 44% of the people at Santa Rita and 42% of people sent to state prisons from the county have a mental illness, some of the highest proportions in the state.
Mental health care at Santa Rita is woefully inadequate and its inadequacy is often used by neling more money into the jail. But no one heals in a cell. More funds for the jail have not prevented ongoing abuses and deaths.
Last month, on the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the Care First, Jail Last Resolution. Created by Decarcerate Alameda County, this policy prioritizes a continuum of care and services for people with mental illness who are at risk of incarceration.
The goal of Care First is to address the County’s paucity of community-based mental health resources that push people like Rivers into incarceration. We hope that this policy will also address the County’s crisis of racial inequity.
Like Rivers, a disproportionate number of county residents who are pushed into the criminal legal system because of inadequate community-based mental health support are Black. Black people represent only 11% of Alameda County’s population, but make up 47% of the county’s homeless population, 48% of the Santa Rita jail mental health unit population, and constitute 53% of people who cycle in and out of both the criminal legal and hospital systems.
Now that the Care First Resolution has passed, the Board of Supervisors needs to fund it. How much is needed? The County’s Behavioral Health sources to fund $50 million for mental health services proposed last year.
The unhoused and jailed populations heavily overlap and $820 million is needed over the -
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lessness in Alameda County. Last year, the Board of Supervisors adopted the Home Together Plan to begin to address that need, with $50 million allocated for 2021. While an important start to implementing the Care First policy, more is needed.
Since the Board of Supervisors also just approved funding to design a mental health wing at the jail, advocacy is needed to make sure community-based resources, not cages, are the priority.
If the Board of Supervisors believe that #BlackLivesMatter, then adequate funding to implement the Care First Resolution is a must.
Natasha Baker, Esq., is an Oakland-based criminal defense and civil rights attorney specializing in class action lawsuits to end the criminalization of poverty. John Lindsay-Poland co-directs the California Healing Justice program of American Friends Service Committee. Both are members of Decarcerate Alameda County.
Barbara Lee Marks the 40th Anniversary of the AIDS Epidemic
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), co-chair of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, introduced legislation marking the 40th anni cases of AIDS in the United States on June 5, 1981, in Los Angeles, California. June 5, 2021, marks the 40th anniversary since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) of what later became known as AIDS. Lee said “The Bay Area has been a leader in
Barbara Lee HIV/AIDS activism, and we a cure.” Please visit www. postnewsgroup.com for the listing of the groups supporting Lee’s legislation.
California Awards Ceremony Celebrates the Best of Ethnic Journalism
Continued from page 2 youth groups and more to speak to the underserved and the forgotten because we understand the struggle that in most cases we have lived through.” Jorge Macias, awarded for his digital coverage of climate change for Univision, recalled how in the last four years, “we all suffered from the denial of climate change, and even in moments of terror in California with these devastating (Donald) Trump said that science didn’t know. This prize means a lot because as human beings we have to battle with that absurd view denying climate change.” Hosts for the evening were Odette Alcazaren-Keeley and Pilar Marrero, both distinguished veterans of the ethnic media industry. Some 20 leaders, scholars and writers paid tribute to the sector in videotaped remarks.
Sandip Roy, once a software engineer in Silicon Valley, now an award-winning author and journalist in India, said if it weren’t for ethnic media giving him a platform, he wouldn’t be a writer today.
After presenting awards to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese reporters for stories on issues impacting Black and Latinx communities, Alcazaren-Keeley announced a special judge’s award for cross-cultural reporting. The winner, Jeanne Ferris of News from Native California, documented how the destinies of two groups of people converged when Japanese Americans were incarcerated in World War II on reservation lands.
At the closing of the ceremony, Sandy Close, executive director of Ethnic Media Services, said the coming together of reporters from so many racial and ethnic groups to celebrate not just their own but each other’s work was the real takeaway for the night. on a hand,” she said, quoting Chauncey Bailey, a veteran of Black media killed in 2007 for investigating wrongdoing in his own community. “When
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Hunter and Rosemarie Hunter Trust dated 9/10/2004 Recorded on 9/26/2019 as Instrument No. of Alameda County, California, and pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded 2/23/2021 as Instrument No. 2021076246 of on 6/22/2021 At the Fallon Street County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon St., Oakland, CA 94612 at 12:00 p.m. AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States), all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State hereinafter described. The property address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purposed to be: 1141 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $894,647.92 (estimated). In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. In the event tender other than cash is accepted the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. Said sale will be made, but without implied regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed with interest thereon as provided in said Note, fees, charges and trusts created by said Deed of Trust. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or all liens senior to the lien being receive clear title to the property. 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The Oakland Post will print the responses to Assembly District 18 candidates on these four crucial questions that impact Oakland schools and city families and teachers.
The candidates for this special election were asked to respond to these questions with yes or no answers. Please answer yes you agree or no you don’t. The election will be held June 29..
The four questions:
Will you introduce legislation to remove barriers for Black, Latino, Asian and Indigenous people entering the
multiple standardized tests and expenses associated with credentialing?
Mia Bonta:No reply
Janani Ramachandran: Yes
James Aguilar: Yes Victor Aguilar: Yes
Malia Vella: No reply
Joel Britton: No reply
Eugene Canson
Stephen Slauson: Yes
2. Will you oppose the attempt by billionaire John Fisher to build luxury condominiums, a stadium and a mall on public Oakland Port property at Howard Terminal?
Mia Bonta: No reply Janani Ramachandran: Yes
James Aguilar: Yes
Victor Aguilar: Yes
Malia Vella: No reply
Joel Britton: No reply
Eugene Canson: No reply
Stephen Slauson: Yes
3. Will you initiate legislation to remove the debt and return full local control to the Oakland school district, which includes ending the role that the Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team (FCMAT) has in overseeing Oakland schools?
Mia Bonta:No reply
Janani Ramachandran: Yes
James Aguilar: Yes
Victor Aguilar: Yes
Malia Vella: No reply
Joel Britton: No reply
Eugene Canson: No reply
Stephen Slauson: No
4. Will you introduce legislation for reparations for Black students that has been raised in the Oakland community as well as support statewide demands for reparations?
Mia Bonta: No reply
Janani Ramachandran: Yes
James Aguilar: Yes
Victor Aguilar: Yes
Malia Vella: No reply
Joel Britton: No reply
Eugene Canson: No reply
Stephen Slauson: No
Oakland Trybe Food Giveaway a Success Through Comm-Unity
Continued from page 1 obtaining permits, food donaGroup, Trybe, Deeply Root- tions, refrigeration vans and doed, Ronald Muhammad, Ear nation of funds, and purchases Hustle, John Ya Ya Johnson, such as walkie-talkies, pallet Missy Percy, Jamil Wilson, jacks, forklifts, portable toilets, Attorney Anne Wells, ROC’S laborers, social media posts and Richard Corral, Lee Oli- recruitment of volunteers. veres, Jesus P. Peguero, Ricky “Styles” Ricardo, Paul Redd, including the District 3 CounSavior Charles, OG riders cilmember Carroll Fife, clerArnold Torres, Gabe Zuniga, gymen, community leaders, Rudy Yanez, Rolando Coff- community investors and local man; Janelle Marie Charles of entertainers lent their support Epsilon Phi Zeta, Mrs. Mar- by volunteering to serve our sha Woodfork of Zeta Amicae community families in need. of the Epsilon Phi Zeta, the We will continue to work - with the Oakland Post Newspation, Felicia Bryant, Mr. Fab’s per Group, to make June 5 “A Dope Era Clothing Store, Ce- Day of Giving” event a model sar Cruz’s Homie’s Empow- for future giveaways of neceserment, The Oakland Gumbo sities that included boxes of Cultural Group, Amina Ni- oatmeal, fruits and vegetables cole, Queen Johnson, Tab- including corn, green beans, ernacle Missionary Baptist pinto beans, chili beans, peas, Church, Walter Culp and the pears, mixed peas & carrots, entire staff of West Side Mis- sionary Baptist Church, who animal crackers, zoo crackers, helped with organizing, rental/ Cheez-Its, cups of mixed fruits, warehouse space, equipment granola bars, mac and cheese, rentals, insurance expenses, Welch’s fruit snacks, canned pears, canned peaches, gallons of olive oil, whole chickens, varieties of luncheon meats (roast beef, turkey, sliced cheese), mixed nuts, Belvita breakfast cookies, Ritz crackers, canned chicken, spaghetti, whole wheat and white pasta, dry pinto beans, cases of bottled water, canned tuna, impossible burgers, masks, gallons of bleach, laundry detergent, surface cleaners, large rolls of toilet paper, paper towels, hand soap, toothbrushes, baby wipes, dishwashing liquid, boxes of peanut butter.
I was moved by the tears and shouts of joy from some families and children when they were showered with boxes of food and cleaning supplies that literally loaded down their vehicles. One mother said she was accustomed to receiving one bag or a box of food that could last for a day or a week, but she never dreamed that she would be given enough food and cleaning supplies to last for months.
I pray that this approach of providing a sustainable amount of food that was inspired by the leadership of Mrs. Egypt Ina Marie King will shine as the beacon of hope, pride and promise before our God Almighty. Nothing is greater than the powers of God and when our hearts are focused on freely serving others, we then are giving praises to God.
I thank Rev. Ken Chambers and the Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC) for coordinating a pop-up, drop-in clinic in a tent to provide COVID-19 vaccination shots during our food give-away.
Common Unity is more than a slogan. It is the actual showing of what it means to be as one with the promise and actual example of itself. As one volunteer known as” Mr. Fab” said, “Community is nothing but common unity.”
Ramachandran: Why I’m Running for District 18 Assembly Race
Continued from page 1 fact, OUSD has the highest percentage of charter schools out of any school district in the state).
Oakland deserves a legislator who will prioritize winning immediate return of full local control of our schools to our residents as soon as possible. It takes a genuine understanding of the hardship and trauma that for Oakland’s youth at the State Legislature – something that I unequivocally vow to do.
Tenant Protections
Tenants comprise over 60% of our city’s residents. Thanks to decades of local activism, Oakland has one of the strongest rent control ordinances in the state. However, our city’s hands are tied on many state laws that prevent tenants from being meaningfully protected. For example, the state law Costa Hawkins prevents Oakland from being able to expand rent control to units constructed after 1983 and to single-family homes. Having supported tenants facing eviction in Oakland in the course of my legal career – including during the pandemic – I’m acutely aware of the need for stronger statewide tenant protections to support our city. For example, despite Oakland City Council passing a resolution calling upon the State Legislature to repeal the Ellis Act, or at least suspend these evictions during the pandemic, our legislature refused to act. As a tenant advocate who helped launch the coalition that spearheaded Ellis Act legislation, and as a tenant myself (if elected, I would be just 1 of 3 tenants, out of 120 state lawmakers), I would bring a tenants rights framework to our legislature to support the needs of Oakland tenants.
Gun Violence
Last year, nearly as many Black Oaklanders died from a It isn’t enough to just say we need tougher statewide gun control laws – California already has some of the strongest in the country. Oakland deserves a state
legislator who understands the root causes of this violence and the state action needed to address it – including more funding for community-based organizations that do meaningful prevention work, economic development and expanded career opportunities for our youth, and more broadly, treating gun violence as a public health crisis – all of which are pillars of my platform. This special election, vote for the only Oakland candidate on the ballot, a person who will take action based on the needs of our city, and work towards achieving economic, educational, racial, and environmental justice. Learn more at www. jananiforca.com
Myra Estrada Named City’s Youth Poet Laureate
By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation
Myra Estrada of Oakland High School has been selected as Oakland’s Youth Poet Laureate.
Estrada will receive a $5,000 scholarship and the opportunity to read her work in appearances throughout the year.
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf made the announcement at an award ceremony last Friday.
Estrada, 16, read two of her pieces at the ceremony, expressing her frustrations both as a woman and as a person of color in the era of social media activism.
Both pieces touched on the ways she goes about life because of her identities, such as always carrying mace with her to feel safe, and pondering what it would be like to check “white” under the race question in application forms.
“I’ll preach my wisdom ‘til the end of days. I am who I am and I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Estrada concluded at the end of one of her writings.
Estrada was among six other finalists in the competition who all submitted three writing pieces and were scored by a panel of judges based on their performance and an interview component, in which they were to demonstrate their leadership abilities. Aside from writing poetry, Estrada is involved in the Latino Honor Roll and an assortment of academic extracurriculars. “There is no talent, no voice, no power like Oakland youth,” Schaaf said. “That I know will always be the case.”
The Oakland Youth Poet Laureate, which has been in existence for 10 years, is a program sponsored by Oakland Public Library Teen Services in an effort to amplify youth voices ages 13-18.
Laureates and finalists in years prior went on to perform on local radio stations, festivals and other events. One even wrote a poem for a ceremony in London last year for the United Nations’ 75th anniversary of their charter.
Sharon McKellar, supervising librarian for teen services, says that the laureate program reminds the community of how important youth voices are.
Myra Estrada
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A Crystal Shop in Downtown Oakland
botanica selling herbs, prayer candles, jewelry, bath salts, and so much more. They offer online shopping, in-store shopping, and curbside pick-up as well.
They’re open Monday-Friday from 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Queen Hippie Gypsy is located at 337 14th St., Oakland, CA 94612.
You can visit their website at https://www.queenhippiegypsy.
of State Dr. Shirley Weber, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Oakland City Council members Sheng Thao, Loren Taylor and Treva Reid of districts 4, 6 and 7 respectively; California State Board of Equalization member Malia Cohen, Nate Miley and Keith Carson of Alameda County Board of Supervisors, District 7 BART Director Lateefah Simon; Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker,
Legislative Summary From State Senator Nancy Skinner
By State Senator
Nancy Skinner
Here’s a brief summary of the bills I introduced this year that are still moving through the legislative process. All so far were passed by the state Senate and are now on their way to the Assembly: • SB 8 Extends Housing Crisis Act of 2019: The Housing Crisis Act helped expedite housing that meets local rules by asking local governments to process permits faster and not change the rules midstream. SB 8 extends the sunset on the Housing Crisis Act until 2030. • SB 16 Coming Clean on Police Records: Thanks to my 2018 bill, SB 1421, Californians now have access to a limited set of police misconduct records. SB 16 expands access engaged in biased or discriminatory behavior, unlawful arrests and searches, and excessive force. • SB 65 California Momnibus Act: California’s infant and maternal death rates, especially for families of color, persist at high rates. SB 65 expands pre- and postpartum services, such port, to reduce death rates and ensures data is collected to understand what’s causing these disparities. • SB 65 California Momnibus Act: California’s infant and maternal death rates, especially for families of color, persist at high rates. SB 65 expands pre- and postpartum services, such port, to reduce death rates and ensures data is collected to understand what’s causing these disparities. • SB 81 Judicial Guidelines for Sentencing Enhancements: California has over 160 enhancements that add time to a prison sentence over and above the time required for the crime committed. SB 81 establishes parameters for judges to determine whether a sentence enhancement is needed to help ensure that sentences are the length the judge believes is necessary to protect public safety. • SB 262 Bail Reform: I’m a joint author of SB 262 to reform CA’s bail system so no one is kept in jail simply because they can’t afford bail. • SB 290 Clarifying CA’s Density Bonus Law: Allows low-income student housing and for-sale low- and moder from California’s Density Bonus law. • SB 354 Relative Placement: Reduces barriers that prevent children in foster care from being placed with relatives and extended family. And great news, the funding to support my bill, SB 364, Free School Meals for All, was included in the Legislature’s budget proposal, which means millions of our K-12 students will get a free meal at school. I invite you to follow me on Twitter @NancySkinnerCA and Facebook and to visit my Senate website for regular updates on the status of my legislation and information on the state budget. It is a pleasure serving you in the state Senate.
Sen. Nancy Skinner. Photo courtesy of Nancy Skinner.
Rep. Lee Endorses Mia Bonta
Continued from page 1 Black Women for Political Action (BWOPA) and Equality California among others. with Mali Vella (who also received Schaaf’s endorsement), Janani Ramachandran, James Aguilar, Eugene Canson, Stephen Slauson, Joel Britton, and Victor Aguilar.
The special primary election is June 29 by mail-in ballot only with the general election set for August 31.
