Oakland protest over Wiener’s affordable housing bill

Protesters drowned out an Oakland news conference where state Sen. Scott Wiener came to promote a bill that would boost construction of apartment buildings and condominiums in an effort to address the state’s housing shortage.

But Wiener, D-San Francisco, and other speakers at the news conference on the steps of City Hall had to compete for attention with the protesters, including people from the homeless activist group Moms 4 Housing, who said Senate Bill 50 would not provide enough affordable housing.