‘Living nightmare’: Oakland activists, tenants demand action on housing code violations

AROUND 50 PEOPLE gathered at Oakland City Hall on Tuesday to demand that the city address code infractions in various buildings across the city by fully funding Oakland’s Proactive Rental Inspection Program.  

The protest came just before the Oakland City Council’s Community and Economic Development Committee was set to vote on its annual housing action plan, a report that requests funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development toward various grant programs.