...yeah, Rockridge and Montclair are tiny slices of Oakland. Look at a map please.

Right, point out one of the rich neighborhoods. Oakland hills is not too bad either, if you have a few million.

Yep. I’m from East Oakland. My dad and brothers still live there. I am so sad these people lost their lives. I cannot, however, mourn from the perspective of ‘rising rents made this happen.’ Tech some, pay to play some, but all of it is 100% Gentrification. This neighborhood was predominantly Black since the 70s. Now…

Downtown Oakland is now Mini-San Francisco, existing only to take SF’s overflow, while the rest of Oakland is still in big trouble. Tent cities grow in size and number all over Oakland. These warehouse spaces and the neighborhoods they are in are run down and not kept up to code. There is also zero police activity in…