OAKLAND

xxp bryce otm. Also, Whiney would have a field day with all the impressively stereotypical lifestyle signifiers

Honestly, fuck those people so much. As a local and resident of that same neighborhood for over 30 years, their whole philosophy is condescending nonsense that is actually pretty harmful. You can't participate in the hyper-gentrification that's taken place in the area, then pretend to give two shits about the people and local culture you helped displace to the same suburban hell you escaped from. Owning your privilege and status as a racist and inviting a single mother of color who probably grew up in the neighborhood, to come join their vanity project/social experiment to absolve themselves of guilt is simple-minded at best and grossly insulting at its worst.

^^^

The ppl with the ad didn't invite any single mothers to join their co-op. It pains me to hear someone say "fuck these people so much." They're very sweet kids.

The road to hell was paved with good intentions.

The listing mentions that they're interested in their role in power, anti-racist struggles, privilege and oppression pretty early on and they pride themselves on their participation in local activism. Their preemptive apology to minority applicants better damn well include single mothers if they're as concerned about these issues as they claim. Otherwise, the entire thing comes off as some really distasteful posing.

whatever. I don't care to argue with you. I hope we are friends should we ever meet.

I know 2 of these people.

One is a carpenter and another works with prisoners and there are seven ppl in one house - not exactly tech assholes busting down historic neighborhoods and destroying communities.

I wish I was the kind of person, like these people, with the guts and character to actually be attempting to effect positive change in a city.

Geez, from my limited experience (18 years in Oakland), that neighborhood, and North Oakland in general, is the most politically sensitive spot in the city. The panthers had a base there, then Bey and the black muslims ... If their co-op were in Adams Point or the Laurel or Jingletown, I feel like it wouldn't provoke the same reaction from longer term residents like Cousin Slappy.

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tech-coliving-20160224-story.html

from the article above:
Aside from the food program, which lowers the cost of groceries, Standish and Provan said residents also get access to appliances and facilities uncommon in shared apartments — at Euclid Manor those include West Elm furnishings, a grand piano, a Vitamix and a cafe-grade coffee machine. The Canopy has a soundstage, a woodworking studio, and large living rooms with projectors and musical instruments.

But what tenants are really paying for is the "community," Standish said. "Living as family, basically."

Also Bryce, if you are reading this, I hope you had a good birthday. Sorry I missed it.

It's ok. I wanted to go to the quilt show, but there was no time after work. Even got to dinner a little late.

We'll do early April after I finish PACT.

My theory is that housing co-ops are usually about creating a simulacra of the traditional family unit, with attendant factional squabbling, board game nights, family dinners, and authority figures (eg board of directors, "house mom," the lease holder, etc.).

have they posted the police chief job on craigslist yet?

https://twitter.com/aurabogado/status/744016698731290624

whole thing is like a bad Ellroy novel

was going to start a thread about this. so fucked up.

In the last eight days we've lost three nba finals games and three police chiefs

thing is, you see shit like this go down & the only problem that gets "addressed" is the problem that is public, so they hack away at whoever's in the open while everything below ground stays exactly the way it is.

Maybe the only way to fire a cop in Oakland is to make em police chief first

promote them all!

Reading through that twitter link, I tend to think that the mayor stepping down would not help this situation in any way. Call me naive, but I very much doubt she had any knowledge of any of this. Her initial mistake was backing Whent's 'personal reasons' line when it was obvious bullshit. I expect the way she handles the OPD from this point will determine her credibility. Calling out "toxic macho culture" is I think a positive for public dialogue, and civilian control of OPD is probably a good idea. However, as Veg says above, if it's a topical treatment it won't go far. I suppose we'll see.

Massive fire at a warehouse party. Up to forty feared dead.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/12/03/oakland-concert-fire-leaves-at-least-9-dead-dozens-missing/?utm_term=.fb80c55f9ada

I hope all Bay Area ilxors are accounted for.

jesus

Horrific

worried abt sarahell

i have two friends missing, and am not optimistic at this point. they were wonderful, beautiful, talented and passionate young women who booked and promoted several shows for me and my band over the past few years. incredibly sad

oh shit I didn't know sarah was on the missing list too

she's OK

Seeing other friends of friends on that main spreadsheet. Chilling.

Glad to hear about sarahell being ok. Thoughts with everyone who is affected.

I wasn't even at that show. Several of my friends are still "missing" - I think things are going to get ugly once everyone is accounted for (one way or another), and the initial shock and grief is processed.

glad you're ok, and sorry to hear about your friends

fuck

I think things are going to get ugly once everyone is accounted for (one way or another), and the initial shock and grief is processed.

yeah, after reading the description of the warehouse space, someone's going to be in serious legal/criminal trouble.

i hope your friends are found safe, akm and sarahell <3

thanks!

I have friends of friends missing apparently. Small scene.

thank you. holding out hope but there is no news on these two girls, which is quite dreadful. a lot of very sad people in the east bay.

At least half of the missing people are people I've met/chatted with at shows. Maybe more, my memory isn't what it once was.

oh yeah several others look familiar to me; I just personally know Ara and Kiyomi. Ara just hosted a show with my friends and my wife a few weeks ago. she is such a sweet gir, my son loved her.

:-(

Yeah, I was at a show with Ara last Friday, and we were talking about sewing and fashion and body image stuff.
I've known Jason for years, he had the best David Lynch in Twin Peaks costume at a party several years back, just perfect.

Old (possibly inactive?) ilxor table is the table is okay. I talked on the phone with him earlier today.

he moved out of Oakland about a year ago. He has friends among the missing though, as he probably told you.

Oof

http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/12/03/oakland-officials-recently-cited-owner-of-warehouse-that-was-scene-of-deadly-fire/

City building inspectors last month had launched an investigation into the site of Friday night’s deadly fire for illegal structures built inside the warehouse, but they were unable to get inside the building to inspect it.

Officials had cited the building’s owner for blight on Nov. 13 after neighbors complained of “a ton of garbage piling up” in the adjoining lot. They next day, city records show, officials followed what was called a housing habitability complaint and began an investigation of an alleged “illegal interior building structure.”

When inspectors returned on Nov. 17, they couldn’t get inside, Darin Ranelletti, Oakland’s interim director of planning and building, said at a news conference this afternon....

City inspectors went to the property on Nov. 13 after a complaint of a large amount of garbage dumped outside. A neighbor complained about “a ton of garbage piling up” in vacant lot next to the building, calling it a “trash collection site” and a “trash recycling site.” The building had been “remodeled for residential,” the complaint states.

It was during an inspection of that complaint that the illegal structure complaint began, records show.

“We have reports that people were living in the structure,” Ranelletti said, “but again we are trying to confirm that.”

Ng, according to property records, bought the warehouse in 1997. She could not be reached Saturday afternoon.

Records show Ng owns 11 other Oakland properties, including an art gallery and retail building on International Boulevard, and at least two in San Francisco. A tenant at one of the Oakland properties would only describe her as a nice woman.

Four of the missing are my friends: the 2 people akm mentions as well as one of the promoters and a musician. I feel 100% terrible. There is a first person survivor account on reddit that's truly terrifying.

my friend was the headliner at this show, it's totally surreal to see his name in all these news stories. glad he's ok at least. so awful, he was due for a good break and instead, this.

Whoah Steve - good to see u but wish it was betyer circumstances :(

re: the media response:

https://twitter.com/scottgordonwi/status/805183414508879872