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They call it an "abatement policy." City hall frames it with sanitized, bureaucratic words like public safety, sanitation, and neighborhood revitalization. But if you want to know what Oakland’s Encampment Abatement Policy (EAP) actually feels like, you have to look at it through the eyes of the people whose lives it disrupts, dismantles, and shatters. Elected officials are supposed to protect all members of this community. But somewhere along the way, "the community" stopped

So recently I stated volunteering for Taproots, an organization that matches nonprofits to volunteers. I came across “A Chance for...