Natalie Orenstein
Senior Reporter at The Oaklandside
Senior reporter for @Oaklandside, covering city hall and housing. East Bay born + bred. Would love to talk to you. DMs=off the record.
Articles
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1 week ago |
oaklandside.org | Natalie Orenstein
One year ago today, Oakland woke up to an extraordinary sight: images plastered across the news of FBI agents carrying large bins out of Mayor Sheng Thao’s house. As the day continued, the images came into focus. The feds had also raided two other homes — those of curbside recycling executives David and Andy Duong. For days, Thao herself was nowhere to be found, eventually resurfacing to adamantly declare her innocence. A lot has happened since.
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1 week ago |
oaklandside.org | Natalie Orenstein
Beth Berlin-Stephens was mystified about the letter the city of Oakland sent her in April. It claimed she was behind on fees she owed for a rental unit she owned. What fees, she wondered. She’d always reported the rental income on her state and federal taxes, and thought she was following all the rules. Berlin-Stephens and her partner bought their first home in North Oakland 2022.
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2 weeks ago |
oaklandside.org | Natalie Orenstein
With unusual speed and near-consensus, the City Council passed Oakland’s next two-year budget Wednesday, three weeks ahead of the legal deadline to adopt the $4.2 billion spending plan. Councilmember Noel Gallo cast the only vote against the budget. Councilmember Carroll Fife was absent.
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2 weeks ago |
oaklandside.org | Natalie Orenstein
In the wake of federal raids on Home Depots, car washes, and warehouses in Los Angeles and Orange County, Oakland’s immigrant communities are preparing for potential Alameda County roundups. Protests erupted in LA last week after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested over 100 immigrant workers and day laborers.
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3 weeks ago |
oaklandside.org | Natalie Orenstein
The shelters were scheduled to close in December. Sorry, March. Nevermind, June. Well, make that May. Whoops — June was correct. The city-funded RV park and “community cabins” on Wood Street, where dozens of unhoused people lived, are shutting down, that much is certain. But a conflict between the shelter operator and the city has repeatedly caused confusion around the timeline and the fate of the people living and working at the site.
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Read and take time with this story by @fermoso, who sat down with the family and partner of Marvin Boomer for an in-depth and moving interview. https://t.co/ppfAAqH9Xm
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