Oakland Makes It Easier to Sweep Encampments, California Billionaire Tax, and SF Library Weddings

About this episode

The episode discusses Oakland's new policy on homeless encampments, a proposed billionaire tax in California, and unique weddings at the San Francisco Public Library.

In this month’s edition of The Bay’s news roundup, Ericka, Alan, and KQED outdoors reporter Sarah Wright discuss Oakland’s new policy that will make it easier to sweep homeless encampments and RVs. Plus, a measure to tax the wealth of California’s billionaires seems headed for the November ballot, and a small group of lucky booklovers gets married at the San Francisco Public Library. Links: Oakland Passes Controversial Policy Easing Restrictions on Encampment Sweeps | KQED California Billionaire Tax Nears the November Ballot | KQED Bay Area Book Lovers: We Have Highly Literary Date (or Friend Hang) Ideas for Your Weekend | KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Ericka, Alan

Guest: Sarah Wright

Topics covered

• homelessness
• billionaire tax
• public policy
• weddings
• news roundup

Keywords

• Oakland
• billionaire tax
• homeless encampments
• San Francisco
• public policy
• weddings
• KQED

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KQED

Places: Oakland, California, San Francisco Public Library

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