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The number of homeless people living in Oakland has grown by more than a quarter in two years — jumping from 2,191 in 2015 to 2,761 in January 2017, according to the Everyone Counts homeless census, which experts say likely undercounts the population, Thanks to Keep Oakland Housed, 61-year-old Oakland resident Debra Ross will not become one of them, Ross, who is raising her 15-year-old grandson, received an eviction notice for unpaid rent, and was going to ballet style house slippers be forced out of her home in October..

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“The Friends of the Parks exists because we help support a lot of the things Alameda Recreation and Parks manages,” Delaney said. “It’s an amazing array of programs that support people physically and socially.”. You can see the foundation’s work in the recently installed exercise equipment seen in Washington and Lincoln parks, which it paid for and maintains. It sponsors the free Starlight Movies in the Park over the summer and is responsible for the carved wooden signs that add a bit of dignity to each park. It also sponsors activities such as the Spring Coloring Event and special events at the Underground Teen Center. And a van rolling around Alameda that transfers kids around park programs is paid for courtesy of the foundation.