HOMELESSNESS MEETS OAKLAND WEED REGS
PHOTO BY TRISTAN GEVAUX ON UNSPLASH
In Oakland, a half dozen homeless men tend 35 plants in rows of makeshift planter boxes. The gardeners live on the recently-emptied lot, in an R.V. and a pair of old Muni busses.
The City of Oakland says the arrangement is illegal, but for now they’re going to let it slide. This story “highlights the complexities of managing two surging trends in Oakland and other Bay Area cities: homelessness and cannabis regulation.”SF Chronicle . . .
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