Facing a housing crisis, Oakland, California, might consider cruise ships as a new way to turn the tide on homelessness.
The violent wind storms typically aren’t a concern for the Oakland, California, City Council president's constituents, but a creative solution for housing the storm victims caught her eye.
City and state officials have made addressing the issue a priority, but solutions take time and shelter beds remain in short supply. With limited access to running water and toilets, it’s become both a humanitarian and public health emergency, classified as such at both at the city and state levels of government.
After Kaplan floated the cruise ship idea, it didn’t take long for word to spread. She says she’s already been contacted by cruise ship companies and is planning to present a fully fledged proposal that could add up to 1,000 on-board beds to the council early next year. “There isn’t the infrastructure to berth a cruise ship,” port spokesman Mike Zampa told the San Francisco Chronicle. “Safety and security issues at the federally regulated maritime facilities would make residential uses untenable.”Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush came under fire after Hurricane Katrina for fast-tracking a $236 million contract to Carnival Cruise Lines – a big GOP donor – only to house a handful of victims.
A group of displaced Oakland mothers made national news this week when they took the matter into their own hands, inhabiting an investor-owned vacant house, one of thousands across the city. The fourmothers and their children are staging a fight to stay in the home with the help of local activists but could be forcibly evicted by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 17.
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