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Remove I980?

2025-10-29 17:42:30.399929+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

The Oaklandside: At I-980 block party, old-school West Oaklanders hold forth on redlining

“The I-980 was made to serve suburbanites, and look at all the homes and businesses from the Black community that had to pay for that,” Leonard, a consultant for the local decarbonization project EcoBlock, said, gesturing at the wooden model. “For people who don’t even live in Oakland, don’t pay taxes in Oakland, don’t pay taxes in our county, right?”

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