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Recent Press Releases
June 30th, 2025 - Alameda County Dedicated Historic $1.4 Billion to Address Housing & Homelessness Crisis Through Measure W 
December 13, 2023 - Santa Rita Jail Expansion is Indefinitely Halted

June 13, 2023 - 
Alameda County residents rally against $81 million expansion to deadly jail
June 12, 2023 - Community and Family Members Bring a “Wake Up Call” Rally to the Board of Supervisors

News Features​
  • Mercury News (July 25th, 2025): Mayor asks for $1.8 million in Measure W money for homeless issues, but Alameda Supervisors spread supervisors
  • Berkeleyside (July 24, 2025): Alameda County charts plan for hundreds of millions in housing and homelessness money
  • CBS News (July 22, 2025): Alameda County supervisors deciding if tax increase targeted for homelessness can be used elsewhere
  • Daily Cal (September 15, 2023): 'Smoke and Mirrors': $81M allocation for Santa Rita Jail expansion sparks community controversy​
  • SCBS (June 14, 2023): Advocates call on Alameda County to increase mental health spending, decry jail expansion
  • KTVU News (June 14, 2023): Santa Rita Jail $80M mental health expansion sparks protest
  • Pleasanton Weekly (June 13, 2023): Demonstrators protest proposed funding for Santa Rita Jail expansion
  • NBC News (May 3, 2023): California prisoner who swallowed a staple ends hunger strike to protest jail conditions
  • Pleasanton Weekly (April 3, 2023): Organizers call for change as death toll at county jail in Dublin continues to grow
  • ​KQED (April 2, 2023): Community and Civil Rights Groups Hold Vigil and Rally Over Recent Deaths at Santa Rita Jail
  • KTVU (April 1, 2023): Protesters decry deaths at Santa Rita Jail; sheriff counters with gradual but impactful change
  • ​CBS News (April 1, 2023): Marchers protest inmate deaths at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin
  • SF Chronicle (July 11, 2022) Grand jury: Mental health failures are making Alameda County’s homeless crisis worse
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