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Improving Safety of Non-Permitted Spaces While Avoiding Displacement
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Oakland-Mayor-Issues-Executive-Orders-After-Ghost-Ship-Warehouse-Fire-410540015.html
"Oakland’s mayor issued new rules in the city on Wednesday geared to prevent tragedies like the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, in which 36 people died from a fire during a dance party on Dec. 2.
Mayor Libby schaaf issued an executive order outlining new inspection protocols for warehouses and industrial buildings. Five tasks are outlined for inspectors to ensure that the inspections are thorough.
Schaaf is also asking for re-inspections of property every 60 days.
The mayor says buildings in Oakland should be safe places to live but she also wants to avoid displacing vulnerable communities many of which have been using these warehouses as their homes."
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/ceda/documents/statement/oak062364.pdf
"Oakland’s mayor issued new rules in the city on Wednesday geared to prevent tragedies like the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, in which 36 people died from a fire during a dance party on Dec. 2.
Mayor Libby schaaf issued an executive order outlining new inspection protocols for warehouses and industrial buildings. Five tasks are outlined for inspectors to ensure that the inspections are thorough.
Schaaf is also asking for re-inspections of property every 60 days.
The mayor says buildings in Oakland should be safe places to live but she also wants to avoid displacing vulnerable communities many of which have been using these warehouses as their homes."
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/ceda/documents/statement/oak062364.pdf
Gives 'warehousing the homeless' a whole new meaning.
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/ceda/documents/statement/oak062364.pdf
"...This executive directive creates new protocols and tasks consistent with existing regulations to
enhance safety in unpermitted spaces while reducing the risk of displacement. It also clarifies
our immediate work ahead to first enhance safety, while also protecting cultural community
assets and working to prevent unnecessary tenant displacement during this time of unprecedented
housing insecurity.
In the aftermath of the Ghost Ship Warehouse Fire, property owners have become more aware of
the potential hazards of allowing unpermitted uses in former warehouse and industrial buildings
and have, in some cases, evicted current tenants in an effort to reduce personal liability. Such
evictions have resulted in displacement of people with few options for alternate housing or
workspace due to the current affordability crisis. In many cases, tenants of these former
warehouses and industrial buildings have long remained silent in the face of unresolved safety
issues because alternative housing and workspaces are unaffordable and there is a high degree of
anxiety concerning displacement or fear of eviction in response to their seeking life safety
improvements.
The City of Oakland has long been in the forefront of adaptive reuse and live-work strategies for
many former warehouse and industrial buildings, developing code compliance strategies and life
safety standards that assure safe use of such buildings. We as a City affirm that having housing,
workspaces and cultural gathering spaces in unpermitted spaces that operate safely and
responsibly are valuable to the community, and the City should take actions to preserve and
legalize these spaces to avoid adverse impacts on the City's affordable housing stock and
availability of workspaces and performance venues for vulnerable members of our community......"
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/ceda/documents/statement/oak062364.pdf
"...This executive directive creates new protocols and tasks consistent with existing regulations to
enhance safety in unpermitted spaces while reducing the risk of displacement. It also clarifies
our immediate work ahead to first enhance safety, while also protecting cultural community
assets and working to prevent unnecessary tenant displacement during this time of unprecedented
housing insecurity.
In the aftermath of the Ghost Ship Warehouse Fire, property owners have become more aware of
the potential hazards of allowing unpermitted uses in former warehouse and industrial buildings
and have, in some cases, evicted current tenants in an effort to reduce personal liability. Such
evictions have resulted in displacement of people with few options for alternate housing or
workspace due to the current affordability crisis. In many cases, tenants of these former
warehouses and industrial buildings have long remained silent in the face of unresolved safety
issues because alternative housing and workspaces are unaffordable and there is a high degree of
anxiety concerning displacement or fear of eviction in response to their seeking life safety
improvements.
The City of Oakland has long been in the forefront of adaptive reuse and live-work strategies for
many former warehouse and industrial buildings, developing code compliance strategies and life
safety standards that assure safe use of such buildings. We as a City affirm that having housing,
workspaces and cultural gathering spaces in unpermitted spaces that operate safely and
responsibly are valuable to the community, and the City should take actions to preserve and
legalize these spaces to avoid adverse impacts on the City's affordable housing stock and
availability of workspaces and performance venues for vulnerable members of our community......"
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