This conversation aired in the July 16, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents.
This week, the City of Oakland closed its Wood Street “community cabin” site: A transitional housing program for unhoused people that has been open for two years. But the closure of this shelter has been rocky, with the shelter operator pulling out one month early, leaving some residents without support.
Here, KALW’s homelessness reporter Alastair Boone spoke with Crosscurrents host Hana Baba about what’s going on there.…