Shuttered Oakland school was slated for affordable housing. Then squatters moved in

About three decades ago, Franklin Wooten attended English classes at the Edward Shands Adult Education center in East Oakland. But nowadays, a dilapidated classroom on the same shuttered school campus is where Wooten sleeps at night.

“Never in a million years did I think I’d be here,” said the 53-year-old, “but it’s all what you make of it.”

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