Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
As the workers, artists and longtime residents who give Oakland its character are priced out, homelessness in the area has increased. The city is caught between Silicon Valley capitalism and Bay Area radicalism. In this zero-sum game, new residents and businesses are moving in, while older ones lose their homes — among them Joe Waukazoo.
American West(s) explores the issues of the vast region between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains through the reporting of High Country News and the eye of documentary filmmaker Forrest Pound.
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)3 independent media organization that covers the important issues and stories that define the Western U.S. Our mission is to inform and inspire people – through in-depth journalism – to act on behalf of the West’s diverse natural and human communities. We do this by providing unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West.
As the workers, artists and longtime residents who give Oakland its character are priced out, homelessness in the area has increased. The city is caught between Silicon Valley capitalism and Bay Area radicalism. In this zero-sum game, new residents and businesses are moving in, while older ones lose their homes — among them Joe Waukazoo.
American West(s) explores the issues of the vast region between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains through the reporting of High Country News and the eye of documentary filmmaker Forrest Pound.
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)3 independent media organization that covers the important issues and stories that define the Western U.S. Our mission is to inform and inspire people – through in-depth journalism – to act on behalf of the West’s diverse natural and human communities. We do this by providing unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West.
