Renovated historic Oakland hotel a refuge for the homeless

East Bay Times OAKLAND -- For almost two years, Colette Walker has lived in the San Pablo Avenue Corridor, a gritty stretch of gas stations, warehouses, mom-and-pop shops and vacant lots between downtown Oakland and Emeryville.
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But she's luckier than many other low-income Oakland residents who cannot afford housing in the country's fourth most expensive rental market. Walker, an epileptic who is on disability and had taken to sleeping on relatives' couches -- resides in one of 137 subsidized housing units in the historic California Hotel....  Read more