Oakland Street Vendor Collective

PRESS & RESOURCES

Statements, policy briefs, and organizing tools from an 89-member collective of Oakland street vendors.

PRESS RELEASES

Aug 13, 2026

IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oakland street vendors demand city, county follow state law that protects, not destroys, their livelihoods

Vendors want Oakland and Alameda County to stop illegal seizures of vendors' properties and adopt policies other cities use to decriminalize vending locally, simplify permitting, fund financial and educational support, and protect immigrant vendors.

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May 2025

Oakland Street Vendors Raided, Property Destroyed; Looming Threats to Raid 510Day Mother's Day Marketplace

510Day Organizing Committee's press release on the May 1st multi-agency raids in Fruitvale and Downtown Oakland.

Read the release

Press Contact

info@510day.org

RESOURCES

Know Your Rights (Vendors)

What to do if enforcement or ICE approaches your booth.

Full Policy Brief

Stop Criminalizing Oakland's Street Vendors — They Are The Town's Soul.

Raid Footage (May 1st)

Video of vendors' property being seized and compacted.

The Laws On Our Side

SB 946
Safe Sidewalk Vending Act — decriminalizes sidewalk vending statewide.
SB 635
Expands sidewalk vending protections and limits permit barriers.
SB 972
Modernizes the California Retail Food Code for compact mobile food operations.

Legal help: Centro Legal de la Raza · East Bay Community Law Center · Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the SF Bay Area. This page is general information, not legal advice.