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Oakland Gospel Choir Draws Nuisance Complaint, Faces $500 A Day Fine
October 14, 2015 11:29 PM
........Church pastors who met Wednesday said the real issue is gentrification. The church sits in a neighborhood full of old Victorians being snapped up by affluent tech workers.
“We’re being bought out. We’re being moved out. We are being priced out of our own neighborhood,” said Lawrence Van Hook, the senior pastor at Community Church.
They believe the complaints about the church’s music are coming from people new to the neighborhood.
“Those persons who are just new arrivals should not come and try to change the culture that existed before they arrived here,” said George Holland, president of the Oakland branch of the NAACP. “We cannot have people come attack churches about music.”......
October 14, 2015 11:29 PM
........Church pastors who met Wednesday said the real issue is gentrification. The church sits in a neighborhood full of old Victorians being snapped up by affluent tech workers.
“We’re being bought out. We’re being moved out. We are being priced out of our own neighborhood,” said Lawrence Van Hook, the senior pastor at Community Church.
They believe the complaints about the church’s music are coming from people new to the neighborhood.
“Those persons who are just new arrivals should not come and try to change the culture that existed before they arrived here,” said George Holland, president of the Oakland branch of the NAACP. “We cannot have people come attack churches about music.”......
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