Last night, the Oakland General Assembly - the democratic decision-making body of the various occupations around the country - passed a proposal calling on activists to occupy bank-owned, foreclosed, and abandoned properties across the city.

Here’s the announcement of the proposal passing on Twitter:

There is a movement similar to this under the overall Occupy umbrella. It's called Occupy Vacant Properties, and it has been most visible in San Francisco, where families are even reclaiming their old homes post-foreclosures.

My family has been in this neighborhood for 50 years, and since I’ve been evicted, the place has been vacant, like so many homes in the Bayview. Families have been ripped off by banks, scammed by brokers and nothing’s done to them. It’s time for the families and the community to stand up and take back what’s theirs.

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