Did Occupy Oakland Believe Their Move-In Day Would Succeed?

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70. Actual Oakland residence here.

Occupy did not try to take over the Convention Center. that's 2 Blocks from City Hall and connected to the Marriot Hotel. Occupy tried to take over the Henry Kaiser Auditorium. a mostly abandoned venue at Lake Merritt and currently the staging area for major construction of the Lake Merrit dam.

Elvis played there in the 50's, the Dead held a couple of New Years shows there after Winterland closed. There used to be a Gospel Music convention there ever year until it moved up to the Paramount Theater.
Lots of heavy equipment and trailer offices in that area right now. No residential property with in a couple of blocks. certainly not at good old HenryJ.

Taking over this building seems to me counter productive unless you're also going to steal valuable construction materials over the week end. The facility has commercial kitchens but since it has been mostly unused for the past few years its a safe bet the gas and most of the power and water have been turned off. There are plenty of empty condos downtown thanks to Jerry's efforts as mayor and the housing crash, there are also lots of empty floors in the office buildings. Plenty of low hanging fruit to occupy

As a consistent supporter and participant in Occupy Oakland I've got to say that last weekends festivities were a grand waste of effort and damaged wider support for Occupy in Oakland.