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Oakland’s historic California Hotel rises up behind Interstate 580 on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Originally a whites-only hotel and then a hub for African-American travelers and musicians -- including Billie Holiday and James Brown -- the building was renovated for a second time in 2014 and provides subsidized housing. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)About 10 years since the renovation and grand reopening of the historic California Hotel in Oakland as very-low-income housing, tenants say it's in rough condition and mismanaged
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