Lockwood Gardens, Oakland, California
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Lockwood Gardens, is a neighborhood and housing project located in East Oakland, California
, on 65th and International Boulevard. Carolyn Wilson, a former clerk with the Oakland Housing Authority
, is serving a jail sentence for moving people to the top of the long public housing waiting list after accepting bribes for Lockwood Gardens. The neighborhood lies at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m).
Lockwood is also known as the "6-5 Vill" (Village), and is one half of the "Vill." The other half of the "Vill" is the recently torn down 69th San Antonio Villas housing project, where infamous drug kingpin Felix Mitchell
is from. The 69th San Antonio Villas has since been remodeled into condominiums. Once an extremely unattractive housing project, the Oakland housing authority also remodeled Lockwood Gardens. However, unlike the 69th Vill, whose crime rate dropped after remodeling, these efforts have done little to thwart the crime that still plagues the 65th Vill. Rappers such as G-Stack, Tuffy
, Yukmouth
and the late Rap-A-Lot Records artist Seagram Miller
all claim The Vill home.
East Oakland, Oakland, California
East Oakland is the southeastern portion of Oakland, California, and takes up the largest portion of the city's land area. It stretches between Lake Merritt in the northwest and San Leandro in the southeast...
, on 65th and International Boulevard. Carolyn Wilson, a former clerk with the Oakland Housing Authority
Oakland Housing Authority
The Oakland Housing Authority is the public housing agency for the city of Oakland, California.Its mission statement states that it will "assure the availability of quality housing for low-income persons and promote the civic involvement and economic self-sufficiency of residents and further the...
, is serving a jail sentence for moving people to the top of the long public housing waiting list after accepting bribes for Lockwood Gardens. The neighborhood lies at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m).
Lockwood is also known as the "6-5 Vill" (Village), and is one half of the "Vill." The other half of the "Vill" is the recently torn down 69th San Antonio Villas housing project, where infamous drug kingpin Felix Mitchell
Felix Mitchell
Felix Wayne Mitchell Jr. was a convicted drug lord from Oakland, California and leader of the notorious "69 Mob" criminal organization, which operated throughout California and into the midwest...
is from. The 69th San Antonio Villas has since been remodeled into condominiums. Once an extremely unattractive housing project, the Oakland housing authority also remodeled Lockwood Gardens. However, unlike the 69th Vill, whose crime rate dropped after remodeling, these efforts have done little to thwart the crime that still plagues the 65th Vill. Rappers such as G-Stack, Tuffy
Tuffy
Tuffy is a fictional character from the Tom and Jerry cartoon series. He is the little grey, diaper-wearing orphan mouse whose cartoon debut came in the 1946 short The Milky Waif. Tuffy was later featured in the 1949 Academy Award-winning short The Little Orphan...
, Yukmouth
Yukmouth
Jerold Dwight Ellis, III, better known by his stage name Yukmouth, is a Grammy-nominated American rapper from East Oakland, Oakland, California. He is the founder of The Regime, Smoke-A-Lot Records and Godzilla Entertainment.-Career:He is a member of the platinum-selling rap duo Luniz along with...
and the late Rap-A-Lot Records artist Seagram Miller
Seagram Miller
Seagram Miller was an American rapper from Oakland, California.Miller released three albums in his lifetime: The hard-edged and violent The Dark Roads and the more typically laid-back west coast style Reality Check. 1997's Souls on Ice was released posthumously after Miller's death. Miller was...
all claim The Vill home.