Occupy Oakland protesters who were arrested on Thursday at a West Oakland foreclosed house that has been occupied since December 6 have issued a statement about the police raid.

This is the time.  The Housing Authority of the County of Alameda will be accepting applications for eligible families interested in three-bedroom and four-bedroom public housing units in Emeryville, Castro Valley, Dublin, Fremont, Hayward and Union City. 

Here's the deal:

From the city of Oakland:

A community workshop will be held on Sept. 13 at the West Oakland Senior Center, 1724 Adeline St. Onsite registration begins at 5:45 p.m. and the workshop will run from 6 to 8 p.m.

By Suzanne Manneh, New America Media and Investigative Reporting Workshop