The California Hotel is a historic Oakland, California, hotel which opened in the early days of the Great Depression and became an important cultural center for the African-American community of San Francisco's East Bay during the 1940s, 50s and 60s."Oakland: California Hotel reopens as a home for low-income residents". Contra Costa Times, May 15, 2014, By Matt O'Brien"Historic California Hotel Reopens In West Oakland". CBS California, May 16, 2014 By Anna Duckworth On June 30, 1988 the hotel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
