Month: June 2018
Mayor Schaaf May Have Violated the State Campaign Law
Posted in Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Libby Schaaf, voting rights By Post Staff Same election tactic resulted in $2,500 fine…
Community Action Needed Against Illegal Dumping and Litter
Posted in Desley Brooks, Elections 2018, Illegal dumping, Responsive Government By Desley Brooks Litter has become a major problem in Oakland. Throughout…
Opinion: City Attorney Should Not Be Allowed to Undermine Police Commission
Posted in Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling, Responsive Government By Larry White, Attorney Oakland’s City Council is poised to enact an enabling ordinance…
End of School Year Letter from OUSD Supt. Kyla Johnson-Trammell
By Supt. Kyla Johnson-Trammell As I wrap up my first year as superintendent, I am filled with…
Open Letter: Support the Right of African Americans to Work on City-funded Construction Projects
Posted in Affordable Housing, Economic Development, Elections 2018, Gentrification, Homelessness, Labor, Libby Schaaf, Oakland Job Programs To Council Members, Mayor, City Staff, and Members of the…
“Moratorium on Public Land Sales” Goes to CED Committee, Tuesday, June 26
By Post Staff The City Council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee will hear a community-initiated proposal…
Community Wins Major Victory for Independent Police Oversight Commission
Posted in Community, Police-Public Safety, Rebecca Kaplan, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein The debate at the City Council meeting went on for hours…
Cat Brooks Looks to Community Power to Fuel Her Campaign for Mayor
Posted in Elections 2018, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Libby Schaaf, Police-Public Safety By Sarah Carpenter Mayoral candidate Cat Brooks is not following the standard campaign…
Are Democratic Legislators Working for or Against Oakland Schools?
Oakland and several other school districts were hoping this month that legislators would be willing to adopt…
Opinion: We Have a Moral Imperative to Fight for Children Who Have Been Taken From Their Parents
Posted in Commentary, Elections 2018 By Cat Brooks At the U.S.-Mexico Border, thousands of children have been stolen from parents…