Month: October 2018
Opinion: Schaaf’s Leadership of OPD Compels Support of Cat Brooks for Mayor
Posted in Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Libby Schaaf, Police-Public Safety, Politics, voting rights By Dan Siegel Mayor Libby Schaaf owns the multiple…
Attacks on Desley Brooks Are “Shameful and Dishonest,” Say Community Leaders
Posted in Affordable Housing, Against White Supremacy, Desley Brooks, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Libby Schaaf, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Racial profiling, Responsive Government, Sanctuary City, voting rights…
UN Report Says Oakland Guilty of “Cruel and Inhumane Treatment” of Homeless
Posted in Affordable Housing, Community, Environment, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Libby Schaaf The United Nations Special Rapporteur to the Right to Adequate Housing, Lelani Farha, released…
Pastors, Black Panther Co-Founder, Residents React to Outside Money Pouring into D-6 Council Race
Posted in Coliseum City, Desley Brooks, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Labor, Libby Schaaf, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated Community leaders defend Councilmember Desley…
Are Schaaf Administration and City Attorney Undermining Independent Police Commission?
Posted in Community, Elections 2018, Equal Rights/Equity, Libby Schaaf, Police-Public Safety Mayor Schaaf, City Administrator Landreth and City Attorney Parker failed to respond to…
Pamela Price Campaign Joins Forces with Jovanka Beckles
Posted in Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Immigrant Rights, Labor, LGBT, Libby Schaaf, Sanctuary City Price has been endorsed by Black Democratic Clubs…
Open Letter: Who Should Be Making the Decisions, the Residents or Outside Millionaires?
By Desley Brooks A lot is at stake for District 6 voters in this election. We have…
Open Letter: Elect Clarissa Doutherd for School Board, District 4
Doutherd’s opponent, Gary Yee, supported “top heavy administration” and closed the 25,000-student Oakland Adult Education program Clarissa…
Hold Sheriff Accountable for Human Rights Violations at Alameda County Jail, Says New Report
Posted in Economic Development, Mass incarceration, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated “Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with…
Opinion: “Oakland’s Democracy Is Strengthened by the Re-Election of Councilmember Desley Brooks,” Says Sandré Swanson
Posted in Commentary, Community, Desley Brooks, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Immigrant Rights, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government, Sanctuary City Desley Brooks and Sandré…