Ken A. Epstein
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…
Remembering Ron Dellums, West Oakland-born Orator, Political Leader and Fighter for Justice and Humanity
By Ken Epstein The following are some of the outpouring of statements on Facebook from Oakland residents…
Mayor Schaaf’s Proposals for Building Affordable Housing on Public Land Challenged
“The mayor and the people who work for her have been trying to kill the public land…
Ron Dellums, “Political Lion of the Bay Area,” Dies at 82
Posted in History and remembering By Post Staff Ron Dellums, a progressive political giant who was born in West…
Mayor, OPD Face Questions on Continued Racial Profiling
Posted in Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling By Ken Epstein Mayor Libby Schaaf’s administration and the Oakland Police Department are facing…