Ken A. Epstein

Ken A. Epstein

Mayor’s Role in Taking Kaplan Off Air Quality Board “Is Politics at Its Worst,” Says Boardmember

Posted in Climate change, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Libby Schaaf, Rebecca Kaplan, Responsive Government Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan received appreciation and…

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Ken A. Epstein

Opinion: Rebecca Kaplan Should Run for Mayor of Oakland

Posted in Affordable Housing, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Gentrification, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Rebecca Kaplan By Sandré R. Swanson I was born in…

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Ken A. Epstein

Activist Cat Brooks Joins Race for Mayor of Oakland

Posted in Against White Supremacy, Economic Development, Elections 2018, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Libby Schaaf, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling, Rebecca Kaplan, Responsive Government, Restorative Justice Cat Brooks,…

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Ken A. Epstein

Post Salon Calls for Moratorium on Sale of Public Land as Market Rate Building Boom Sweeps City

Posted in Affordable Housing, Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Post Salon, Responsive Government Mayor and City Administration push property sales without transparency or community involvement….

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Public Library Discards African American History Books

By Post Staff Community activist Assata Olugbala shocked members of the community and council members when she…

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Ken A. Epstein

Opinion: Re-elect Desley Brooks to City Council

Posted in Affordable Housing, Against White Supremacy, Community, Desley Brooks, Economic Development, Elections 2018, Equal Rights/Equity, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Politics, Racial profiling, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government By Dan Siegel, Oakland…

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Ken A. Epstein

City Staff Proposes to Sell Public Land to Build a Charter School for 620 Students in Fruitvale District

Aspire Eres Academy charter school, currently at 1936 Courtland Ave. in Oakland. By Post Staff Next week’s…

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Assemblymember Rob Bonta Endorses Desley Brooks for City Council

Posted in Desley B\rooks, Elections 2018 Assemblymember Rob Bonta has announced he is endorsing Desley Brooks for re-election as the…

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Ken A. Epstein

Councilmembers Delay Vote on Proposal for Construction Job Opportunities for Oaklanders

Pre-apprenticeship building trades trainees from the Cypress Mandela Training Center, which was founded by the Oakland Private…

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Ken A. Epstein

Veteran teacher Soraya Sajous-Brooks speaks at meeting at Prescott Elementary School

Posted in Charter schools and privatization, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification By Ken Epstein At a meeting this week with Oakland Unified School…

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