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Castlemont High Celebrates Coming Out Day
By Zack Haber This year, Castlemont High School celebrated National Coming Out Day for the first time….
Oakland Race & Equity Dept. Report Calls for End to Systemic Racial Disparities
Affordable housing protest at Oakland City Hall By Ken Epstein City Councilmembers this week took the “first step”…
Clergy Leaders Endorse Desley Brooks While Mayor and Developers Raise Money to Defeat Her
Posted in Affordable Housing, Business, Desley Brooks, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Politics, voting rights Brooks’ opponents are spending nearly…
Report: Oakland Can House 2,000 Homeless People in 6 Months “If Political Will Exists”
Real number of homeless in Oakland is over 9,000 A number of Oakland groups released a “Community-Based…
Bernie Sanders Endorses Jovanka Beckles for Assembly
Posted in Charter schools and privatization, Economic Development, Elections 2018, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Immigrant Rights, Labor, LGBT, Politics, Responsive Government, Richmond Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed Jovanka Beckles for…
No on AA: Congress of Neighborhoods, East Bay Times Oppose Schaaf’s Education Initiative
“It’s not clear where the money is going, for there is no plan,” says the newspaper By…
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…
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…