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Phil Tagami’s Uninspected Trench Harms Port, Could Cost Taxpayers Up to $5 Million

By Post Staff Work on a portion of developer Phil Tagami’s Army Base project has been at…

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Kaplan, Brooks Push for City to Pay Bills on Time

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Politics, Responsive Government Oakland City Council President Pro Tem Rebecca Kaplan and Councilmember Desley…

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Pressure Grows for Tagami to Turn Over Army Base Property to CWS

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Business, Economic Development, Environment, Health, Labor, Oakland Talks Trash By Post Staff Connected with the implementation of the Oakland’s garbage…

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City Council Settles Garbage Wars

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Gentrification, Oakland Talks Trash By Ken Epstein The Oakland City Council declared a victory and a truce…

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Waste Management Helped Pay for Lawsuit Filed by West Oakland Group

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Health, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash By Tasion Kwamilele A group of West Oakland residents, alarmed by…

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Port Commission Kills Tagami’s Army Base Ambitions

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Business, Economic Development, Labor, Responsive Government, Transportation By Post Staff Fresh developments have raised new concerns about the City…

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Oakland Goes Head to Head with Waste Management

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Gentrification, Health, Oakland Talks Trash In late-breaking news, the city announced a CWS-Waste Management compromise with rates about…

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Mayoral Candidates Side with Local Company Against Waste Multinational

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash By Ashley Chambers Part 1 National trash hauling…

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CWS Will Build “Clean, Modern” Facility in West Oakland

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Gentrification, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein When people hear that California Waste Solutions…

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New Jobs, No Layoffs in New Trash Contract

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Health, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein Workers at Waste Management have a lot…

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