Economic Development
Opinion: Disguised Discrimination Against Black Workers Returns to City Council Agenda
Posted in Affordable Housing, Against White Supremacy, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs Hold Public Hearings Before Passing a Project Labor Agreement…
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”…
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…
Moratorium on Sale of Public Land Dies in Council Committee
By Ken Epstein A proposed moratorium that would block the sale of public land until the City…
Council Delays Decision on Selling Public Land to Build Charter School
The Oakland school board asked the City Council not to sell the property to the charter school…
Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan Endorses Cat Brooks
By Ken Epstein City Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan, one of Oakland’s most popular progressive political leaders, ended months…
Moratorium on Public Land Sales Goes to CED Committee
By Post staff The City Council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee will hear a community-initiated proposal…
Open Letter: Councilmember Kaplan Challenges Sale of Public Land for Charter School
Mayor and City Administrator Don’t Want a Public Lands Policy, Says Kaplan By Rebecca Kaplan The Community…
Council Committee Approves Sale of Public Land to Charter School
Public hearing will be held at Tuesday’s City Council meeting Activists say the proposed 625-student charter school…
Prescott Elementary in West Oakland Says No to Charter School on Campus
Ben “Coach” Taspscott (top right) speaks at a meeting called by the school district Monday at Prescott…